Our First Week In Africa!

Hello!

We made it to Africa - and have already had quite the journey!  There is so much to tell and so many pictures to show.  We ended up being in the Congo longer than we planned.  It took us 2 days to get there instead of 12 hours, and we stayed an extra day to do some more ministry.  So, we did not get to Busia, Uganda until Monday evening.  We had a wonderful week of ministry in the Congo - there is so much need! 

We visited an orphan school and taught a Bible story and we sang songs.  We also fed them bread and juice.  The people in the community who run the school do not have enough to feed the children even once a month!

We also shared with women in the community who are widows, poor, were raped during the wars, and some have AIDS.  We gave out soap and salt after the church service.

We stayed an extra day to visit 2 Pygmy camps in the bush.  They are very much an unreached people group and are just beginning to learn who God is.  We gave out corn at both camps.  At the second camp, we ran out of corn and some were picking scraps from the dirt.

Mike preached several times throughout the week at the different churches.  We now have 3 churches in Congo!  One in Goma and the 2 Pygmy camp churches!  Please pray for the men who will teaching God's Word and discipling the new Christians!

I cannot possibly go into all the details in a blog, pictures tell so much more!  I have posted all our pictures on my Facebook account (Sarah Huguley McCord).  I will try to post them on this blog page as well.  It may take some time, though.  You can also get more updates on our whole team at www.helpinghandsuganda.blogspot.com.

Thank you for your faithful prayers!  Please keep lifting us up to our Father as we have our mission team come in tomorrow.