Time in Colorado

Our time in Colorado was very interesting with a change of altitude every day of performance, but God held us through safely.

A few of us were affected by the altitude but we are doing well. We are currently in Alamosa, which marks our last day in Colorado. There are many things we are going to miss, like the great scenery of the snow capped mountains, the warm people and many more.

We would like to thank all the people that put our concerts together and also those that housed us. May the good Lord richly bless you… God has been so good to us. We have met many wonderful people and for that we are grateful.

Here are a few photos from Colorado. Enjoy!

This far we have come by God’s Grace

God has been as faithful as ever. We are all fine, healthy, alive and excited.

We will be going to Longmont, Colorado, tomorrow, after which we will be traveling to Denver.

The children are very excited about possibly seeing snow and getting to play in it .

We were honored to sing at this year’s Joyce Meyer Women’s Conference with Delirious? and Israel Houghton. Joyce Meyer and a number of guest speakers brought powerful messages challenging the women to purposely and aggressively help other people and start a Love Revolution. Overall, the conference was an incredible time of love, laughter and life.

We are looking forward to ministering in other cities over the coming months.

Thank you so much for your love, prayer and support.

The boys and girls making it happen… making us proud

The Watoto Children’s Choir performing with Martin Smith and Israel Houghton

The children with Martin Smith on stage

Kawalya Andrew enjoying the sermon

Joyce Meyer passionately preaching

The song ‘Hakuna Mungu’ got the audience up  out of their seats

Beautiful smile from our boy, Swaibu

The kids letting their light shine

Sydney Harbour and New Zealand

Hi,

Since our last story we have been through a lot of places and met countless numbers of people. We have continued to get very good responses from people and we would like to say thank you to everyone that has come to our concerts and has also responded in a way.

The choir visited the Sydney Harbour and we took a number of pictures at the Opera house which we are going to share with you, we have also since flown to the adventure land of Kiwiland and will share some picture of our experiences as well.

We have another 9 weeks to go in the tour, we will spending 6 between NZ and Australia and the last 3 in Japan, we get to Japan at the end of October.

Thanks again to everyone that is praying for us and supporting us in this great cause.

Time at the Opera house

Choir 37 at the Opera house

Aunt Cynthia, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Julie & Aunt Liz

The Adult singers

Children at the harbour

Choir 38 arrives safely in the USA

On the 11th of september 2009, Watoto Choir 38 arrived in the USA through Chicago.

The journey was awesome,everyone is okay,we are currently staying at St.Williamson,Illinois. We are getting ready to start the tour.

God has been so good ,all our journey has been great,thanks for your prayers…we are ready to spread the message of hope…

Here are some fun pictures:

At Lake Williamson Retreat Center

Heading to lunch

Yum Yum

Beautiful Watoto Smile

Some of the aunties on Choir 38

Geared up

Beautiful Watoto girls

Yeah!

6 Weeks to go….

The long awaited Midwest and southern USA Watoto children’s choir visit is coming soon….

The journey will begin this September starting from Denver Colorado going down south. Some of the states to be visited include Texas, Arizona, Oklohama, New Mexico, Louisiana…

Get ready for an intense African culture-contemporary sound mixed with serious African dance and worship…

See you there…

Across Oz, Nullabor, Coober Peddy and still going…

We have been across OZ now for several weeks, we came from Western Australia, across the Nullabor into South Australia, Adelaide to Coober Peddy and up on to Darwin, we are now going down the east coast.

The kids just had a great time at the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, a memorable experience; Paul, who want to be a Pilot, got a go at flying the helicopter. Woooooow!!! “I can’t wait to get back home and tell everyone!!” said one very excited Paul.

We have covered a good number of miles, if you can’t tell, we are doing all of this on our good ol’ faithful bus. Thank God its always faithful to get us where we going. And where would we be without Don, our good ol’ bus driver, a bus can’t drive itself you know.

We will be in Brisbane soon and then make our way to Sydney early next month, we go far south to Tasmania……yeah far south!!! We will also be in New Zealand in the month of September so yeah we cruising.

