October 25, 2012 - Kampala

Today we headed into Kampala to do street ministry.  That's another new one for me.  It's a super crowded city, a little overwhelming to the senses.  I was on a team with Michael and Judy and Paul came along as our translator.  We didn't get very far before Paul spotted someone he knew and we stopped.  Michael started talking to the people sitting there on the street corner and we ended up just praying for a bunch of them right there.  One man got his back healed and that was a lot of fun to see the huge smile on his face when it happened.  The weird thing about praying for healing here is that the people often just walk off after the prayer without saying anything.  When you ask, they just say they're fine now.  I wonder if they're just being nice, or if they are so used to the supernatural here that it isn't a big deal.  It's strange.  But at least there are those that get really excited, so it's easy to tell that it really did happen.  :)

Walking back to the bus, Jennie and Jordan and I went into a restaurant to get a soda.  Jennie asked at the counter for a bottle of Coke.  A lady led us down a dark hallway, it felt like we were being taken to a back alley or something weird.  Finally she motioned toward a door.  Jordan went over and opened it to find a squatty potty!!  We were laughing so hard, and when the lady caught on that she had misheard, she was laughing too.  We got our sodas and headed back out to the group.

We had dropped half our team off at a hospital, so we went to pick them up.  We parked at a car wash while we waited for them to come out.  The team jumped off the bus and just started talking to people.  At least a couple ended up getting saved and at least one was healed!!   This guy (left) got his knee healed and he just started jumping up and down and shouting "Jesus healed me!" and telling everyone around.  It was really fun!  Then after he settled down, Richard told him the gospel and he gave his life to Christ.