Last day with our African family

Hey everyone!
So it’s been a while since I’ve written you. But I’m glad my mom got to update you all the other day on the Mums ministry stuff. So here is my tid-bit on the past few days. First off, Lira is such a different experience. The stories and lives each of the orphans and mums have had is very unique. Only five years ago, Joseph Kony and his army were here in Lira. Things got very shaken up and you can only try to imagine the kinds of things these people experienced. Anyways- God has used us in some pretty neat ways here. It took a while for the orphans and mums to warm up to us, but they finally did and it was pretty awesome. We got to spend time everyday with the Mums. Yesterday we had a tea party with them that ended in some intense prayer and worship. God takes hold of things and really shakes things up (in a good way.) God provided the words they needed to hear and the words we needed to hear as well. As well as the mums, we got to have VBS every day with the kids. They loved it! We taught them about David and how he became a king because God chose him. We taught about sin, forgiveness, and heaven. The kids started to get into it and began asking questions, which was cool to be apart of. Today was our last day in Lira and it was full of lots of fun. We went to church at the orphanage. There we sang, heard testimonies, and had a lesson taught by “Dr. Bruce” aka, Uncle Bruce. Later in the afternoon we came back for a presentation put on by the children. It was full of skits, poems, and even their very own choir! The kids did an amazing job… and their dance moves put all of us to shame. You can see in one of these pictures, my attempt to dance like these kids. Though I was no pro, it was so fun and the kids loved seeing the “mazungus” dance. We had to say our goodbyes- gees do I hate those. I fell in love. With Africa… with the mums… and with all of the precious children.

Well as we transition from leaving the orphanage, we will be traveling tomorrow to take a mini Safari for two days. On Wednesday we will be meeting up with the rest of the team for one last day of shopping and fellowship. We fly out of Africa on Thursday night (so Thursday morning U.S. time) so if you could please pray for a safe journey that would be much appreciated… cause I would love to come back to this awesome place in the near future ☺

We love you all and look forward to sharing more of this journey with you in person!

In Him,
Karlie