Beth Read has just returned from spending 10 days in Uganda at Kampala's Children Centre. If you missed the first half of her story, you can find that here.
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| Stickers!!! |
Day 6 was a very chilled day, which started off with either
Sunday school or church and ended with a culture show. I went to the church
with a few others from the team, and was astounded by the grace and spirit that
I felt in that place. We were asked to say a few words and although I was
reluctant, I explained that I was very happy to be there, and very blessed by
every one of them (explained very slowly, so it could go through the
translator).
The next day we were offered a slightly later start, and
then were taken straight off the KCC. The day was filled with teaching in the
school and painting house number 10 which was soon to be the baby house. Me and a lady called Gwynn were taken into a class of 25 2-3 year olds, and were asked to do
something with them while the teacher went to breastfeed her baby. You can
imagine my surprise when we were stood in front of toddlers, who were only just
started to learn English and asked to teach them something. On the spot we decided we would do some cutting and sticking and make a mosaic from it.
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| God made the flowers |
It was Day 8, we were exhausted and it was time for the last
children’s camp! This one was held on the KCC site, and held about 700 children
in 40 degree heat. You can imagine how shattered we were at the end of the day.
When we arrived it was time to set up, and according to me and Praise this very
obviously meant that it was selfie time!
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| He pulled the duck face first |
It was then time for more story telling, craft, singing,
dancing and praising God! For the craft we had decided to do mirrors with foam
stickers. They seem to love the stickers and I was crowded when they had
realised I had many in my pockets!
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| The joy of the Lord is my strength |
Our last full official day was quite chilled for the ladies,
not so much for the men. While us ladies took the house mothers to the zoo and
to Lake Victoria, the men stayed back to finish the painting of House 10! We
had a wonderful day, and were treated to 2 hours of singing from the mothers on
the way home to show their appreciation. When we got back I put my painting hat
on (cowboy hat!) and went to help my dad finish the mural he was painting for
the baby house.
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| The rainbow's in the sky to show God's promises are true |
When we had finished it was time to go and spend more time
with the children before we had to leave! We played with some bubbles, my hat,
we did (or they did) some handstands, and we were presented with a card that
some of the children had made us to thank us for everything we had done. I was
very sad to leave L
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| Christopher looks better in my hat! |
The flight back home was long, exhausting and boring, but
when we were finally home at 6:50am on Friday morning we were all glad to climb
back into our beds and have a nice long sleep! I loved my time in Uganda and
experienced some amazing things. Take me back <3
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| Home away from home |
What a story! Beth's experience has really opened my eyes and I hope you've enjoyed it too.
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| Guest post written by Beth Read |
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