Popcorn and Prayers

After we took the girls to school, we stayed at our best man's house for two nights in Kampala.  I really wanted popcorn one morning, and couldn't find any while strolling through the neighbourhood.  There are often vendors who pop it and pack it into little bags for 500 shillings.  (2800 UGX = $1 CAN). So, I walked back to the house and found something else to snack on.

Later that afternoon, I received a text from Moses:

"God is just so good and sweet!"

"I'll tell you why."

A little while later, Moses came in the house with a bag of freshly popped corn for me.  He said that he had walked a number of streets and local places looking for popcorn, knowing that it would make me smile, and he didn't find any.  He had even sent up little prayers, asking God to show him where to look.

As he turned on the the little alley that goes back to Patrick's house, he saw a man roasting chicken.  He thought that maybe he would get some to bring home for supper. When he leaned in to pay for the chicken, he smelled popcorn.  He looked about and didn't see any.  Taxi vans were loading passengers at the end of the street, blocking access to the main road.  But chicken and popcorn continued to mingle in his senses, so he looked one more time, to see a man pushing a cart with fresh popcorn.

God answers prayers!!