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| Jeremiah 32:27- this week's memory verse |
This week has been another fun but busy week with lots of rehearsals for our worship event at church with the youth band, celebrating Bennie's birthday and going to Robinah's wedding. I am making the most of every day- the weeks are zooming by.
On Monday we ran catch up class, using the tracing sheets for letter D.I stayed behind with Gabit to talk with the father of one of the families we visit on community outreach about his story of seeking refuge in Uganda after war came to his home in the Congo. This was an amazing time- we were there for three hours talking and it went by so fast. He is truly a godly man and his testimony of how God has watched over his family and been faithful to them is so inspiring and encouraging. His story was also tough to listen to but his message was through the struggles he has faced, he has learnt to put his trust in God despite circumstance and he hopes that his testimony points others to look to God.
After, we went straight to church for voice class and then youth band practice for our worship event. I really enjoyed voice class as we did a fun exercise to improve our facial expressions when singing where we split into two groups and had to act out an emotion to the other group. It was hilarious.
On Tuesday, I went to talk to Teacher Ruth at school about some of the children's stories whilst Lois and Kate continued with our poster making at the house.
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| Lois' poster |
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| Kate's poster |
On Wednesday, we revised the letter E with the children. I miraculously stayed at home instead of going to church in the evening, which consisted of washing clothes, playing with Alisa and watching Poldark with a big bag of popcorn.
On community outreach on Thursday, we had a long chat with a couple of families and prayed about the possibility of one of the ladies we visit joining a sewing centre empowerment project. We noticed that lots of the children are ill with colds and flu, so prayers for restoration and protection of health over the Nabulagala area would be appreciated.
After outreach, we had a worship practice at church with the Hoima Road Cell group we belong to. Whilst we waited for our friends to finish their practice for Robinha's wedding, Kate and I went out for pizza, which was a lovely treat.
On Friday, I helped run kid's club in Nabulagala, .We were joined by Ken and Keith from the Ideas Workshop, training young men in practical skills. The theme of the teaching was on trusting God through the memory verse Jermiah 32:27. Gabit and I even created a song for the memory verse. To demonstrate learning to trust God in a visual way, we set up an obstacle course on the church stage and got a few pairs of children to complete it with one of them blindfolded. We had to be creative, making it out of benches, chairs and a skipping room. The children loved it and also found it hilarious to see me crawling under benches in the demonstration. After the obstacle course, the children filled in the blanks from the memory verse on a sheet we created and wrote the things that they would trust God for, such as school fees and friends, below.
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| Ken and Keith introducing themselves |
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| Memory verse song |
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| Memory verse |
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| Obstacle course |
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| Trusting God worksheet |
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| Worksheet time |
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| Kate giving out biscuits |
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| Posing for the camera |
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| Play time |
Afterwards, we went to a Korean/Chinese restaurant for Bennie's surprise birthday meal. She thought she was going out for a birthday meal with only Alex. The meal was held in a private room so before she came, we turned off the lights and shouted 'surprise' when she entered. It was a fun time with delicious food and I think Bennie enjoyed her evening. One of the funniest/cutest parts was when Alisa was spun around on the revolving part of the table, which I am told by Kate is called a Lazy Suzanne.
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| Birthday table |
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| Alisa |
On Saturday, we attended Robina's wedding. Robina works with us at Smile and it was so lovely to be a part of her special day. The ceremony was beautiful and filled with lots of happiness. The reception was held in some gardens, under brightly coloured canopies and was very joyful with dancing and singing.
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| Wedding singers |
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| Ceremony |
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| The married couple |
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| Us gappers at the wedding |
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