God is watching over us real good and we are getting very good responses from the people. Thank you so much for all those who have come to the concerts and those who have sponsored a child, a mother, a baby or a teacher.

You are all making a huge difference.

Here is some pictures……………………………………………..!!

Children at the reef in Cairns

A picture with staff from sunlover - they gave the choir a reef treat

Paul flying the helicopter

Children at the great Barrier reef in Cairns

Choir 37 at Kalgoorlie - the super pit

The choir in the Underground Church!

Aunt Julie and Aunt Ruth

Uncle Felix, Uncle Shai and Uncle Denis

Uncel Peter with children

Aunt Cynthia and Aunt Priscilla

Uncle Franklin with children

The place of gold

Choir 37 in Australia

Choir 37 arrived Australia on Wednesday night finished off our busy Hong kong schedule , we are now gearing to start our Australia leg. Getting ready for some good long bus drives across Australia, we are in Perth at the moment, we will be going through Adelaide and then driving north to Darwin and finally make our way down to Melbourne through Queensland and NSW.

Here is some pictures from Hong Kong we would like to share with you, our friends, hope you like them. Cheers!! God bless you!!

Choir 37 at Discovery College

At Noahs Ark

Girls having desert

Choir at Stanely Beach

Noahs Ark with friends

Choir 37 getting very good audience response in Hong Kong

Choir 37 has been in Hong Kong now for two and a half weeks, doing concerts in many schools and churches. The audience response has been incredible, the students in the schools have really enjoyed the cultural interactions especially when they get challenged to do the African traditional dance with Watoto children. The choir has a few concerts left this weekend before heading to Australia next Week.

Choir 37 in Hong Kong

The choir got to Hong Kong from China on the 21st of April. The team was glad to have another Asian experience in Hong Kong. The choir will be here for three weeks of which one is down already.

The choir has visited some great places in Hong Kong already….the Peak, which is the highest point in Hong Kong and while up there, most of Hong Kong can be seen. The view up on the peak was a great one,as we watched the lights on different buildings….different TALL buildings…

The choir will be visiting Disney land and Ocean park very soon, and yes, the children are really excited about that! The concerts have been great, and many people have picked alot of interest in the cause of Watoto and especially on the sponsorship end. Thanks to all those who have responded and all those who have come to the concerts…..

The Road is here..

Choir 37 is finally on the road……..Yay!!!

We left Uganda on Easter Sunday at 3pm, with the whole team looking forward to the tour. We arrived in Beijing, China on Tuesday and will stay here for two weeks then head on to Hong Kong.

The children are really up to doing this and are excited about what the next months could turn out to be like!

Choir 37, here we go!!

Choir 37 arrives

Choir 35 Sets Off

The weather could best be described as chilly as we boarded the taxi that would take us to the airport.

It had been a busy morning, after months of training and learning awesome dance routines, we are finally en route to the US.

We are very excited and can hardly wait to start, ministering and testifying of God’s goodness.

Choir 35 is all smiles

Two Months To Go!!!

Finally choir 33 online!!!Well, our apologies to all that follow the choirs for not keeping you up todate but here we go; where do I start? I guess from the beginning.

Our tour started on the 12th of January inMassachusetts on a little island of Martha’s Vineyard; it was pretty because it was fall, it didn’t smell great because of dead skunks on the road but we had a great time.

The kids were amazed at the colour of the leaves, they had never seen anything like that in their lives. I must admit i  was a bit bewildered myself, the leaves reminded me of our ripe African mangoes!

Then came the chicken pox, the kids had it rough; some concerts were called off, which lead to a week off at a camp. The kids put up an incredible fashion show for the camp staff; it was unlike anything ever seen before, one of the items was the chicken pox cat walk or I should say chicken walk. We later had a concert at the camp and everyone was pleased. The kids recovered and ever since we have had no chicken pox but we are just eating the chicken and it tastes really good!

We have had great concerts and the response has been good even in this hard economic environment, the children have grown in all areas!

