Small Groups

Today Lorivi and I cast away the idea that Saturdays were for resting and went to Unga. We had been invited to visit some of the small groups of women with HIV/AIDS that have been meeting in Unga Limited for the last year. We were invited to visit, but we also were given the platform to share a little bit about CHE.

We showed up at Mama Diwani's home at the agreed upon time. 9am. We were told the small groups started at 9, and that we would meet her and she would take us to a few groups. I somehow forgot, that this is Africa. I started to get frustrated around 10, when we were still at Mama Diwani's house waiting for her to get ready.

Around 10:30 we headed out to the first group meeting. On our way there we passed some women on the road and discovered that the first group we were heading too had already finished, and we were too late. AGH! I was so frustrated, but hid my frustration as we made plans to come back next weekend.

We headed to the second group, and my attitude changed. It was under a barn-like structure where we encountered some 20-30 women who are suffering from HIV/AIDS. I somehow forgot swahili as they invited me forward to address the women. I stumbled through and recovered nicely. It was exciting to share the vision, to hear the women laugh, and to feel the excitement in the room.

The vision seminar is this week. So far we have 15 men and women, mostly women, from two sections of Unga Limited planning on attending. Pray for these men and women, that they can catch the vision for CHE. Pray for us to adequately share the vision.