Nancy Harbron reports from Uganda.

June 9, 2013 – Sunday

Today we attended the church services for both the Lugandan and English services.  The Kampala Church of Christ (KCC) sends their greetings to each of you.  They are very grateful for your prayers and for thinking of them.  They are always very encouraged when they have visitors. 

John Sekwa preached at the English Service and spoke specifically about not coming to church to expect a miracle, but rather to increase you relationship with God.  Many people here have learned one way or another about the message of prosperity, so, some have a view that if they come to church, God will cause them to materially prosper.  Jobey Terzol, led the contribution comments.  I was especially proud of him for his comments concerning not giving up in the cause of Christ and daily living.  He is one of the young adults who was a “street kid” at the age of 8 years old and has become a Christian through friendships at KCC.  He is now 21 years old and lives at the church as one of the guards.  He also attends school and is in the 10^th grade.  Living on the streets put him behind until a visiting American sponsored him.  He wants to be a doctor one day.

After church services, we visited with many of the members to introduce Carmen and for me to get caught up with dear friends.  We went to Viviane’s home for lunch, a local Ugandan meal.  She had prepared stewed beef, fresh peas, greens, Matoke (steamed plantains), rice, Sweet potatoes, Irish Potatoes and Coke!  After lunch we looked at her photo album and learned more about her escape from Rwandan threats after the genocide.  She had survived the torture through the genocide but was pushed out of the country due to remaining tension between the tribes.

In the evening, we attended a Ugandan Performance learning more about the culture and tribes. 

More to come!! Many blessings to all of you!!

Nancy

Nancy Harbron, Terzol, and Carmen Myer

Carmen Myer is a twenty-something college student and Montessori teacher from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has been a member of the South Baton Rouge Church of Christ for her entire life and just recently joined a new church plant in the Baton Rouge area. Although this is not her first time to leave the States this will be Carmen’s first mission trip. She has been blessed to see God’s hand at work in every tiny detail of the trip and cannot wait to see his grace and love carried on throughout the rest of the trip. To follow Carmen’s journey head on over to her blog at carmendanielle.com.