Praise God! (Amen)
Today we continued our adventure in Uganda by traveling to the Sports Outreach Ministry (SOM) Farm to attend church at New Foundations Community Church. Upon arrival, we were greeted with smiles and felt welcomed within their congregation.

Before the service began, Jordan shared his testimomy on how he became a follower of Christ. Following his speech, Erin shared a word of encouragement by reading from Philippians 4:4-7.
Worship was very lively and the entire congregation was dancing and singing for the almighty King. Pastor Aloysius shared a powerful message on the importance of following God and trusting in His word. From scripture, he shared from Revelations 2:18-29. He intertwined this reading of scripture with the overriding message by sharing three ways we, as humans, can live a Godly life. We first must obey God and do what he wants us to do. Second, we must give up trying to do things by ourselves. Finally, we must begin reading and absorbing the messages from God's word.

After church we traveled to a neighboring village known as Lajwatek Village. Immediately entering the village their was dancing and singing lead by the children and women of the village. After a couple of songs, we gathered with the entire village. One of the village woman, Ester, shared her testimony on how Pastor Aloysius saved her life and led her to Christ.

After eating lunch and resting our bodies at the hotel, we traveled back to the SOM Farm. Our AROMA staff team scrimmaged the SOM staff in a friendly match of soccer. Our AROMA team prevailed and won our second international game 2-1. Even though he had a competitive game, both teams came together and got to know one another on a more personal level after the game.

The SOM staff was very generous and showed hospitality by serving us dinner. We also had the opportunity to purchase hand-made jewelry and accessories to support Christine's House. This building is a home where young girls come to receive mentorship from facing struggles in their lives.

Our entire AROMA staff would like to thank the SOM staff for their hospitality by hosting us for the past couple of days. We would also like to thank everyone for all the  constant support and prayer.

Today was, again, an amazing experience and the presence of God was felt everywhere. Thank you, Lord, for allowing us to experience Your love through these disciples of yours.

God Bless,
AROMA Uganda 2016
(Dakota R.)