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Hello My Family & Friends,

I updated my blog on Saturday but it looks like it didn't go through. Oh well. Well I shall update you on what happened on Saturday. The team that came from NC did a VBS and it was so much fun. All the children and teenagers loved it. Plus they got some sweeties. Before I go any further let me tell you that it is pouring down here. I hope it stops very soon because I have to walk up to the school and do devotions. Okay..it's raining super duper hard! holy crap chicken! The past couple of days have been really fun. With the VBS and then yesterday with the water games. Yesterday church was really cool. One of the guys from the team lead the teens bible study and then we went to church. We first sang and danced and had a good time praising Our Abba Father. Then the GSF choir got up and sang some songs. They are really good and talented. God has really talented this children and teenagers. Then after the choir sang the preacher from the village spoke and it was about not trusting man, trust God. Oh wow! That'll get you. Okay i know I am going all the place with this one and I am sorry about that. But on Saturday night we had a good ole' time! Every time there is a team or speical guest GSF cooks goat and and they have a bond fire. I can tell you the goat was actually really good. It was not that bad at all. But before we started eating we starting the night with some dancing. Oh and you know how I am. I got my groove on and danced the night away. We probably danced for about 30 minutes or so. Well it seemed like that. And then we ate goat, bananana stuff, and green breens. Then after dinner we danced some more. While some of us were dancing the rest were roasting marshmellows over the bondfire. Then it came to a time where the dancing stopped and we all ended up at the bondfire and sang some worship songs and just had a good time being all the together before the Lord. I can tell you that night was awesome! Oh by the way..it's still raining very hard!! (rain, rain go away..come again another day) I can tell you that God has been working in my heart in the past couple of weeks. He has been breaking me and telling me not to rely on myself to get through each day. That He is the one that brings me through each day. That He is my strength. I am getting a little tired and discouraged. But I know my thing I can find rest and strength in My Abba Father. I just have to go to Him. I have to TRUST Him. The things that I am speaking the the children about seems almost pointless because I don't feel they are listening. It almost feels like sometimes I am talking to a brick wall. I have been talking about obedience, respect & honour, lying, punishment & consequences, friendships. I know God wants me to talk about those things. But they are so hard to get across to these children. I probably will do series about love, and I am waiting until the end to talk about salvation in Christ. I think I heard Carloyn say last night that our children at GSF are the miniority in the classes, which means that the other children are from other villages. We have some children from Muslims families, and families that pracitice other false religions here in Africa. So I ask that you pray for me when it comes time for me to talk about faith in Christ and what it means. I really don't want to come across and bash their religion and their culture. I want to share with them my best friend who changed my life forever and who lives in me and who forgives me of my sins. And who also died for me. I also would like for you all to pray for Chad. He is still homesick. He told me lastnight that He doesn't like it here. The other day he got bite by one of the boys and that evening he called his mom and his mom said she would buy him a ticket. So I just ask that you pray hard from this young man, Chad. He is a really cool person. I know that Satan is attacking him. I have been in his shoes when I was in Argentina. So also pray that I can encouarge him. I don't know why he doesn't like it. His full name is Chad Grindstaff. Thank you all for the prayers. The team just left about 30 mintues ago. It felt good to be around people from the states for a week. But I can tell you that I am trying to stay focused. Just continue to pray for the both of us. Thank you. I love you all. Chad and I were going to go to Gulu with the team this morning but were unable to and I Chad was a little dissappointed with that. Well I shall talk to everyone later on. I need to finish working on my devotions for the children today.


P.S. Candace...Happy Birthday! I hope you enjoy your day and have a blast. I miss and love you! Take care and will see you when I get back.


In Christ,

Chandler