Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Only one more thing (and only 25 more days).

I wanted to mention another reason why this Dr. Scott is pretty dang sweet.

On Sunday, at the time of the offeratory, the whole auction business started again (just like in Kapchorwa). But it wasn't only eggs and greens, this time, that people put in the offering plate. There was a whole lot of eggplant, a whole lot of beans, and in came this girl carrying a massive pot of sweet potatoes on her head. And two pumpkins.
So, when they started to auction it off, our students started yelling prices in Luganda. Dr. Scott was giving them money to buy the food (again, the money goes to the church. People bring what they have and then they sell it). At first, I really didn't like this. I thought maybe there was a woman here or a woman there who came to church expecting to buy her family's meal for the day, at offeratory time. I thought, sure, we're giving the church money, but someone else could better use these beans or pumpkins. We don't need it. I tried to shake it off, and laugh with the rest of the church as the Mazungu bought and bought.

That's when Kyle leaned over to me--holding his basket of eggplant and avocados--and said, "Who do I give it to?" I asked him what he meant. He said Dr. Scott, the man who gave us all money to use to buy the food, told him to give it to whoever the Lord led him to. Next thing you know, there's Becca with her pumpkins, Betsy with her beans, and Kyle with his eggplant, walking around the church and handing this food to people. Incredible. I really really liked this doctor. He's incredible.

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