Sunday morning we woke up and headed for University Baptist Church where I had the opportunity to preach through Psalm 19. I got a real good look at Uganda's culture in regards to time. When the service started there were 8 people there, but one hour in to the service when I got up to preach there where more than 50. Time is not necessarily of the essence here. I got to share with them how special God's Word really is and how meaningful it is to our lives. David refers to it as pure, clean, right, and trustworthy and says it will enlighten your eyes, give you joy, and last forever among several other things. It was a great service and my prayer was for people to leave challenged and encouraged to study, live out, and teach God's Word!
We all went to lunch in the city and then after lunch Joy and I went off on our own through the city looking for the market to buy some fruit so Ruth could show Joy how to make juice and so I could drink it! It was an awesome excursion and got to see some of the real life flair of Mbarara. This is Joy with one of the little girls from the church. We spent the rest of the day with Joel and Jill just catching up, sharing stories, talking ministry, and just loving on one another. It was so good for all of us.
Today we went to Queen Elizabeth National Park for our first ever safari experience and it was a blast. We were greeted by dozens of monkeys right as we entered the park along with lots of warthogs and water buck. On our way to the lodge for lunch we came upon an enormous elephant who did not want us to come any closer, so we slowly backed up and let him pass.
The highlight of the day was a boat ride through the channel. We saw literally hundreds of water buffalo and hippos up close and personal. We spotted several crocs along the bank, but none large enough to be a threat to any of the other animals around. We also saw one large elephant on the side of the channel who just posed for us for about 5 minutes and about 10 others at the end of the channel, 2 of which pushed each so deep into the water they disappeared. Unfortunately my camera was already full of video and had a dead battery by then. It was a National Geographic moment. It really did put us in awe of God's creation!
Tomorrow I will be teaching 2 separate groups in the afternoon. I will be teaching about 12 teenage guys in a local discipleship program along with about 11 AIM missionaries stationed here in Mbarara who are on Joel and Jill's team. Thank you in advance for your prayers!
P.S. Yes, those are hippos in the background!
Today we went to Queen Elizabeth National Park for our first ever safari experience and it was a blast. We were greeted by dozens of monkeys right as we entered the park along with lots of warthogs and water buck. On our way to the lodge for lunch we came upon an enormous elephant who did not want us to come any closer, so we slowly backed up and let him pass. 
Tomorrow I will be teaching 2 separate groups in the afternoon. I will be teaching about 12 teenage guys in a local discipleship program along with about 11 AIM missionaries stationed here in Mbarara who are on Joel and Jill's team. Thank you in advance for your prayers!
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