So, I've found that most people who I've talked to about my trip have asked a lot of the same questions. So much so, that I've even started to have a sort of robotic, memorized, planned out answer for them when they ask :) I decided that I should just answer them here. So... here we go, my FAQ's. :)
What did you do over there?
We did three main types of ministry. School, street evangelism, and hospital ministry.
School ministry: We went to so many different schools I can't remember all of them. But we would go, and split us up into groups and split the kids up, then spend some time playing games with them, singing songs, and just hanging out. After we would tell a bible story in the large group.
Street evangelism: Usually during the afternoons we would go out into the community, and attempt to build relationships with people nearby us. We would talk and pray with them.
Hospital ministry: Once a week, we would go to the hospital in Bugiri and pray for the people staying there. This was probably the hardest ministry for everyone, simply because there was so much hurt surrounding us.
Where did you stay?
you're about to get the grand tour. (sorry that the video is flipped the majority of this. hahaha)
What was the weirdest thing you had to eat?
<--- This is called Ugali. It's made of (if I'm right) cassava, flour, and water? Well anyway, it has the weirdest consistency, it's stretchy/squishy, and has no taste. It's like a giant booger.
Did you have running water?
Nope!
Did you see lions/giraffes/elephants?
No, but we did get to feed wild baboons bananas.
Did you get sick?
No, I was one of the few that didn't. Over half of my team got sick while we were there, and it was a lot of stress and struggle for us but it only drew us closer together.
What did you learn?
When I was in Africa, nothing really jumped out at me and said "I'm learning this", in fact I remember on the plane ride home not really feeling like I had not learned much at all. But, after arriving home, I feel like that's when the learning started. I'm still learning, and right now I can't really give you a bullet point list of main things I've discovered, but I'm planning on writing about some things later on on here.
And that pretty much sums it up :).
I also wanted to take some time to say thank you to everyone who has supported me, whether that be through sending in money for me or praying for me before I left and while I was gone. None of this could have happened without you, and I want to thank you for giving me one of the best months of my life.
-Emily
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