Spirit filled day

It is very hard to describe the joy of meeting one's friends again.  Ishmael probably said it best when he greeted us, " Should I cry or should I just be happy that you are here".  Andrew spent the entire day with us as he said, 'two years was too long to be separated".  After church today, the congregation gathered outside for an auction.  This time one of the bags held a live chicken.  The chicken was not too happy about the auction.  Hopefully the chicken is for eggs and not to go into someone's soup pot tonight.  We also today went to Sunday School class with Andrew.  84 children came to hear the story of Moses.  A couple of boys were fascinated by my white skin.  We sang songs with them.  We also met the church's evangelist.  An evangelist takes care of the church while the pastor is busy at another congregation.  On behalf of PLC, we made a donation to their building initiative.  After Sunday School, Allen's daughter and Rachel's daughter brought their babies to meet us.  Bryson is 8 months old and Shawn is 7 months old. Very touching to meet the next generation at Mwangaza.  We also had an opportunity to see Salome today and have lunch with her.  She was my partner from my original trip in 2007.  She is now a member of the management team at Mwangaza.  We have rounded out the day by playing uno with Loyishe and Andrew.  It was Andrew's first time playing uno.  At one point, he told me to "calm down" as I was saying "Uno" too much.  Steph's wondering where the monkeys are at but so far we  have not seen any at Mwangaza.