Maegans Journey: Kireka is filled with beauty, love, and the Lord!

Kireka is very beautiful in a different way than what we normally would think to call beautiful. The streets are very crowded, lots of shops, dirt sidewalks, and plenty of people taking double takes when they realize we are white. I love sitting in the window and just looking at how much different the culture is. We as Americans love much different but the people here are so passionate about the Lord and hungry for more. Today we went to Kireka Methodist church. It's the one we were at yesterday and will also be at tomorrow. The church isn't very big but they are in the process of building a much bigger building. The school is on the same property as the church and that's where I spend most of my time during the day. We usually have two speakers each day and and they talk for about 3 hours each. It's a lot of time but these people are so eager to learn more. Today Chad, Jordan, and Dewey spoke. They all did great for the time that I was in there. Today was much warmer than yesterday. I felt like I was dying as we were sitting in the church, of course there is no air conditioning. But I survived. Haha I wish everyone could meet the children here! They are so wonderful. I met a little girl today, her name is Shalom. She is so beautiful and just loves us white people. Her mother is on the worship team at the church. I also met Shalom's big sister Maria and she was a precious as can be, all the children are! A few of us on the team got to do VBS with the children at the school, there's about 29 students there at the moment but they would love to have more if there was the funds to do so. I met this girl yesterday at the school, her name is Katie and she stole my heart. One of my best friends name is Katie and it's nice to have a little piece of home here in Afirca, she lit up the room as well just like my friend. I told her instantly that my friends name was Katie and I would never forget her name! Also, most of their names are very hard to pronounce. The women at the church cook lunch for us and its amazing! I was very worried about my stomach coming over here but I honestly haven't had any problems yet! Praise God! It feels better with the food I've been eating here than I do at home. They don't use a lot of flour it seems so I don't have a lot to worry about. Their rice and beans are the best! I could eat them everyday, not even kidding! It's just a huge blessing to be here, I am so overwhelmed with joy that I don't even know what to think. Tomorrow will be another wonderful day of ministry and I'm all ready for what God is going to do! Sending much love back home!

Here's the children in the class room. We were doing crafts with them.

More of the class.

Here's their playground. It's not very big and the swings are literally little wood pieces stuck between a square piece. It's very old and rusted. Would love to see them get a new one!

But they still enjoy it!