We "Power Team" have been back for two months already and God has shown our team so many things and have blessed us!
Coming back this time was hard which it gets harder every year but this year was a little harder because as I am getting married this summer, I'm not sure when I'll be going back, the past few years I was able to say "count me in, I'm going next year." Whereas this year, God only knows when or if I'll ever go back which hopefully I do. I couldn't stand living the rest of my life not going back to Uganda.
There are days where I literally just want to hide from the world because we have EVERYTHING...we have money, food, clothes, houses, cars, jobs and do you know what I see wherever I go? Grumpy people who complain because their apples weren't as sweet as the last batch or they are returning unopened food at because they don't need it or don't like the taste. Really?! It's rediculous and really sad. I go to a Uganda and do you know what I see? I see people praising The Lord because He has blessed them with a new chair or clean water, even a new pair of pants. I see people who give their guests all the food that they have where if they take it to the market they could sell it for some money but instead they give it to us. Whenever we would go visit a family, they would be singing and praising The Lord because they were overwhelmed to see us and they were so happy because they know that God is watching over them. Yes we see some sad things such as dying kids, kids who can't eat or drink clean water. People who can't afford to get treatment from the hospital, people who live in small tiny huts with 10 kids and only 1 blanket. It's sad but we know that God is doing some amazing work!
While we are trying to buy the next best thing, someone is trying to buy one banana. Yes I would like a better camera or I would love to buy a bigger phone but I'm going to be patient and wait for those things, I don't need them, I want them. I'm not going to waste me money on things like that but instead I'm giving my money to God and saving it up for my next trip to Uganda whenever that will be.
I was in the food court just a few days after I got back and while I was there I cried and I cried because as I was looking around trying to figure out a place get food, I literally was ready to run out of there and hide because there were so many options of food and yet I had just stopped eating the same thing for 17 days which I won't complain because it's good but I was so hurt because there is so much food here yet people there eat the same thing over and over again for years and years, they don't have the variety of foods we have here.
It's almost a culture shock coming back because like I said earlier we have everything wheras they don't have much! If we brought 5 Africans here, they would probably go in a huge shock because they wouldn't know how to contain themselves and they would feel completely lost.
As we live our lives, let's be thankful for what we have and not be grumpy people who complains about everything. Let's enjoy life. Remember that when we leave the tap running, someone is dying because they can't have clean water.
