Saturday, 28 May 2011
I feel like Santa Claus
On Friday we found out that members mother had died. She died on Thursday night at 7pm and they were going to bury her on Friday at 4pm. Because of not being able to keep the body they have to bury the body fast. So we had Martin(a member) help us find the place because of past experience of getting lost. We were grateful that we had had him show us were it was because we would have never found it. We then headed to get the children from school and then stopped the one of few shopping stores and the chidlren commented on the biggness of the store and the things that were available there. We have not done alot of shopping here. So they were in awe. We had locked the car with a strong bike lock that we put around the steering well to discourage people from stealing the car. When we got back to the car we could not get the lock off and so Tim ran into the store and got a small saw and sawed it off. It was a miracle that we just happened to be in the one place that we could get a saw and get the lock off. We felt very blessed. We then headed to the funeral but we as we headed up to the place we saw hundreds of people leaving and we knew that we were late. It amazes me that within 24 hours all these people knew about it and were there. We visited with the member and gave our condolences and walked to the gave. We then headed home and on the way we were in village and Tim had bought 1,000 pictures of Jesus Christ and so we would stop and the children would pass out the pictures. It was amazing to watch the response of the children that received the pictures they were jumping up and down and smiling with such joy. Many white people give candy to the young children but we were giving something of much more lasting value. One of the children stated WOW I feel like Santa Claus. It was a fun experience for us all.
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Cindy,
ReplyDeleteWhen do you return to Provo? The Church is sending Gary's sister, Diane and husband Jesse Hunsaker to Uganda in August before school starts so their 17 year old daughter can accompany them to set up an eye clinic. She said they will be in the capitol city. Is that near you?