I got my hair braided African style! It didn't hurt much. Today me and Kate went to a church called the Miracle Centre Church. It was SO good! I loved it so much. The pastor got us up the front to ask us welcome us and ask us some 'get to know you' questions. Everyone was so friendly and alive. Man Africans can groove, I love it!
The church is really big; there would have been a few hundred people in our service, but they have more than one service.
We had another pretty relaxing day and are getting ready for the week ahead at Masindi Family Spirit Orphanage. I'll be teaching English and maths and also filming and doing photography for a website they're putting up. I'll also be collecting and editing stories of the children at the orphanage and taking their pictures so they can be put up on the website too. Everyone has a story and some of them are so heart-breaking but amazing the way the orphanage has turned their lives around,
The kids are absolutly beautiful and I'm looking forward to hanging out with them lots this week and being as much of an encouragement to them as I can.
They have a beautiful song they sing to welome visitors. Part of it goes "we are lacking parents, parents in our school." It's so sad to see that so many of them have had both parents die. But
the head of the orphanage and principal of the school is an amazing man and everyone calls him "Daddy". At lunchtime he said "I'm just going to sit with my children." Family Spirit is a great name to describe the place because everyone treats each other like family and there is so much love there.
I think I'm getting more used to the heat now. I am so stoked I get to miss out on 8 weeks of winter in Australia!
Thanks for keeping us updated, Anni. We are passing your comments on to our homegroup, who are praying. Sounds like you're both going really well. Even with that braided hair, you might need to replace your cap for 8 weeks in Africa. Blessings, Carla & Phil
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ReplyDeleteLove the hair, but doesn't it hurt a bit? I loved the thought of the Family Spirit. It sounds a lot like MCC and the way each child looks after the other. I wish our society would embrace such a concept!
Bethany