We just had our Christmas break in Danville PA at a big house, thanks to Barbara Walzer for offering her house to the choir for 11 days, we had a great time, we went swimming and some of the children learnt to float in the water almost immediately. We cooked African food, even the slow eaters were asking for seconds. It was a refreshing time indeed.

Now we are back on the road in Pennsylvania, its quite chilly here but we are keeping ourselves warm,the team is strong and the adult leaders are awesome. One of the concerts had to be cancelled because of the bad weather.

We want to thank everyone that has prayed for us and everyone who has responded to the need of the Ugandan children.

Two months to the end ofthis tour; watch this space.

Choir 36 performing on the Isle of Wight

Choir 36 Performing on the Isle of Wight

A Moment Lived

This is a testimony from a lady who attended our concert:

Just want to thank the WATOTO Children’s Choir for sharing such powerful testimonies with us at Church of the GoodShepherd in Tyrone, PA last evening (February 1). It has been a long time since I have seen that much in enthusiasm in my church! The love of Jesus shone from all of you. You are such an inspiration. In fact, I shared the story of the choir with a friend who lives faraway and she said it made her realize that she has nothing to complain about.

I would especially like to thank the young girl who first greeted me after the concert. I am sorry that I do not know her name. She will never know the impact she made on me! The last several months have been very difficult for me emotionally. She gave me the biggest hug and just hung on. At first, I thought that she needed the hug and that I needed to do something for this young girl. However, I am thinking now that she is an angel sent by God to minister to me and show me His love for me. I had thought of trying to find heragain last night and thank her personally but did not do so Please pass alongto her how much that hug meant to me.

May God continue to bless your ministry asyou continue to serve Him.

“A moment well lived makes a big difference” Marilyn Skinner.

Hello Everyone

Friends and Family all over the world. Warm greetings to everyone out there, Choir 36 has been on the road since 7th January and we have performed quite a number of concerts. We went to The Isle of Wight where Watoto had not been for the last 8 years. Everyone was so friendly and all the concerts were packed to capacity.

We also attended a service at the St. Paul’s Cathedral in London where Prince Charles and Diana (RIP) got married. The Children got to have a tour of the Cathedral and they also went up the winding staircase.

The Children also got to see snow for their very first time.

Below are pictures of the choir at the St. Thomas Square

Singing For God

The Boys Dancing

Uncle Jesse

More Testimonies

As we get close to the end of our tour, i have  been thinking about the impact choir 33 has had over the last 5 months and it is so hard to imagine! We have heard many reports about how the children have been a blessing to the people they have met. The children too have been blessed by being on this choir especially the ones that have been able to meet their sponsors.
We had a single mother with her son drive all the way from Canada to Buffalo, New York to visit their sponsor child, another family drove from Cincinnati to visit their sponsor child 6 hours away. Some of the meetings were God made coincidences; we were singing this morning at the national prayer breakfast in Washington DC and a gentleman recognized one of the boys singing on stage as his sponsor child and the two met for their very first time; it was awesome! There are many other sponsors who have done the same and the children were blessed to meet the people that have made a difference in  their lives. A Big Thank You to all the faithful sponsors of Watoto.The children love you and appreciate all you are doing to help them become the next generation of leaders.

Below is a note from one of the churches that hosted choir 33.

Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how wonderful the concert was.  I was overwhelmed and truly spiritually touched by the children, adults and performance itself. The children were so generous with their hugs and smiles.

We had a tremendous turnout.  Our Church seats between 450 – 500 people and we had standing room only.  I was very pleased with the monetary contributions made by the attendees.  People were on their feet applauding their performance.
Watoto Children’s Choir is a blessing to all who get to participate in their performance and listen to them sing.

I spoke with the Host Families following the childrens and chaperones overnite stay with them, and all families had nothing but good things to say.

Thank you so much for getting our Church on  your schedule and being so helpful to me in bringing them to Clearfield.  It was a once in a lifetime experience I will never forget.

What a blessing for God to work through simple children who were once hopeless but now are spreading  Hope and Love to the whole world!

