In the morning, we went to the school to have worship and devotions with the Devine Stars girls soccer team. Our time of worship with the team was an amazing experience, it was really great to just see how much they love God through their singing! Dori had the chance to share a devotion and Jenny shared her testimony. After devotions, the Divine Stars had to leave for a soccer tournament that they are participating in (more details later on the tournament). After the girls left, we stayed and had the opportunity to talk with some of the other students and some of the guys Divine Stars soccer players. It was really nice to just have time to talk with them getting to know them and building relationships.
We then left from the school to have a special visit to the mayor's office to visit him. We were invited into his office and we explained why we were in Uganda. We also explained and demonstrated the Sawyer water filters to the Mayor. We even let him take the first drink of the filtered water.
After we finished at the Mayors office, we traveled down the road to the soccer field to run a practice for the girls and guys Divine Stars. Coach Brad took the soccer girls and guys through a soccer clinic and there was also field hockey, volleyball, and many other activities going on at the same time. Note, Coach was under the weather, and still was able to fight the pain, he is truly living up to his teams motto of "as iron sharpens iron." (He is feeling a lot better after a good nights sleep)
When we got back to the hotel, a group of us ran up a small mountain next two the hotel before dinner and got to see an awesome view of Soroti. We finished up the day with dinner and sharing about our favorite moments of the day.
Friday, the 24th
This morning we had our morning devotions at a church with some of the men's Divine Stars players. We had an awesome time of worship and then Jarrett and Aaron shared a short devotion about Nicodemus. Kyle shared his testimony as well. After devotions we got to go to the women's soccer tournament that is being hosted in Soroti and cheer on the women's Divine Stars team. They were awesome to watch and ended up winning 11 to 0! We had a lot of fun watching the game, talking with the Ugandans, and playing with the kids that ended up on our laps. After the game, we walked across the field picking up all the trash on the field and headed over to another field for a track and soccer clinic.
Jenny and Vicki took us all through a track and field clinic filled with drills, races, and relays. Aaron and Kyle almost beat the Africans. Coach Brad and the guys took the rest of the time to teach more soccer drills to the men's team. The rest of us spent time with the people watching the soccer, blowing bubbles and playing games. We left the field after 1:30 hungry, hot and ready for lunch!
After lunch, we had another great memorable conversation that ended in lots of laughs... and then headed to another church to worship with them. We had an awesome time of worship and listened to testimonies from people from the church, some players from Sports Outreach, and from Coach Brad. There were other songs shared and lots and lots of dancing.
We finished up the day with dinner and phone calls home! We are all loving Uganda, the people, and getting to know each other better! Keep Brenda, Molly, Vicki, and Dori in your prayers as they are not all feeling the best right now... but we are taking good care of them! We have a busy weekend ahead of us, with a community service project tomorrow, a soccer game tomorrow night, and more planned for Sunday, before we head out to our safari and trip back to Kampala! Thanks for all the prayers from back home!!
- Kyle, Jarrett, Aaron, Chris, Coach Brad... but mostly Emily and Jenny
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