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July 3: Travel from Mbarara to Kashanje

We are now in Kashanje at Rev. Ben’s house just down the road from the Juna Amagara Kashanje Learning Advancement Center (KLAC). We haven’t been able to see the kids yet though. It was pretty late when we got here. We’ll see them tomorrow. This morning, we had breakfast with the ABIDE team. They are very friendly and made sure that they had a conversation with everybody. After breakfast, we drove up to Kashanje from Mbarara. The ride was about three hours. We got to see the mountains for the first time. They were absolutely breathtaking. Its hard to wrap your mind around on how beautiful they are! God is an artistic God, (In terms of scenery), and He has proven it many times since we arrived. We also went to a market this evening and we proclaimed the Word of God. We were able to see the worship team from Juna Amagara as they sang songs. The energy they had when they praised the Lord, was very convicting. We don’t do that at church. We stand there and act bored. But they were dancing and they had so much energy in what they were doing and it was just awesome to be a part of. Seeing them get into it makes you start to dance to the music. Its great. The kids at this yard sale would come up to you and start talking. It was in there native language of course, but it was adorable, none the less. After the yard sale, we had to drive literally up the mountains. We went so high up. I’m terrified of heights, so it was a very nerve wrecking ride for me. There were times when the driver would go so close to the edge of the cliff and I would just lose it. Haha. When we arrived in Reverend Ben’s house, there was a bat flying around inside! It was so freaky. Also on the way to Kashanji, Herbert, a guy who works at the Juna Amagara orphanage, bought us a bunch of mini bananas, I had about 5 of them. They were delicious! The food here in general is just amazing. One of my biggest factors about coming on this trip was the food but the food is great. While driving up to Reverend Ben’s, we stopped at this gas station and there was a van that drove by and the driver yelled out the window, “Whites! You are welcome!” That just warms my heart to hear that. Everywhere you go, you constantly hear the word “Muzungu’s!” Which means white people in their native language. Some of these people haven’t even seen a muzungu before and they just get so excited. Driving through the mountains, there were a lot of oxen. It was really funny because little kids would be chasing them with sticks! It was so cute. God is an amazing God. It is my pleasure and honor to be here in this absolutely breathtaking country. Thank you God, for giving me the opportunity to be here. I love You.