God has granted me the grace and peace I needed!

I can't believe it's been 12 days since my last entry! The time has flown by! I also can't believe that Christmas is in 2 days!!! So Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope you are all able to take time and focus on the true meaning of Christmas and why we even celebrate it.

One thing that has been driving me crazy lately is everywhere I go I see signs for X- mas parties. It makes me a little angry because Christ is the whole reason for why we should celebrate this holiday. So it should be Christmas parties.


On Friday Amber and I left to go to Mbarara, which is about four hours east of Kampala. One of my friends from the last time I was here got married and so we went to her wedding. We drove with people from YWAM and ended up staying on a Catholic compound just outside Mbarara. On Saturday we went to the wedding which was supposed to start at 12 and ended up starting at 1pm. It seemed very unorganized and well ...African I guess. The ceremony took place at a cathedral that was still under construction. But it's Africa what can I say. The reception was a lot nicer and was held at a hotel in their courtyard. The place was a bit small but somehow everyone fit. We ate dinner which consisted of chicken, rice, ma toke, brown posho, potatoes, beef, cabbage, beans and pop. It was filling and very delicious. After food we went back to the courtyard and watched them cut the cake and serve everyone a crumbling piece.
The Bride Esther, who is my friend, changed about two times throughout the reception and while she was gone they had guys, whom i suppose were the entertainment, dance and sing. They didn't have any formal dances and none of the guests danced. It was all a little different than when I would work for weddings back home. It was strange to not be a part of helping somehow but she had a lot of people who helped out. It turned out beautiful and she seemed very happy. That's all that matters in the long run anyway.
We ended up staying at the catholic place until early Sunday morning because the wedding went late into the night. It was so nice to be able to go to a wedding in a different country and experience how they do things.

Last night Amani took a bus full of mamas and volunteers to a church in Kampala called Watoto. They are a part of the African children's Choir and they were putting on a Christmas production. It was so well done. They had dancing, singing and the Christmas story was acted out. Anyways it was a lot of fun and it was good to have something Christmasy since the weather has been in the 80's lately and it hasn't really felt like Christmas.

Well that's all for now I'll write more later and hopefully not as much so that it doesn't overwhelm you. :)

God Bless you all!