Team B in Gulu

During the past week and a half that team B has spent in Lukodi God has been at work among us. Here are a few highlights:
- Yesterday the Lukodi Community Church celebrated their 1-year anniversary. The growth of the church has been amazing and the outreach efforts of IV and FOCUS outreach can be seen. It is such an engouragement to see the fruit of many conversations and relationships.
- We have learned several Acholi worship songs and we enjoy singing them with the girls! As we drove to Fort Patiko on Saturday we all sang at the top of our lungs in the van. I'm impressed with our drivers ability to focus on the road!
- On Thursday we played a soccer game with boys from the local school. Sadly our team lost 2 to 6, but it was a lot of fun! After the game our team had a chance to interact with the local kids and through the sharing of the gospel 5 young men prayed to begin following Christ. We've seen them twice since then - at a discipleship class we organized on Saturday and at church yesterday. It is amazing to see God at work here in such a different way than we are used to seeing in America.

I also want to add a very belated Father's Day greeting from our team. On Sunday night last week many of the Americans shared stories about our dad's and wished we could be in contact. So to you dads reading this - know that you are loved!

While we were thinking of our own fathers it was hard to imagine that all the little kids we've grown to love at ChildVoice will never know theirs. Please join us in praying for them to know their identity as children of God, adopted into his family and loved by him. It is this love that brings joy to the girls, puts smiles on their faces and encouragement in their hearts. Living with them has been an inspiration to hope and live courageously.

Love from Team B,
Kate