Mission Uganda, Day 6

Woke up refreshed and had breakfast. Very good. Today is Sunday and we are going to worship at the village in Juba. The church in Juba is Pastor Peter's church. (Not our Lord of Life Sr. Pastor Peter) We got to Juba and worship had already been going on for about two hours. They were in the intercessory prayer and they were all praying. We were invited in the church and were escorted to the front where they wanted to us to be the honored guest. We were singing Lord I Lift Your Name on High in Jopadola the local language and in English. We sang, we prayed and we worshipped and it was great. I was asked to preach for the church this morning. So I preached in an African village called Juba and that is something that I will remember for the rest of my life. Normally the pastor talks for 2 hours but I was not going to do that. I managed to preach for about 12 minutes and they loved it. Once I finished Pastor Peter thank me so much and asked his church what have we learned from our preaching today. Lots of people raised there hands and said things they learned and that was pretty awesome. One of the other pastors stood up and said I have learned lots from this man and reminds me of Proverbs 25:25. "Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat." Wow! Pastor Alex stood and said we have heard good news from this man from America, Lord of Life. I was just in awe of everything. I just can't describe it. It was I guess a holy moment in my life. I have had many holy moments on this trip and so much to share. After worship we all sat in the church for about another couple hours talking over sweet bananas and pop. We talked about the village of Juba. How it was back during the civil war in 1986. And just lots of talking about how God is working in Juba. After that we headed back to the hotel and ate lunch. After lunch I was excited to distribute some of the soccer jerseys that I brought with me. I also had the chance to play with a Ugandan team. It was such an awesome experience. It was a friendly match at the local pitch by True Vine. I distributed enough jersey's for the two teams. I handed out a set a red jersey's and blue jersey's. They were all so grateful for the jersey's. It was such a great experience. I was also asked to play with the red team. They found out that I play goal keeper and they had me start the game for them. Let me tell you, I was nervous. The teams consisted of  young men between the ages of 18 - 24. Different continent but same rules and same game. It was an awesome experience and I loved it. The other team tried so hard to score on me but failed. I made about four good saves and they loved me for that. Kept the score 0 - 0 at half. Some players played bare footed, some players had to sew their shoes, taped their shoes whatever to play. They play because they love this beautiful game. So so awesome. Loved it. After the game we took a group picture of all of us together. I was very humbled by this experience and so many experiences this trip. After the futbol match we headed back to the hotel and ate dinner. I have had such an amazing experience so far and we have another 7 days in Africa. Gonna be a good week. Looking forward to tomorrow.