He is Risen, Indeed!

I hope you all had a fantastic Easter. I know this post is over a week late now, but we had a great Easter celebration here in Uganda! It was so beautiful seeing how Christians in other cultures still celebrate our Risen Christ! On Palm Sunday we saw many walking to and from church with palm branches, churches all around the area were putting on Easter plays, and many of the churches in Kampala came together for one large Easter service on Good Friday.

The EMI office took a long weekend, both Friday and Monday were days off for Easter celebrations and family time. I joined in with an EMI kids Easter Egg Hunt and day of fun at the pool. Then I joined in on some more family time with the Breitensteins watching Brave that night!







I attended our church play, "Battle for the Soul!" (http://www.gabachurch.org/default/) on Thursday evening and then Sunday Easter service. Both were very powerful events, and Pastor Peter shared with us that over 200 people accepted Christ last weekend through all the services! Praise the Lord for his word! It was a beautiful thing to see people surrendering their lives to Him on Easter.

On Easter, the interns and the Horne's all went over to Doors for a celebration like no other. We had a giant feast: roast lamb (named Lambchop) with tzaziki (spelling?) sauce, cheesy potatoes, pita and chipati, pumpkin, basil pasta, deviled eggs...and THEN desert! I made chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, Alan made mango pie, Meggie made a beautiful Easter bunny cake, and Kayla made delicious sugar cookies! We were so FULL after lunch.

Then we all had the best time watching the boys die Easter eggs (and the chicken) for the first time, participate in their first Easter Egg Hunt, and then compete in all kinds of fun yard games. It was the most enjoyable afternoon.

I've spent lots of quality time with new friends lately, found a workout buddy (shout out to Hope Aparo!), enjoyed growing with friends at Doors Ministries (https://www.facebook.com/DoorsMinistries), and also gotten to know some of the EMI local staff better!

Praises:
-Relationships have been growing and deepening here in Kampala, and are the most valuable thing about my time here...
-God has been granting me clarity on my next step in life! I will update you more on this soon!

Prayer Requests:
-I have been wrestling fear a lot lately, which is somewhat atypical for me. Please pray that I will accept God's peace in things beyond my control.
-Soon, my fellow interns will be off on project trips in Burundi again. I am going to miss them- but pray for them as they prepare for their trips! It is a stressful time for many as they try to complete things before their trips.

You May Be In Kampala If:
-You meet a sheep one day, and eat it the next. But he tastes good, so it's okay.
-Your hosts ask if you are okay to walk to a nearby park. Thinking it must be close, you say yes. You walk there for the next three hours.
-You get unduly excited for finding a new market where there are fresh GREENS: spinach and cilantro and a new friend, Kate, who will throw in a lemon for free.

Thank you for living this adventure with me,
SForbes