On Feb. 7 Mike had the opportunity to preach at one of the churches in a nearby village. It was definitely an experience! He had done this a couple times before, but I had never been to a village church before! While many people here speak English, there are still some who only speak Lugandan. He preached through an interpreter! You can see through the photo that the church is a little "rustic" compared to what we are used to! Last time he preached at this church there were no walls, just open air! This time they had put up some "walls" though because they said it distracted the people when they could see everything that was happening outside of the church! As you can guess it was very different from the way we "do church" in the States. The worship was all in Luganda and much more lively than most churches in America. Since we really did not know what they were saying, it was difficult to join in worship, but we did our best and Uncle Paul (the pastor of the church who grew up at New Hope) tried to tell us what they were saying so we had some sort of idea what was going on! It was definitely an experience we will never forget! We have couple of videos that I took during the service which we will glady share when we get home! Just thought you might want to see this picture! There are others posted on my (Rachel) FaceBook if you are interested in looking!
What an experience that must have been and what wisdom you will gain from God that you both have the opportunity to touch so many precious lives in the time you all are there.
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