Monday, May 21, 2012

Sundays in Africa
Posted by: Nick Price (Beta Delta Pledge Class, Spring 2012)

Today was a great day of rest and rejuvenation! To start the day we broke into pairs and went to five different local churches (for those of you who are math inclined, Rob went alone allowing us to reach five churches) to give a sermon and help with Bible study. Overall everyone agreed this was one of our favorite days so far. Personally, this has been my stand alone high point of the trip. It was an awesome experience to get to speak in front of a church of mostly new believers and those who were actively working in their villages daily to spread God’s love and further His kingdom. To share with them and encourage them was incredible.

Although it was a little nerve racking preparing, as we got into our respective churches we got more comfortable being encouraged by the local pastors with whom we had spent the previous days doing hut to hut evangelism. Wesley Bryan and I teamed up and spoke in a growing church that received our message very well. From what I have heard, the other groups had good experiences as well. We all met up after church and had lunch and discussed our services and everyone said that it went much better than they expected.

Our afternoon was scheduled to consist of a day hike in the surrounding hills which overlook Lake Victoria. However, a shower of rain and front of lightning delayed us for a couple hours. We played card games and had fellowship in the pavilion-hut out front of our guest house and, I think everyone would agree, it was nice to have a little R & R. Luckily the rain stopped and we were still able to go on our hike around 5! As we reached the top of the hill just across from our guest house, we got to watch the sun set on the cloud line that hung above the horizon. Looking out over Lake Victoria was beautiful and there couldn’t have been a more rejuvenating scene. We returned after hiking another hill and washed up for dinner which was delicious as always.

The evening consisted of more card games and experimenting with night photos on Christopher Thompson’s camera. We managed to spell out Uganda using flashlights and camera tricks! We shortly all realized our exhaustion though, and one by one made our ways off to bed. We all fell asleep knowing that we had more work to accomplish and only four more days in Uganda, but it was easier to sleep after having a solid day of relaxation.

-Nick Price
Beta Delta Pledge Class (Spring 2012)

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