Day 3 - Oct 31 - Home Visits and More!

Today continued with more opening ceremonies presentations from the preschool children, and traditional Ugandan dance about marriage. We did three home visits today. First home visit was with a family with a song who was mute and had malaria in the past causing some mental disability. He was one of their five kids; two of the others passed away. Despite this they were singing and dancing and very happy to invite us into their home. We talked about their home life and what they do for income and prayed for them. The second home was with a younger lady and she was taking care of her deceased brother's two kids who where now orphans. Similarly as at the first home, we talked about her life and prayed for her. Later in the afternoon Bill and John went with Moses to meet Alex, Bill's sponsor child, this was a very impacting moment for Bill, as he shared with us. Unknown to the team, Alex's aunt had just passed away, which made Bill wonder if he would be able to meet his sponsor child.

We showed half of the videos from Northgate to their sponsored children today. Paul #1 and Moses translated to the families, while Jenni recorded their responses back to the NG family. We also showed pictures that the team took and that blessed them very much, especially when we showed some of the videos we took. Rita spent the afternoon in her element crocheting with up to 20 women, we even went throughout tea time without seeing her. We gave David (FH Staff, and the coordinator of Awana) the new Awana kit today and he was very happy to see the colored lines, as apparently they have not been able to find them anywhere in Uganda. We spent all afternoon playing games around the new square with the most popular game being where players were blindfolded and tried to throw coins into a bucket placed in the middle. Boy did the kids cheer when someone got a coin in the bucket. But they also laughed if you were off your aim! Diniz, Jordan and Chris Another blessed day for the team! For more photos and stories, visit our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/144311065603626/?fref=ts or search 'Northgate Baptist Church: Destination, Marare.