A Journey Of Faith

What originally was supposed to be a one and half day of travel, turned into a lesson of faith, patience and trust for 18 little Ugandan children and10 adults.

After three days of air travel and several flight cancellations, watoto choir 34 made it to Canada, to embark on the God given mission of being ambassadors of Christ and a voice to the 17 million orphans living in Africa. What better way to learn how to have faith in Jesus,than by being a team of 28, stranded at an airport with a delayed flight and another missed connection flight to Vancouver.

An impromptu night spent in London, Heathrow gave the children their first experience of a really cold winter night, the wonder of moving in a fast moving train, and a warm bowl of soup with a plate of salad which they giggled at and called “leaves”.

(picture of children at the airport)

That first experience was a lesson on faith… Or so we thought. 14 hours later we were in Toronto with another flight delay and a missed connection to Vancouver. Another impromptu night in Toronto. Now we thought lesson one was about faith. Well, lesson two drove it home, that it is not about simply having faith in Jesus, but complete/total faith in Him.

Thanks to a beautiful lady from British Airways (as described by the children), we were put up in a beautiful hotel, with big warm beds and memorable meals of bacon (mistaken for snakes by one of the children), pancakes , sausages and other foods they could not describe since it was their first time to eat them.

(Happy faces getting fed)

And thanks to another warm hearted lady at Air Canada desk who got four little girls seats on another over booked flight to Vancouver that left so many eager travelers behind; choir 34 finally made it to Vancouver.

Before 150 people at Living Waters Church, in Fort Langley, 18 little excited and nervous children put on their first concert that rocked and warmed the hearts of many people at this concert.

The choir during a school concert

Martha dancing away

Wipolo song (Concert pictures)

It was an experience of true worship, total reliance on God. Deep in worship: Mfalme

I am sure there are many of us in life that spend hours, making meticulous and articulate plans for different projects and assignments in life. We are always trying to be good business people, in a challenging , fast growing world and we always make room (plan B’s) for contigencies and unforeseen circumstances. (just like choir 34 that that prepared for 5 months for this journey.)

But, it is not until that we are caught in these unforeseen, impromptu circumstances that we realize how useless our plans are. And that , there is only one person in charge and that we have to completely surrender and trust Him with our lives. Proverbs 3:5 tells us to trust in the Lord from the bottom of hearts, and that we should not try to figure out everything on our own.

We do not know what tomorrow brings, but one thing 10 adult leaders and 18 children are sure of on choir 34 is that, we serve a God who is bigger and mightier than anything else in the world. So we will reign victorious through Him , and with faith, love and boldness, continue to serve Him in all of life’s circumstances.

Team praying with pastor

We have vision and a dream that 2million of Africa’s most desperate children will be rescued, loved and brought up to be the future leaders of Africa through this six month assigned Journey in Canada. We have a dream that many will experience that undeniable joy and hope that comes with knowing someone as big and beautiful ,whom you can rely on.

Would you like to join us in this journey?

Log on to www.watoto.com/sponsorship and sponsor a child.

Stay with us as we live a life of continual transformation and grow together in Christ.

Rescue a child , Raise a leader and Rebuild a Nation.

YET ANOTHER MIRACLE

Am writing on the way from Taber, Alberta. Something totally miraculous happened…

Yesterday, one of our wonderful hosts offered to fix our bus heating system, and being very thankful, we decided to pass by his work place this morning so we could sing our “THANK YOUs” and in person express our immense gratitude.

Children after singing for Rick Tams with his fellow staff

After rainbow smiles and hugs, upon meeting the kind gentlemen that had worked on our ‘home on wheels’, we could not believe it when they announced their interest in sponsoring Felista (one of the girls on the team). Now the next thing just floored us…

The company further presented us a cheque that would cover our dear Felista’s sponsorship for 100 months; 8 whole years….. OH MY!! OH MY!!

God is indeed “……able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine..”

Eph 3:20

Felista posing with her new sponsors

Partner with us today and join watoto’s family of sponsors by logging on to www.watoto.com/sponsorship

“Rescue a child, raise a leader and rebuild a nation.”

