Friday...

1-6-12
Today we started out by leaving early to get out to mawe tatu for a woman's conference that each of us ladies were teaching at and the men were going to do outreach at a somewhat near by village. We got the village after a bumpy ride, these roads are crazy! And the people were all waiting outside for us to arrive cause they were so exited for us to get there... They say you have come all the way from America we want to hear what you have to say... A very weird feeling. All of us girls were so nervous to speak but it was exciting at the same time. We all went inside the church and they had decorated it for us, they used their best stuff to make it look pretty for us. We prayed then and chai which is tea with sugar and milk and mondazie which is like a donut. Then the men left for their thing and the women started our conference... these women love to sing and so we all sang, or they sang we clapped, cause we didn't know what they were saying :) Kristin started us out with an awesome devo on Sarah... she did so good and you could totally tell it was from her heart. Then Jeseika gave hers on Martha and related it to her life of being a mother. I went next and did mine on the woman at the well, I wasn't able to get through it without crying, big surprise there, but felt like the women could understand the main point. Lindsey was fourth and did hers on Esther, her hero, and gave a great lesson on her and how we are just as normal as Esther and God can use all of us. Then Katlyn finished us off and gave hers on Mary the mother of Jesus, it was good and the ladies enjoyed all of us. At the end we introduced ourselves again and one lady asked us when are you coming back?? It was so sweet, they were all so thankful and happy for us to be here! One phrase I love that we learned is buenasafiwe which means praise the lord and they all say it all the time. We finished our conference and had lunch, chicken ugalie and cabbage. The men got back with great news 24 professions of faith throughout that village they went to. They had such an amazing time witnessing and talking to others about Jesus. We have a lot of white people with us and some of our people were the first white people to set foot in that village. They would just stare at us like so interested in why we looked so different. They love to touch our skin and our hair. We then made our way back to our house and our water is finally fixed so we could all shower now, it felt amazing... Then we had dinner at our house, they brought pizza! It was so different but still very good.
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