January 5th

Day 2 of the conference: Pastor Martin kicked off the day with some worship, time for tea and then the breakout groups to follow.

Women: pastor Evelyn preached then the ladies began to dance to "shackles". Sophie had taught the ladies the choreography and it was incredible to look around and see many of the Congolese women freely dancing on the stage, other women dancing throughout the church and then spontaneously the youth and men had a sweet dance battle circle going off in the back. Love it.
Everyone took some lunch and met back in their groups. The women continued with Marlene teaching through the isaiah 60:1 passage, Whitney gave her testimony with a call to action in choosing the Lord. Then patti taught about the church being like different parts of the body as she wove pieces of her testimony throughout. Frankie ended the women's conference with a call and encouragement for
unity. Each held the hand of the next as they all took communion and spent time in prayer together.

Youth: the RH team were able to really spend some time praying for the youth and then Matt led them all in worship together. Jeff powerfully challenged them to step out of the darkness and into the light. It was a powerful time filled with boldness and authority. Stephen Hibu shared his Intense testimony and it was SO good. He challenged the youth to lead pure lives for Christ. Dakota shared her testimony and Khara taught the youth and pressed them with a call to purity, prayer and purpose.

Men: david miller, mark, Stephen Hibu all shared with the men about community, purpose and unity. Turns out that the ugandan men want to discuss the same topics as American men... Go figure ;).

This was the last day with the Gbcc volunteers so goodbye's had to be said. This is always a really difficult time for the team as it's surprising how close and attached you become with one another in such a short period of time. Bits and pieces of hearts are always left here in Gulu, for sure.

Towards the end of the day, the team was able to visit Krochet Kids international where they were able to see the facility, meet the staff, check out the operation and get some sweet hats. The team was able to pray over Sean x2 before they left as well.

The Lord has been so gracious this trip for the team, for Gbcc, for Gulu, for His kingdom. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.

Packing up happened late and sleep was neede as they were headed out for safari super early. :)