For the Children,

Uncle Sam Kimera

choir 33 in pics

One of Africa’s future leaders

Watoto after singing at the prayer breakfast

Beautiful Watoto smiles

A Visit To Clevedon

Tuesday 10th- Thursday 12th of February, We went to Clevedon, England, and we had an amazing welcome by our host church, Clevedon Baptist Church. We met our host families and had lunch with them and proceeded to Bristol road Baptist church for our evening concert.

                                                                                                             

Mfalme – King Forever

On Thursday we went to a school called St. John the Evangelist and they were so excited to have us. Their school decided to start supporting Watoto this year and so during the lent season, they are going to fundraise for Watoto. They learnt a song “cast your burdens” which some of the children will dance to when they are fundraising.

 

 Watoto Children teaching some of the dance moves

Our children later got a chance to stretch their mucles and had a good time playing outside with the children of St. John’s. We then went to the pier to take a walk.
We had a wonderful time and also had a trip to the BBC in Bristol and the children got to perform one of their favourite songs ” I am not Forgotten”

The concert we had at Clevedon Baptist church was packed and we had to turn down some people because there was no room.

A big thank you to all the hosting families of Clevedon and all the organisers. May God Bless you

It’s Almost Over

Choir 33 on the road right now in Woodbridge Virginia. Whoever said tour is to be endured, just got it all wrong, coz we are enjoying every bit of it. We had never experienced such warm weather on this tour, its just like home! Only that the drastic transition between the cold and the warmer weather has triggered lots of colds and coughs amongst the children but that’s ok, we are managing well.

 Its so much fun on the road, been to so many exciting places, hit so many different churches and the response is amazing. Despite the ongoing economic depression in the United States, ministry is really happening, indeed the presence of God makes all the difference.

Its funny how we have been doing the same concert line up but how each night is different and people are impacted differently. The response is awesome!!! After the overnight interactions with host families, people come the next morning in need of children’s profiles! Now if that’s not God, then I don’t know what it is.

Also exciting, we were in Washington last week and sang at a dinner for senators , congressmen and African Ambassadors at Capitol Hill, this was proceeding our presence at the Prayer luncheon  earlier that morning, well, we missed His excellency President Obama, but not to worry, we have the most revered man, the prince of peace, Jesus Christ,  living right within our hearts.  But it was good rubbing shoulders with the dignitaries there, actually Hon.Tim Lwanga, the former state minister for Ethics and Integrity was present and it was nice talking to people about Watoto. The scripture in Psalms 113 really came alive, He indeed picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who have been thrown out with the trash and He seats them in places of honour. That is literally what God has done for these children.

Following one of the concerts of hope, one person wrote that one little girl had given them a big hug and thanked them for having come for the concert….this was like a healing balm. ”She was an angel sent from God, all the hope that I had lost just came back to me in that simple hug” they said. God indeed uses the lowly of this world to bring shame to what the world deems important. Wow! Praise God!

 We were taken on a brief tour around DC; saw some memorial places like the Washington Monument, Capitol Hill, The Lincoln memorial, The Thomas Jefferson memorial, The Pentagon, we also caught a glimpse of the White House. We went to the National Space Museum and it was nice seeing the rockets and the US navy planes. We also saw the fighter pilot movie at an Imax theatre, we have some aspiring pilots on the team and Fred, a 14 year old was quoted,” I wanted to enter the screen and fly the planes.” The boys especially were so intrigued and James, (11) really admired the pilots’ uniforms.

Hmm, let me talk about our home in Danville, PA. We were there for our Christmas break, just about 10 days of no concerts and just thawing out. Was that refreshing or what! Highlights-we cooked Ugandan food almost every other day and the children were so excited, they loved taking turns in the kitchen, the amount of snow in PA was amazing, I think about a foot or so. And of course the cold to follow. We were just like hibernating bears with a movie almost every night ….Well its now payback time and we are indeed grateful for the warm weather while it lasts, before we return to Maryland.

