August 2020

In this month during our devotion, Amos 5:4 has captivated our attention. See how it goes “For thus says the Lord to the nation of Israel: seek me and live”. We see from this verse that seeking the Lord and knowing Him will provide us with true life, both now and for eternity. I will not give further exposition, but it has been encouraging to us. 

Since March, following the sad news of the outbreak of this pandemic Corona virus, a lot of things have changed, generally in the whole country, but also in our ministry. The means of reaching out to the lost and showing the love of God to this community dramatically changed. But God has kept this ministry alive, and our passion for it through all this time has not withered.

The signs that show this ministry is needed in this community have continued to emerge and we are always thrilled to see this, especially seeing people coming to know Jesus Christ. In the course of writing this newsletter, a short time ago, I was with a family, one kilometer from our place. I was looking for a cat, to scare rats away from our house. We have many rats coming out of the bushes and disturbing us. But what caught my attention at this neighbor's place, was a round iron roofed house! I asked them what it was for, and the wife replied, “Our neighbors built it for their family ancestors" - meaning evil spirits of the dead. In our community, people still worship the spirits of the dead and build houses for them! How can we bring such a family to a full understanding of God? By loving them, praying for them, and sharing the gospel.

Our ministry programs are not running as they used to - like freely going to the homes of people and meeting their needs; fellowshipping at church etc. However, we still see God opening ways for us to reach out to them. As much as life is hard for most people around the world, many of you have been gracious to stand with this ministry through giving food, bibles, and pamphlets. You have no idea how these have impacted this community and beyond! These are some of the ladies getting rice and soap for their families.

There is still a great need for food and bibles here. If you have clothes for babies you can donate, we would greatly appreciate that. We have a few ladies in our church who are really struggling with a lack of babies clothing, and also others outside our church.

Our grateful thanks to those of you who have been praying for Kemirembe who gave birth to a baby boy in June (she lost her husband when she was pregnant); and also Carolyn who gave birth to a baby girl three days ago. Travelling in Uganda is now very expensive; but these ladies gave birth without too much disturbance, which would have required emergency assistance and transport costs. Lungala Bible Ministries Uganda has not lost its step in reaching out to such people in spite of the stumbling blocks. Churches in Uganda are still closed as one of the measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

However, we are now experiencing more cases and deaths than ever. It’s such a horrible experience for Uganda and the whole world. Recently Alex had an awful cough and flue. He had never had such a cough in all his life. We were scared but kept trusting in the mercies of God. Alex went to a clinic to be tested for malaria and typhoid, but neither of these were diagnosed. He was put on medication for cough and now he is well. Initially we were scared that it was Covid-19, but the Lord is really good. Our passion and zeal has not gone down.

Our two pigs gave birth recently. One gave birth to ten and the other to four. They are all fine, but they need a lot of food. At this time pig food has been expensive in Uganda compared to other seasons. This is the only challenge we have on the farm.

Prayer requests:

1. Pray and praise to the Lord for Joyce.

2. Pray that God will provide for us.

3. Pray for this ministry provisions, and thank the Lord for the food we give out each weekend.

4. Pray that God will keep us in good health.

5. Pray for this community, that God will draw people to Himself.

6. Pray that God will raise more people to support and grow this ministry.

7. Continue to pray that God would give us ministry land.

Thank you, and God bless you

Alex and Simon