1 Mzungu, 2 Mzungu, 12!

Last Wednesday Sarah and I did prison ministry with Pastor Amos. He picked us up from Smile and then we went to town and had to pick up another group of people and here they were “OTHER MZUNGUS”....haha. It is rare to see around here. We were dropping them off at a village church near the prison we were headed to. We chatted with them on the way and they were the ‘Expedition’ team with Adventures In Missions (AIM), the other AIM organization. Their team is 12 including 2 leaders and they are in Tororo for 3 weeks, 1 week in town, 1 in the bush, and 1  in Mlababa (town nearby). They will be traveling to Kenya, Tanzania, and then one unknown country.

While they were at the church Sarah and I went to the Men’s Prison and we shared the story of Joseph. Sarah did an amazing job of summarizing the whole story of Joseph and I focused on Genesis 39: 20-23:
‘But while Joseph was there in prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

It was intimidating to be two white women in front of all these African men prisoners. But God was definitely present and spoke to these men. They were so welcoming to us, we sang worship with them, and then Sarah and I shared. We left them with this scripture in hopes that it would give them Hope that even though they are in prison, God is with them and has purpose for them. That they should continue to seek God even in this trying time because prison is not the end of God’s plan for them.  They were so appreciative and it was a great time.

We picked up the other crew again and headed back to town. We invited them over for dinner the next evening and told them to bring chapati. They all arrived and had brought produce to make guacamole, and salsa! We had made the taco meat, thanks for sending seasoning friends and family! They were so surprised we had made actual ground beef meat!! It was so fun to host them, especially since they were leaving for the bush (middle of nowhere Uganda) the following day.

We spent time sharing stories about how God brought each of us to this place in Uganda. So encouraging to hear about God moving in everyone! Something we should all share more often!! We had a great evening of conversation and it turned out to be what we all needed, God knew. So thankful we had just moved into the house a week prior to host them! Loving the new house!!!!