The countdown is on and some people surely don’t want the tour to end, sometimes it feels like the days have passed by so fast….its amazing how short 6 months can be. The children have surely had a ball, they are excited about returning home but they love the tour experience absolutely, so they are torn between the two but of course we will go home, and while the tour still lasts, we shall indeed make the most out of it.

For the Children

Dorcas Biyinzika

The Town of Devizes

When we left Clevedon, we went to a small town called Devizes and we had an appointment to see the Mayor! We had a quick lunch and then proceeded to the Town Hall Chambers. Some of the children had never heard of a mayor before and so this was a wonderful opportunity for them to have a civics lesson

Saying hello to the mayor

watoto singing for the mayor

The mayor hugs Shamim after receiving a gift

with the mayor

The children were able to learn about a Mayor and  their duties.

The following day was a bit of a suprise for the children, we took to the streets in Devizes and held some mini concerts for the people that were shopping.

watoto singing in the market place

Most of the people that saw watoto did come to the concert and once again there was only standing room only. Also a number of people were inspired to sponsor children.We are so thankful to God for the opportunities He has given us to tell people about him.

Martin Smith – fun, fun, fun

Of course we all know about CompassionArt… Well for those of us that don’t check out, www.compassionart.tv and learn more about the wonderful work that a group of so many Christian artists are doing to breathe life into the poorest of communities and restoring hope. Watoto is one of the charities that gets to benefit from the compassion arts project.

One of the group members Martin Smith invited  Watoto over to his home for a fun day.

Here are our highlights

watoto boys figuring out how to win this game

Football was the most favourite part for all the boys.

England vs Watoto

"Am the goalie" says Martin

who is really winning?

Lunch time….. but where are the boys? Still playing soccer

the girls enjoying their lunch

Finally they got hungry and came in for lunch

enjoying lunch

More and more games continued after lunch

we wonder who is winning

action

We later sang for Martin and his family one of his songs: Jesus, friend forever

Worship

with the whole family

We are so thankful to God for the CompassionArt project and all that Martin and the other members are doing to alleviate poverty, we pray God’s blessings upon them and their family.

choir 36 outside Martin Smith's house

Learning On The Road

Some of the most important things to the children on the current tour is schooling and attaining invaluable skills. Every week the children have a chance to do their school work with the help of their uncles and aunties. Much of the work is done on the bus during long drives and the children get to do exercises and tests. Some of the subjects done on the road are Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, English, Reading and writing.

One highlight is the improvement in their English speaking. Some of the statements they make get us laughing –like “I don’t know how the annoyed comes” to mean I don’t know how I get angry or sulky.

In addition to school work, the children get to attain invaluable skills like self generated initiative, learning to be grateful and appreciative, being helpful and setting examples for others to follow. It is always wonderful to see them develop in their character. It’s never easy but they get to help us develop patience as we help them become better leaders. They also are learning how to make good choices since they know that every choice has its consequences.

Spirituality is not left aside; the children get a chance to have devotions to nourish their spiritual lives. This helps them keep in shape and develop into the kind of leaders God would love to use to influence the world for the better.

Alice and Julius taking their first exam on the bus

James Kisitu doing a mathematics exercise on the bus

John waakisa and Kelly Patricia taking a mathematics test

Glaida Namugumya busy with school work.

The purpose of all this is to help these children to get amazing opportunities that will help them in attaining a great future full of purpose.

Thanks to the partners around the world that make this possible through their support and sponsorship.

Partner with us today and join watoto’s family of sponsors by logging on to www.watoto.com/sponsorship

“Rescue a child, raise a leader and rebuild a nation.”

Highlights Of February

We can’t believe it’s already March…….. kind of feels like we just started touring.

Here are some of our highlights for the month of February:

Famous British singer  Patti Boulaye, came to say hello to the children while we were at the Ealing Abbey.

Patti Boulaye

Patti getting to know the children a little more

We went to  Shepperton and Watoto got to play with a group of children that put up a play called “Bugsy Malone”  to raise funds to build a house for Watoto. They plan to build the house next year.

