On Saturday, April 2nd Natalie, Jennifer, our guard David and I took a trip just outside of Mbale for a village visit. We drove for about 30 minutes before we met Benard, one of our guards, by the side of the road. He then directed us to his church, where we arrived right on time at 10 am. Of course, this being Uganda, we were the first ones there. It was a Saturday morning, and so most people were out in the fields working instead of in church. The few members who were there showed us to the places of honor at the very front of the church, and we were led in some songs of praises until more members came in from the fields.
After singing, the pastor encouraged the members to share testimonies with the church. The most interesting testimony came from a boy about 12 years old named Job. He was a very charismatic little guy with a great smile. Job praised God for his health, because recently he had been very sick. He was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, but was now feeling strong and was happy to be in church praising God. After this, the children’s Sunday School Choir came to the front of the church to sing for us- and we were all blown away! Job was the leader of the choir- he’s the kid with the amazing voice wearing the blue shirt in the videos.
In this last video, you can see Job’s acting skills. Since they sung this song in Luganda, David had to explain to us what was going on in this song. Job’s character in the song had killed the two boys kneeling in front of the choir because they were following God. The girls who lifted up the boys were angels who took their bodies up to heaven. However, Job doesn’t understand what happened and is totally bewildered when he can’t find the bodies. Interesting kids song, huh?
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