My apologies for the huge gap between posts, I returned to Kampala late Wednesday night and took the day yesterday to rest and recover. My trip was relaxing and productive and I really enjoyed my time in the clean mountain air (See pictures below). I worked mostly on helping the staff to finish taking, naming and editing photos for those sponsored children who still needed it. In all we did this for roughly 370 kids, which was quite a successful week!
But it's very good to be "home" again in Kampala, joined this time by the study abroad students who have spent the last month in various places around the country. I am on a slight sensory overload with all the noise and commotion in the house but as I've said before it is good to be joined by some more company.
This morning I had the pleasure of once again leading the office in devotions. I had a chance to play guitar some more and talk a bit more about worship... this time worship as a sacrifice/offering. Though I've thought about this before, I found it interesting as I looked through the examples to see the transformation that occurs throughout the Bible concerning sacrifice. Worship as sacrifice is first seen in the story of Abraham (Genesis 22) where Abraham calls what he is about to do (sacrifice isaac) "worship." And throughout the old testament we see the links between sacrifice and worship in Old Testament law. Sacrifices were offerings of worship to God, meant to be perfect and without any flaw. Then Christ comes along and becomes a new kind of sacrifice, atoning the past, present and future sins of the world. The old way has passed and through his death a new way of sacrifice is established. This way, which Paul talks about extensively, requires not the sacrifice of animals or crops but rather the sacrifice of ourselves, to be "immitators of God," and "offer ourselves to him." We "offer our bodies as living sacrifices." So that was just something that struck me as I was preparing to lead.
Peace,
Matt
(View from the office and guesthouse)
(View from the other side, looking back on the office)
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