Watoto and Themba singing and dancing to a song

Watoto in concert

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our host churches for having us, our host families for their hospitality to us, all our sponsors for changing many children’s lives  and to you all for your generosity towards Watoto.

May God Bless you.

Talk about A Reward For Hardwork

Our tour in the province of Alberta ended in style as the choir was treated to a simple but unique and homely party. This came in good time because the past few weeks had been so busy that there was almost no time left to play or have fun-it being winter here in Canada.

It was a Friday evening after two school concerts, one in the morning and the other in the early afternoon that this auspicious long awaited for moment came to reality. We had a variety of home-made dishes and a great attendance of warm hearted people-members of the Grand center Alliance church, Cold Lake, who spent the evening with us.

Some of the Grand Alliance church members at the party.

Enjoying a sumptuous meal.

After the dinner we had a chance to play a variety of games in the school gym, adults and the children together, for about two hours. Most interestingly every child and most Uncles and Aunties had a chance to have rides on the quads and the skidoos.

Adults having fun

Alice and Benneth making the most of the moment

Alice Having fun

Felista, Glaida and Benneth having fun</p

Go for it Julius!!

Martha Challenging the boys

One thing that comes to mind here is the fact that God has us at the center of his heart. He plans our steps and guides our paths. He too rewards us for our faithfulness in serving him with a pure and honest heart. I found this party as one of those rewards for hard work, but I know there are even greater rewards for the faithfulness of the children’s choirs as written in Hebrews 6:10

Choir 35 with Chris Tomlin

The long awaited day with Chris Tomlin finally arrived!!
The Watoto bus rolled in at the Gibson Amphitheater next to Universal Studios in Los Angeles. This building seats 6000 people at one go and the the tickets for that evening where totally sold out. The children were really excited.

Joshua pointing at the amphitheater with excitment

Little Hajara calmly waits for the next instruction

The children doing a sound check with Chris

A soundcheck with Chris

Isreal Houghton spiced up the evening as the curtain raiser before Chris Tomlin came on stage. The atmosphere of worship was so great as the songs were sang and the testimonies given by Isreal and Chris.

Then Chris got into talking about how he had met the Watoto Children’s Choir last year. He then he invited the chior to come on stage amidst cheers from the crowd.

As the song “Love” was sang, people could not hold back their emotions as tears rolled down their faces. No words can explain the moment of worship that the kids experienced as they sang the song.

Chris Tomlin with the Watoto Childrens Choir in LA

When the song ended there was a thunderous applause from the congregation as the children walked off the stage.
But Chris wasn’t done with the choir. He requested that the children sing the song “sing” with Him at the end of the concert in free style.

There was one problem with that. These children know the language of very free style. Fortunatly that is exactly what Chris wanted and that is exactly what they gave him.One of the guitarists, Jesse had to move a little to the side as the children danced around and sang with so much joy on their faces. By the time Jesse had the chance to get his position back, the concert had come to an end .

Sing sing sing and make music with the heavens

Ooooooooh make some noise

Guitars up for the climax of the song

“I wonder what it will all be like in heaven.”

Chris Tomlin ,Isreal Houghton and the Watoto Childrens Choir gave the audience a peek into heavenly worship.

Will you be there to experience what God has prepared for those that love him?

A place of love joy and peace with his presence forever.

A homing we will go…

A homing we will go…A homing we will go…Cheeri Cheeri Cherio….A homing we will go…

After 6 months on the road, Choir 33’s tour finally came to an end on Friday 13th March when we landed at Entebbe Airport.

A pleasant surprise for the children was when they saw their mothers at the luncheont that was held in our honor.

Here are some of the pictures

Pastor Chris speaking during the luncheon

Enjoying a sumptuous Ugandan meal

One of the mothers who came for the lunch

Choir team leaders with the best boy

Watoto CEO hugging the best girl on choir 33

One of the aunties on choir 33

CAKE!!!

Aunty Martha portioning the cake

We would like to thanks all the churches, our sponsors, hosts, partners and every single person that prayed and supported us while we were on the road.

Thank you all for your generosity and support, you really had an impact on our lives.

God Bless you

Choir 33