Hello everyone. This is Floyd.
Today has been a day primarily spent in rest, study, and
prayer. I blogged earlier about everything that had happened this morning prior
to lunch and I think that Kim blogged about the talk we received today from
Uncle Jonnes about the orphan’s heart. It was a great talk but since Kim has
already discussed it, please see her post for more information on that.
After lunch we came back to our room and did some laundry. I
should clarify that Tamra did some laundry, but I hung the clothes line so that
she would have something to hang the clothes on. J
We learned something very interesting today that was quite contrary to what we
had understood about Ugandans before. You see Ugandans iron everything. I can’t
stress this point enough because they literally iron everything. We have
always been told and believed that this was because the culture does not allow
for wrinkles as everyone is supposed to look socially presentable; at least as
much as is possible based on what you have. Thus everyone irons. Now this is
not totally incorrect but it is not the primary reason for ironing everything. The
real reason you iron everything in Uganda (and boy are we glad we found out
before tomorrow) is because of the mango
flies. What apparently happens is that the mango flies land on your
clothes while they are drying outside and lay their eggs in the clothing. Then
you put on the clothes and the tiny eggs get into your skin. So you just became
an incubator and the eggs hatch from within your skin, sending you and all
those around you screaming in terror. Well, maybe just you. Anyway…. this is
the real reason everyone irons. So that the heat can kill the eggs and you won’t
become a human mango fly.
We spoke with Pastor Johnson today (the pastor of Victory
Living Word Church who is our partner for the church plants) to coordinate
attending church there a week from now. Hopefully his schedule will allow for
us to go and visit the 150 acre property afterwards, but we won’t know until
later. He is checking his schedule.
The power is back on again after going out sometime in the
middle of the night last night. This has given us a chance to recharge our
equipment so that we can withstand the next round of power outages, which will
no doubt be here soon - probably tonight sometime. We've had no power way more
than we have had power here; we expected that would probably happen.
Tomorrow we will attend church for the first time here at
New Hope. I have no doubt it will be an experience as all church services in
Uganda have been thus far. We are looking forward to it.
I will now leave you all as I end this blog thinking about
Father’s Day. Father’s are a huge blessing and those that are missing theirs
undoubtedly have huge holes in their hearts right now. I still have my father
and while I don’t see him as often as I would like to, I know that he is there.
The same is true with our Father in heaven. We don’t really see Him ever. But
we should know that He is there. Perhaps you should wish Him a happy Father’s
Day too. He loves you. He created you. He is inside you. Talk to Him. You may
be quite surprised by what He has to say to you when you do. Happy Father’s Day
Dad. Happy Father’s Day God. Love you both for all you've done, all you do, and
all you've yet to do.
Now I've got to go iron some clothes….
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