Sunday morning we were blessed to worship with 2 different local churches, University Baptist Church (the Skinner's home church) and St. Luke's Chapel. Both churches are focused on reaching out to University students and are very close to campus. UBC has their own building, but St. Luke's worships on campus in a large classroom (taking the church to the world)! Pastor Enoch (UBC) started a new series on Discipleship and preached from John 17. Rev. Poly (St. Luke's) challenged his students to be an example on campus from 1 Timothy 4:12. It was so neat to be a part of the vibrant singing and to embrace another culture's traditions, but to know we all have the same God! John Piper in Let the Nations be Glad said, "Missions exists because worship doesn't." We were all created to worship God and if we truly did this with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength we wouldn't need missions because our lives would be lived as an act of worship. 
After 3+ hours of church (no complaining about our 1.5 hours) we went for some lunch in the city. You know what they say, when in Uganda, eat Indian food...well, not really, but that's what we ate. After that we joined Rev. Poly and his wife at the opening day of a new student hangout not far from campus. Poly hopes that students will make this a place of ministry and influence for the gospel among those who don't know Christ. There will be plenty of room for hangout, study, and fellowships/parties!
We took Joel's motorcycle out to see the town a little more and navigated the busy streets. The Skinner's hosted another missionary who has been in Africa all but 12 years of 50+. We asked a ton of questions and heard some great stories. We stayed up late talking about the weekend and about discipleship in our own lives and it was good for all of us, including Joel and his friend, to be challenged by one another and to hear how God was working in our lives. 
We woke up Monday for our last time in Uganda and spend the morning prepping to leave after lunch. We prayed for our safety and gave plenty of hugs. In the words of PD, "I hate goodbye's!" It was a great week and we all looked forward to getting home, but it was so hard to leave. Mainly because so much work had gone into this week and it was now over, but also because we had more than 36 hours of straight travel ahead of us. We made it home after one flat tire, two 9+ hour flights, one 2 hour flight, and three 2+ hour lay overs. Our families were waiting at DFW upon our arrival with signs and plenty of love!
It was a great trip, the first of many we hope! Continue praying for the students and the Skinner's as they worship God as they try to be faithful to the Great Commission by making disciples of all nations. Continue praying for us as a church to worship God as we make disciples of all nations. Wouldn't it be sad if we got to the end of our life and realized we missed out on one of God's greatest blessings, worship as a lifestyle. We would miss out on the ability to do his work here on this earth as ministers of reconciliation! Don't miss out!
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