Home Sweet Home-Away-From-Home

After a 3 hour trip to the Nile River's headwaters, we stopped in the town of Jinja to eat at Ling-Ling's Chinese restaurant. (It may seem odd that we'd have Chinese in Africa, but if you think about it, we're a lot closer to China than the States!)  What was funny was seeing Americans eat at a Chinese restaurant in Africa while listening to "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" on the restaurant's radio.   For a brief meal, we were global!

Back in the vans for 2 more hours to our home base, the Mount Elgon Hotel.  Some R&R, an evening meal and then our first team meeting.

Our devotional tonight was on receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1 & 2).  Leo reminded the group with this commission: "No matter what you were before coming here, now you are evangelists, pastors, teachers, apostles.  You have all the responsibilities and privileges that the apostles of the Scriptures have.  You're different now.  If you are asked to heal, heal.  If asked to preach, then preach.  If you're called upon to exorcise demons, exorcise.  You are God's chosen to speak His Word. "

Laying hands on each other we prayed.  He's right.  We are different.

Tomorrow we visit 11 different churches to teach Sunday School and preach.  Pray for us!  Some of us are doing this for the first time!