Last Days in Soroti

Hey everyone!!!

This will probably be super short because the internet here goes in and out and because it is almost midnight and we have an early morning tomorrow! But we wanted to write a quick post about the past two days in Soroti!!

It has been an incredible two days... Yesterday (Saturday) everyone but about 5 of us weren't feeling well... some had to stay home for the morning, but everyone is feeling so much better today!! Thanks for all the prayers from back home! :) Saturday, we started out with morning devotions, which were awesome as always, and a service project in the morning, which consisted of picking up trash throughout Soroti with the Divine Stars! We got to use little brooms made out of bush branches. After lunch we headed to a village for a soccer match... We got to watch Aaron, Jarrett, and Kyle play with the Divine Stars and spend some time with the kids, share testimonies, and see some people come to Christ!

Today, we got split up into groups to go to different churches in the morning. Some of us got to give a message, share a testimony, or sing a song for the church. It was definitely on Africa time though... the church services here go anywhere from 6am to noon! We were supposed to be on the road to the village by 9am, but didn't end up leaving till after 11! We made the long journey to the village with a packed bus of team members and Divine Star players and attended the church service at the village when we got there. Kate and Chris got to share their testimony at the service... which was a small building packed with about 800 people!! After the service we got a huge lunch they cooked for us, played with the kids, gave a water filter demonstration, and then headed down the road to the soccer match. We again watched the boys play in the game, interacted with the people, learned how to count to 10 in Ateso (the language they speak here), were taught how to dance, had some really special encounters with the people, and got to see 300 out of the almost 2,000 people at the soccer match step forward to give their lives to Christ... what an incredible sight!!!

We made the trek back to Soroti, spending our last hour and a half with the Divine Stars players. It was sad to see them go and have to say good-bye! We have formed some awesome relationships over the past week! We leave at 6:30 tomorrow morning to head to the safari, and then we head back to Kampala on Tuesday! We miss you all... Thanks for the love and prayers from back home! Pray for safe travels tomorrow on these bumpy roads!!

Goodnight! :)