Today was a very busy and incredible day! After an early breakfast we left at 8 to get an early start on the day. We traveled to the new SOI headquarters in Kampala to have morning devotionals with The Good News Soccer Team. After some meaningful and powerful words were shared, we split into two groups. 

One group participated in a training conducted by Coach Faro and consisted of Messiah Soccer players and the Good News players working on turning in soccer. Mean while the second group, made up of SOI people working in the area and the people from the Messiah team who are not soccer players, conducted water filter demonstrations with Sawyer water filters. The demonstrations were for prestigious leaders in the community and school teachers so that hopefully they would have clean water available in the communities and schools. It was an honor to present the filters to the community leaders, and they were very impressed by Sawyer's products' ability to turn very dirty water into clean, clear water. The water going from very dirty to very clean provided a terrific opportunity for Jordan to share the gospel. The soccer training was also very successful in creating relationships between The Good News Team and the Messiah Soccer players.  Also, it gave the Good News players new drills and information for coaching their own trainings with their respective projects. We were then provided a snack, and had some more time to build relationships. Before traveling to two different projects. 

We split into two larger groups. One large group went to a church to encourage the people working there. While there, they split into smaller groups one of organized 5v5 soccer that was interrupted by cows and chickens at times, and the other was playing basketball and chess with the kids. They were able to strongly encourage the people working there and create great meaningful relationships that will continue via email. And the soccer players were able to share their testimonies with the kids there and see them turn to Jesus. The spiritual leaders in that area at that church will be frequently checking on those kids and encouraging them for years to come. The second larger group met in a shack, did some introductions, and they played a few games of chess with the people there. They then hiked up a large hill that overlooked the city. At the top Jacob Bender was able to share his testimony. Afterwards they traveled back down, and played some soccer with the people there before reconnecting with the group and traveling back to where we are staying. 

We had a late dinner, and then, to wrap the day up, we shared as a group where we saw Christ working that day. We are very thankful.