THE BEAUTY OF UGANDA

A MARIBOU STORK IN A BOAT AT THE LAKE, A BEAUTIFUL DARK PINK FLOWER, WALKER AND HIS BEST FRIEND ETHAN, AND DELANEY. THESE ARE SOME OF GOD'S CREATIONS THAT I GET TO ENJOY IN AFRICA!!

NEW BELIEVERS

ON THURSDAY, MAY 15TH 2008, WE HELD A SPECIAL BAPTISM CEREMONY AT LAKE VICTORIA FOR SOME OF THE SECURITY GUARDS THAT WE MINISTER TOO. WE USUALLY BAPTIZE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, BUT MANY GUARDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON SUNDAYS, SO WE WENT TO THEIR HOMES IN SOWETO AND PICKED THEM UP AND TOOK THEM TO THE LAKE AND HAD A WONDERFUL CEREMONY FOR THESE FOUR MEN AND ONE WOMAN.

JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

TODAY, WE WENT TO THE DORCAS ORPHANAGE AND SHARED THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH THE CHILDREN THERE. IT WAS SO COOL AND THE CHILDREN WERE SO HAPPY TO HAVE US THERE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 KIDS THERE, FROM AGE 6-17. I KNOW THAT I WAS BLESSED MUCH MORE FROM THE VISIT THAN THEY WERE. THE MATRON ASK IF WE WOULD PLEASE COME BACK AND SHARE MORE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE WITH THEM SOON, YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL.

I HERD YOU

EVERYDAY, ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE ROADS THAT WE TRAVEL, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TRYING NOT TO BE GORED BY ONE OF THE ANKOLE COWS. THEY ARE BIG, THEIR HORNS ARE HUGE, AND THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT THEY ARE STILL SAFER THAN THE TAXI DRIVERS.

A UGANDAN WEDDING

SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2008

OUR DEAR FRIENDS AND CO-LABORERS, DOUGLAS AND SHEILA WERE MARRIED IN A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY. OUR FAMILY WAS BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THE FESTIVITIES, WITH DELANEY AS A FLOWER GIRL, WALKER AS RING BEARER, AND I WAS ASKED TO READ A SCRIPTURE AND PRAY FOR THEM. THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST WONDERFUL FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS THEIR MARRIAGE GREATLY. WALKER AND DELANEY BOTH DID A FANTASTIC JOB, AND NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING, AND WE WERE SO VERY PROUD OF THEM, THEY LOVE THE UGANDAN PEOPLE SO MUCH.

A NEW BABY

CHRISTINA WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF NAMING THE NEWEST BABY GIRL OF OUR FRIENDS, THOMAS AND FLORENCE ABACH. SHE IS THEIR SEVENTH CHILD AND SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. HER NAME IS HANNAH GRACE!!! THOMAS AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN THE AREA THAT WE CALL SOWETO, AND HE IS ONE OF OUR UGANDAN PASTORS.

Making A New Missionary

TODAY, WE TOOK DELANEY WITH US TO THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT KAWEMPE. I WAS ABLE TO SHOW HER WHAT WAS IN THE BAGS, THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD RECEIVE THE FOOD AND THE PLACES WHERE THEY LIVE. CHRISTINA AND DELANEY GATHERED UP ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND TOLD THEM ABOUT JESUS WITH AN EVANGE-CUBE, AND AFTER THAT, DELANEY GAVE ALL OF THE CHILDREN A LOLLIPOP. IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL CHANCE TO INVOLVE HER IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED HERE TO DO. BOTH OF THE KIDS HAVE SUCH BIG, COMPASSIONATE HEARTS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE, AND THEY LOVE BEING INVOLVED IN OUR MINISTRY. GOD IS SO COOL!!

On Tuesday, April 15th, I went with my Ugandan brother Douglas Aliro back into the neighborhood of Kifumbira. We had been here before, due to the fact that manna ministry is conducting a crisis food distribution in this area. We normally walk all throughout these areas and greet, evangelize, and pray with people that we meet along the way. Last week we were here for the food distribution and while walking around, God led us to a group of men that were sitting around talking, and holding literature from Jehovahs Witnesses, well, we couldn't pass up this opportunity that God gave us to tell them the truth. After two hours, we had to leave, but we asked if we could come back and talk more, and they agreed that we could. So, we returned, and spent four hours with them, preaching and teaching and answering questions. There were ten men there and three of them prayed to receive Jesus, and eight of them enrolled in the Bible Way correspondence course. We will be going back every week now, to teach more and pray with this group of men that unbeknownst to them have become our newest house church, Praise the Lord.

KUT KIDS

THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM HAD A TEAM RETREAT WITH OUR STRATEGY ASSOCIATE FROM NAIROBI, TIM TIDENBERG, AND THE KIDS, WALKER, DELANEY, KARIS, AND SOPHIA WITH THE HELP OF JAMIE BENEDICT, DID A PRESENTATION FOR US OF JESUS ENTERING THE CITY ON PALM SUNDAY. WALKER TOLD THE STORY, WHICH HE HAD MEMORIZED, AND THE GIRLS HANDLED THE FELT STORY BOARD, IT WAS WONDERFUL. THE SHELTONS AND THE BERRYS HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN SUCH WONDERFUL KIDS, AND WE THANK GOD FOR THEM AND THEIR HEARTS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE.

SHARING IN SOWETO

THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM HAS DIVIDED THE CITY INTO FOUR SECTIONS AND THE THREE COUPLES THAT MAKE-UP THE TEAM HAVE EACH BEEN ASSIGNED A SECTION FOR A MONTH, NEXT MONTH WE WILL ALL ROTATE TO ANOTHER SECTION UNTIL WE HAVE ALL VISITED, TAUGHT, ENCOURAGED, AND PRAYED WITH EVERY HOUSE CHURCH THAT WE HAVE. ONE OF OUR AREAS THIS MONTH IS THE HUGE SLUM OF SOWETO. CHRISTINA HAS BEEN, AND TAUGHT A GROUP OF LADIES FROM THE BOOK OF LUKE, ABOUT MARY AND MARTHA. I ALSO HAVE BEEN, AND ALSO TAUGHT FROM LUKE, ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM AND ALL OF OUR HOUSE CHURCHES, WHICH AS OF TODAY, STANDS AT APPROXIMATELY 52 ACTIVE GROUPS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!