Lugbara and other Lessons--Tuesday, May 15th

Erika started us off with a devotional that we all needed to hear. Mostly because I know from talking with some of the guys that most of us really feel like we are more of a burden to our hosts than a blessing. She told us how we have been a blessing to her in the ways we hadn't realized.

I don't remember what lead to it, but I realized as we debriefed over lunch how easy it is to become apathetic. So often I feel I need to read Scripture more often or that I need to spend more time in prayer or that I need to fast more or any number of good things. In actuality, I (we) need more to be more passionate about seeking God as if seeking a marriage or a friendship--and those are merely the means of doing so.

Bible School today was successful, but probably only by the grace of God. The memory verse was a huge hit and they learned it emphatically and easily: "Shout, for the Lord has given you the city" Joshua 6:16. However, we did not plan as well and there were many points of us not knowing what to do.

I met today a boy named Edemara- Kennedy (green shirt); Edemara being his birth name and Kennedy being his Christian name. Everyone is named like this--it is more noticeable with Children because unlike the adults, they are not used to introducing themselves by their Christian name (for the sake of remembering more easily) and so they introduce themselves by both names. Edemara was one boy I had a closer relationship with from the Bible School. Every day he would come find me and try to teach me Lugbara phrases--I turned out to be a poor student, but even though he was very excited to teach me, he wasn't the best teacher either as he mercilessly spouted off long sentences for me very quickly and expected me to repeat them exactly. It was difficult but very rewarding. Every time we learned a new phrase, the children got more and more excited to be able to use their native language with us.

Amamane Druzzi (I will see you tomorrow)