Life of a Rock Star?

Life as a missionary isn’t all that similar to life as a rock star! This past week has been filled with less than glamorous duties, like fixing our car, getting our melted power lines fixed (we were the only house in Arua without power!), getting papyrus at the market to make a new fence from where our neighbors cut down a huge chunk of bushes that line our property (just so they could see our house!), and just loving on the people that Jesus brings to our door~ whether it’s taking them to the doctor when they’re sick, helping them budget their money, or just sitting and talking with them.

But last weekend, John and I got a little taste of what life as a rock star would be like! You may remember us mentioning our new friends, Sam & Kim Trenwith (pictured left). They are missionaries here from New Zealand, and Sam truly is a real-life rock star! He has a band in New Zealand called Radiator, and they are very well-known there! And John, loving music the way he does, had this great idea to do some worship leading with Sam in Kampala! And so they did!

It was a busy weekend, to say the least! John and Sam led worship at Kampala International University (KIU- pictured right) on Saturday evening. And it turns out that Kim has a gift in teaching, so she gave the message that night! It was so great! We were there from about 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Then we woke up bright and early Sunday morning to do it all over again! John worked so hard~ he and Sam led worship again at KIU on Sunday morning, AND John preached the sermon that morning as well to about 500 people! (pictued left) I was so proud of him! And as if that wasn’t enough, John & Sam led worship AGAIN on Sunday evening at a small, missionary fellowship service!

Three “gigs” in 24 hours, literally! It was pretty tiring for John, and even for me and all I did was work the Power Point! But Kim & Sam
said it just reminded them of what it would be like at home, in Sam’s life as a rock star! They were used to it! And even though we were all a little worn out, we were tired in a good way. It really was a fun, fulfilling time, and I don’t think we’ll ever forget that weekend! We look forward to more fun times like these and hope to do more ministry at KIU in the near future!