September 2017 Newsletter
We hope that
God has continually showed His love. As our custom, we usually want to share
with you a reading of the month or sometimes a touching article from any of
reading. Isaiah 41:8-9
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the
offspring of Abraham my friend, You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its
corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you
a way”
The Lord has
been good to this ministry. On
high hills and valleys, the Lord has not left His work that He does daily in
this ministry. As the verse above says, He has not cast His people away. His hand is evident in all corners.
After the
inaugural service event we had on August 12, two people reached out to us. Let
us share about one, “Fred whom we met when this ministry started; had been born
again for over three years. He had never got a zeal to buy a bible nor to study
it. He says after meeting us, that is when he felt a desire for a Bible, to own
one, read it and obey it. He said, this did not leave him the same, he has
experienced the comfort of God through the life on loneliness and distrustful
life he had been walking over past years. He said that in tears. That we helped
him to observe God's word and hence feeling the comfort of God).
Here we were
clearing the bushes, from the side of the track that leads to church,together
with other church members.
Now, to be honest with you that testimony was humbling to
us! - who are we! For us we are just small boys doing God's work in the
village! We didn’t know that there was a broken heart waiting for comfort since
we started this ministry! As time goes on, we will ask him to write his
testimony in full and you can have it. There are many more similar cases are
many in African churches (syncretism). We will continue this work as the Lord
enables us to reach out to His.
The vision of
this project is to extend our ministry activities to the university students
and the youth, with the aim to make them Christ’s ambassadors in their future
work places and to be involved in serving the Lord in their home churches.
Project definition for youths in this
ministry:
It is of the
fact that Uganda has 85 percent youth according to the national statistics,
when this is realized it is upon us a Christian organization to empower these
youth to be able to take on the mantle. If the church doesn’t take on this call
we are facing a tragedy of the church dying with the old generation. The
project is aiming at overcoming this problem.
This project
will be running during the two semesters in the year and will be enrolling
students from all the nearby compasses. And some non-schooling youths who might
be interested. This program will be conducted in English.
Materials/Resources:
1.
Strictly
Campass Crusade materials
2. Inviting 1 to 2 public
speakers each month when we can afford it.
3. One outreach each month.
4.
We
will be doing one lesson each meeting in one week.
The meetings
will be taking place at different school premises.
Responsibilities: Objectives
for this program
-
Evangelism
and Discipleship -
How to read the Bible
-
Christian
in market place - Discovering your gifts
-
Servant
leadership - Assurance of salvation
-
Inviting
the speakers
In Africa we have a proverb ‘Emiti emito je' gikuma ekibira' easily
translated as ‘Young trees keep the forest'.
Similarly, youths are the next generation. They are church/ politician leaders of
tomorrow. So, when God helps us to reach out to them, we are building a firm generation.
Alex was invited to preach in youth conferences. The
first meeting there was not a good turn up – 3 students gave their lives to
Jesus.
Lungala Community Bible Church is daily growing. As you
saw in the last report, we have a permit for the church, and now we have a bank
account for the church. We have also been able to have the Tin number for the
ministry.
These seem easy to communicate, but it has been a tag of
war. Only the Lord could help us overcome those documents. Now, what that means
is that, if you ever feel volunteering with us, the government would easily
give you work permit. Or if you ever feel donating anything to the ministry, you
will find it easier. We praise God for this.
After getting herself a new bible. She had never had one.
She now attends all fellowships and Sundays.
In this month Simon had Malaria. He was tested positive
but he was able to get medication right a way. He is now well. But Malaria
continues to be a challenge in our area.
We plan to have an event on 23rd/December 2017. Please
pray that it will go well. The card for invitation is on left.
It’s at this time that we remember your brother Daniel
and you wife Renee, together the whole of your family. As your brothers in
Africa, we are continually interceding on your behalf that His glory and beauty
will hold your hearts in the midst of adversity as a family (Psalm 55:22).
We thank you all people who wilfully reads our reports and
all your encouragements, we too have never forgotten you in our prayers.
Please pray for
December 23th event (Christmas in the village)
Lungala Community Bible church sustainability
Continuous provision for bibles
In the Lamb
Simon and Alex (Uganda-Africa).
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