MISSIONS SPECIAL: ELIM SOUND
Mission to UGANDA My work with the Watoto worship team continued over the next few days, where I had the opportunity to encourage and minister to the team. Watoto made sure that whilst we were there they used us to our full potential, and whilst Caleb and I were with the worship team, Rachel (a Head Teacher) was used across campuses to support the teaching aspects of Watoto. This included supporting teachers in the Primary and Secondary Schools, and those that taught the children as part of the Watoto Children’s Choir. Our children also made excellent teaching assistants, supporting with the input of these sessions, including our four-year-old, Naomi.
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or some time now, my wife and I have been looking for an opportunity to take our whole family on a mission. Mission is an incredible way to position yourself to be used by God in ways that are often outside your usual
One of the most memorable moments for our family was visiting the Watoto orphanage. Here we had a real sense of God’s love, and the compassion to these children was outstanding. We fed the babies milk; gave them dinner, and left our hearts there with them! Our children were incredible, and loved every moment; we had to drag them away! Rachel and our daughter, Tilly (9), had spoken to their schools about our mission, and we were able to take a case full of new baby grows and activity books for the children. Our family came back to the UK changed for the better. We met some incredible people, who spoke into our lives and into the lives of our children. We even saw the odd giraffe and elephant! We thank God we were able to take our family there. We are left feeling that Kenya is a very special place, and we can’t wait to go back!
routine - to meet new people, to experience their way of life and be exposed to their needs. We wanted our children to experience a culture and a different way of living that would hopefully change their outlook and give them a new understanding of how life can be for other families across the world, for the good and those that struggle every day. We landed at 2pm on Saturday afternoon, and were whisked from the airport, straight into sound check for the Saturday evening service, as I would be leading worship and Caleb would be playing drums at the five weekend services at downtown Watoto, which usually sees over 10,000 people coming through their doors. Sunday was a 6am start for the four back-to- back services, which all went extremely well.
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GRAPEVINE magazine • Issue 102 • February/March 2020
