September 2020 News

Alex has been reading a book by Charles Spurgeon, ‘Sermons on Prayer’. It has some snippets on p.123 which caught our attention.

“… the richness of the Word of God. Catch this thought, “If my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” The best praying man is the man who is most believingly familiar with the promises of God. After all, prayer is nothing but taking God’s promises to Him, and saying to Him, “Do as thou hast said.” Prayer is the promise utilized. A prayer which is not based on a promise has no true foundation.”

Prayer and the Word is the emphasis here – that is what the writer is calling believing Christians to focus on.

A few days ago we had Harriet Birungi - a church minister in one of the Kampala churches -come to visit us for the first time. She took time to encourage us both and to pray for us. In the picture below, Alex was dropping her off at her home. He drove our motorbike from Mpigi in the heavy rains, and as you see them, they got totally wet in their heavy rain jackets☹.  At the back of the motorbike is some food that we gave her from our garden. She was very happy and thankful. Our ministry has been helping poor and starving families with food since March, and there are lots of families that have been helped. We really want to applaud all the people who are involved in this ministry to save life physically and spiritually. We can honestly tell you, God will reward you. 

Harriet Birungi also went around different homes locally, interacting with other ladies; praying with them; and encouraging them to be involved in ministry and in serving God. The picture below taken by Alex is showing Harriet visiting Proscovia and her daughter Patricia who are some of our church members. Proscovia is a single mother with 9 children, and is one the ladies who benefited from one of the ten piglets we have given out to women in our church to assist them in making an income. We have also been helping one of Proscovia’s daughters to get through school.

After that long busy day, Alex got appallingly sick. It started as a cough and what seemed like a fever, or maybe Malaria. But on testing, none of these were found, and he had no major signs of Covid-19. He was admitted to the clinic and put on a drip. The Lord is gracious, as he was able to leave the clinic by evening. He is feeling much better, although still weak. 

Lock down in Uganda has been gradually lifted. Our president announced on 20^th that churches and the airport would be opened; although with many strict measures still to be observed. On Monday evening our church people were able to meet, and we had a great time of thanksgiving, prayer, and worship. There were quite a good number of testimonies from all who were there, and people were praising God for His goodness even in hard times. Some of the ladies are about to give birth😊, and others have already given birth to new babies since the beginning of the lock down.

These pictures are of our first Sunday meeting since the sad news of Covid-19 broke in March. The people came in larger numbers than we expected. If the number of people coming keeps increasing, we are going to use the new building for the extra people. Hence we will be having two services on the go. Simon will lead the one in the building and Alex in the tent. 

The picture below is of passion fruit. They are still green, but when they turn purple they are ready to eat. It’s a small garden, but it has really done well in yielding good crops. We have started to harvest the passion fruit which will be a help in supporting us and our ministry. If you're nearby, and you come to buy from us, it will be of great help to the ministry we do here. 

Our prayer requests

            1.   Thank God for the provisions of food, liquid soaps and sanitizers for the community

           2.   Thank God for the provisions of Bibles

           3.   Thank God that churches are opened

           4.   Pray for Alex's health, and that his strength will return

           5.   Pray that God will raise more ministry gifted people who can work with us

           6.   Pray for Alex’s wedding in November 14^th 2020

           7.   Pray for provisions for our home

     Yours in Christ,

Alex and Simon