Great wishes to you for the New Year in the name of the Most High King Jesus!! We praise the Lord for this ministry again. You remember it has been our prayer that men would come to Jesus and willfully submit to His authority. In the last months we have had more men come to Jesus than ever😊. A few of them were spiritually down and needed encouragement, while others never had a Bible at all. But we were able to help them to meet their spiritual needs. We continue to thank those of you who have been able to donate a Bible, or a box of Bibles to this ministry. Each box of 24 Bibles from the Bible Society costs UG sh. 756,000 (approx. USA $205.00 depending on the exchange rate). There is no comparable treasure than that of helping someone to know God through His holy Word the Bible.
This is one of the participants in the pastor’s seminars we hold. We were doing an exploration of the Gospel of Mark (Christianity Explored).
In one of our Thursday Bible studies, our souls were rejuvenated as we heard Mare lead the group in the church. We continue to see the hand of God in this man’s life and his whole family. We were encouraged to hear him as he took us through scripture by scripture, and as he reminded us to examine ourselves to see if we are in Christ. He concluded by asking us to be pursuers of peace and love – 2 Cor 13: 5, 11). The reason this means so much to us is that Male had been deeply involved in witchcraft, but then he came to Jesus. When he did we burnt all the things he had been using to serve demons. He had never been to church before, but now he shares the gospel and people come to Jesus. This is exciting for us and the church; we feel proud of the work God is doing in people here in this village
That's Mare below on the far right corner .
Below are some kids pumping water for the fish ponds. We normally work with them, and when they are going to school we buy them stationery. This project started in June last year, so the fish are six months now. They have multiplied to thousands, and although they are still too small to sell for eating, maybe they could be for farmers who also want to breed.
We dug a big hole in the ground and we pump water from it when it’s full. It’s in the swamp area. There are some bigger fish that can be eaten, available from the big pond in the photo below.
These are some of our weekly church services.
Some of the single mothers and a few men
from our church have their own piggery projects. Some of the piglets were given
to single mothers to enable them to have some income.
Below is Joyce’s daughter Nantongo who had a baby when she was in secondary school (class S.3). It has been really very hard for her mother to push her on through school. We hope once her pig gives birth it will contribute a lot to her school fees. There are 15 people who have benefited from this piggery project, and many of them have got incredible testimonies. Most of them fellowship together with us. We think this project will enable them to support their kids in school and medical treatment if needed.
Ministry registration is still in progress with all the paper work is in the hands of the Lawyer. It has been a very complicated process for our ministry to work through due to the slowness of government officials. Also Covid-19 has affected so many things, and service processes have changed in most offices. This has led Madam and Uncle Dean (from NZ) to leave. They came with a tourism Visa (3 months), and were trying to apply for a longer term Visa. It was great to have them here for three months, and to work with them in serving in this ministry. We have been talking with the Lawyer and he says the final endorsement for the ministry registration will be ready by Monday or Tuesday, and then we will pay the last fees.
Prayer requests
1. Pray
for the complete registration of this ministry, and that God will provide the
money needed for the fees.
2. Pray
for the provision of Bibles. We have many Christians calling, and other church
leaders needing help.
3. Pray
that Proscovia’s house will be finished
4. Pray
for high school ministry and university that we resume on a good note once
schools open normally.
5. Pray
for the ministry provisions. Our church has holes in it. Recently we had a
heavy rain with hailstorm and it left holes in it. When it rains people get
wet. We also need to expand since the number is really big compared to the
capacity of the church.
Alex and Simon