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July 18th, 2010. Published under Fun Stuff, Life in Uganda, Students. No Comments.
Check out this video from Pros for Africa. These guys came out in March of this year and we spent a good part of a week with them. This video features several shots of our students dancing, singing, playing football, drilling wells etc. There might be a quick shot of me in there too.. All the kids in blue uniforms are from Restore!!
Oh! Set Me Free
April 20th, 2010. Published under Fun Stuff, Students. 1 Comment.
We have some talented musicians at the school. Last year Brandon Heath, the Dove Award Male Vocalist of the year, came out with Bob for a visit. We had several of our students learn a few of his songs beforehand, and then we did a recording with him. Maybe one day in the future we’ll be able to hear those songs on the radio!
Students learning Brandon's song "Give me your eyes" last year
More recently, I overheard our students singing a beautiful song I’d never heard before. I asked one where it came from and she told me she wrote it. She is one of four sisters who attend Restore. They live about 2 hours away in Lira, but the oldest was part of Cornerstone’s Youth Corps home here in Gulu and we took her to Restore. The other three soon followed. They are four of six daughters, all being raised by their mother. Their father ran out on their mother a few years ago, leaving her to look after all six. Back in the day for church their pastor wanted the children to present a song. So this one girl went home and wrote one out. Turned out to be a hit. She’s since written several songs, all of them equally beautiful.
Over Easter weekend they all came to the Youth Corps Home and I decided to record the sisters singing their song. So here it is in one Garage Band take,
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Hope you enjoy! And plan on hearing more from where this came from. We hope to do a legit recording of students in the future, many of them are incredibly gifted musicians!
- One of the four sisters on the left
