We are in school in Tanzania to learn "proper" Swahili and continue our quest to speak the most common trade language in East Africa fluently. Keep praying for our efforts. We are at a great school and we feel really thankful for our teachers and fellow students after one week, but we have much more to learn. Keep praying with us as we study another two weeks here and then go and "practice" what we have learned in Congo for another three weeks before returning home in late March.
The word in Swahili for pray is "omba."
That means literally to beg or plead.
There are theological issues to work through in any language, I guess!
Tonight though, we do write and ask you all to OMBA for Uganda.
Plead on behalf of the nation we have grown to love and call our home.
Jesus loves and cares for this nation so very much more...
Ugandans have been going to the voting stations all day to cast a ballot.
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Some of our favorite Ugandans...Auntie Joyce and Uncle Mambo...we went together to a fun fair in town last week and they treated us to lollies and sodas!
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Mungu awabariki - according to Google Translate (translate.google.com) - means God Bless you in Swahili, and I know he will. I've always wondered how accurate it was so now maybe you can tell me. :) Mimi nitakuwa kuomba kwa ajili ya familia yako, marafiki na nyumba yako. Mei, unaweza kuwa na mafanikio sana kujifunza lugha na kutumia kwa kujenga Ufalme. (That roughly translates to we'll be Ombaing for y'all.)
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