October 17th - Hysterical Laughter

Today was fun.  Mainly a lot of fellowship with our fellow team mates.  We went to church at Agape Baptist church in Kampala.  The most impressive thing to me about the church service is that when the pastor gave a call to prayer and invited people to pray at the front of the church with the elders the majority of the children went up.  A young man named Brian accepted Jesus as his Savior and made us all cry tears of joy as the angels in Heaven were rejoicing!

After church we went to an Indian restaurant.  I will admit that I was not excited for the cuisine as I'm not an incredibly adventurous eater and I am a serious spice wuss.  Even mild salsa is too spicy for me sometimes!  I was so pleasantly surprised.  The food did have some spice but it was very flavorful and quite delicious.  The food however did not compare to the conversation.  We laughed so hard!  I'm not sure I can even accurately explain what we were laughing about.  A little bit of everything but mainly I have developed a reputation for being a "matchmaker".  There are several singles on this trip and I've been pointing out opportunities to most of them as we meet potential suitors.  So we laughed about that.  A lot.

After our long lunch (about 2 hours) we were given a special treat.  We visited a cultural center for an evening of dance and cultural entertainment.  The host was hysterical and the dancing amazing.  At one point some of us were brought up on stage to discuss "mating" or "choosing a suitor" in our respective cultures.  One of the girls that is traveling with us (Sarah for those who know her) was called up on the stage.  When it came her turn to talk she said that the way she finds a potential suitor is, "Dawn Lema!"  The host then invited me up where I was very tempted to start a version of The Dating Game.  The men from the dance troop came out on stage and tried to impress her and one even later commented that he's single.  We really did laugh so much.  I'm sure we burned off all the calories from the Indian Food extravaganza just by laughing constantly.