We
want to thank you for all your prayers. This month we have been able to do the
pastors/church leaders seminar on the 29th. It has been a long and tiresome
preparation on our side. We had eighty-five people altogether. In each session
we allocated twenty minutes for pastors to ask questions relating to the topic addressed
and the teacher would answer them. Many comments were raised concerning the
topic: ‘the pastor and his family’. We had some pastors share their
experience of how they are teaching their kids to pray, and bringing them up in
the love of God. It was a blessing to hear, especially for Simon and me, as we
never had that good parental love - bringing us up in love of God. We came to
know God when we were older.
The pastors were so thankful for the
seminar. Two pastors said, "Alex and Simon, your ministry has got a good
reputation in this district because of the good biblical doctrine you hold to. You
have a passion to see that we grow in the Word, and to have us gathering
together to hear this message”. A few pastors took Bibles, especially those who
came from far away villages. As we write this, we have no Bibles left. The few
we had left were taken during the seminar.
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| Alex giving a Bible to some of the participants |
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Lunchtime serving
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Evangelism outreach
On the 29th
we also welcomed an evangelism team from Kampala who have come to do
door-to-door evangelism in our village. They will spend three days here, and
three of them will sleep in our small house. The rest will sleep in three other
homes with brethren who pray together with us. We are so thankful for those who
are hosting the rest of the people sharing the gospel in this village. That is
the only way we can bring hope to this community where witchcraft has gained
root.
From the little food provision
we had, we shared some with Pauline, an old grandma. You might remember her, as
she gave her life to Jesus together with Male. They had witchcraft stuff which
we burnt. Here is the team of evangelists in her home to share the food and
encourage her. Pauline has an eye problem and is unable to come to church.
Also, her family can’t afford the transport to get to church, so we thought it
was worth going to pray with her. Pauline is the one in a light yellowish dress
on the left receiving a red bag.
Below is our
motorbike which was torn apart for repairs. I had been using it a lot, but it got
a problem with the piston. I thought we would never be able to use it again,
but now it's back on the road. The mechanic kept telling me it will be well,
and indeed it's now well. It gets a lot of use, often carrying very heavy stuff.
The high school discipleship classes are
still on hold as many of them are still in holidays. We are going to be
graduating them next term, along with the village team at our church.
- Pray for financial provision for this ministry.
- Pray that God will provide for the Sunday school shelter construction
- Pray for the Bible provision
- Pray that people who have come to Jesus in the evangelism outreaches will grow strong in Jesus
- Pray that God will strengthen us as we lead this ministry