January 9, 2013

Children of Riwo fascinated by Muzungus

Children of Riwo fascinated by Muzungus

Today was the third day of the conference and Adams finally arrived in Suam to meet us.  It was decided that Nathanael would preach first, Scott would preach second and I would preach third with Pastor Otoo doing an evening session of ministry.   Nathanael spoke on the history of the Israelites and the importance of their story.  Scott spoke on faith and I spoke on knowing your enemy and his work.  After lunch Scott was asked to speak again and he spoke on Paul’s letter to the Romans.

After Scott’s final message we went to explore the village (Riwo) in which Nathanael had spoken on Sunday.  This village has only been inhabited for the past 5 years and we were exploring whether or not this might be a mission possibility for Scott’s church.  The entire village came out to greet us and we were even invited in to a small Ugandan hut.   Scott encountered an elderly woman who wanted to give Scott special blessings.  Much to Scott’s surprise these blessings were given by spitting on him.  This happened twice, causing Scott to inquire as to the meaning of this action.  Once we left the village we went to the army barracks outside of the village.  These soldiers are stationed to ward off the cattle rustling that has caused so much of the tribal conflict.  On Sunday Nathanael learned that the soldiers had killed 4 cattle thieves over the weekend.

As we began back towards Suam another rain storm arose.  The roads became very difficult to navigate and we were very thankful for the skill of John Juma.  When we arrived at one point in the road, the front tire slid off the roadway and we found ourselves sitting at a 45 degree angle.   With great skill, John moved the van backwards and 3 of our passengers jumped out and pushed the front of the van sideways as John began moving forward.  Finally we were back on our way towards Suam.

In visiting with Scott and Nathanael, they had determined that the environment for ministry in Uganda is much too difficult for them to bring a mission team in.  This was especially true, because they will have teenagers as a part of their mission team.

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