As first time visitor to Africa, the trip to Uganda was amazing but definitely overwhelming. Our culture and theirs are so different, the way people think, the way they come to decisions, family life, everything. A few things have stuck with me since i have come back, firstly the number of children. Everywhere you go there are children who are largely neglected and shown very little love, their only hope for transformation in their lives is our Lord Jesus and the love he has for them. Also, i've been struck by the enormity of the problems there, social and economic. It would be far too easy to see these problems as a mountain that can't be moved, but nothing is impossible for our God, he told us that faith the size of a mustard seed would move mountains. If this sort of work of God is needed anywhere, its Africa!
Hannah writes:
We put on a church conference for leaders from the surrounding area. One of the most powerful moments for me personally, was when we taught them the song 'Our God Reigns' and were worshipping Jesus together. To be in a room full of people who were unified in their desperation for God was very stirring...It opened my eyes to what it means to belong in the body of Christ and made me praise God all the more!
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