We bring to you good news of the turning point for the family of Davis and his wife Yudayah who have three kids. Along with Davis's brother-in-law Abubakari (formally a Muslim) they all gave their lives to Jesus. They came to our church at midnight following struggles with the unseen powers of darkness who had been disturbing the children at night, and also Davis himself. They came riding on a bodaboda (motorcycle - commonly known as bodaboda here in Uganda). We prayed and shared the gospel with them, and later we challenged them to give their lives to Jesus. It was not easy for Davis and his brother-in-law, but after wisely answering their questions, they were convinced, and they came to Jesus. Then Davis's wife broke a hidden secret about witchcraft objects in their home. They asked us to go and collect the witchcraft stuff but it was really late at night and dark. We promised to pick them in the morning and indeed we did. We got all that stuff from their bedroom.
Davis had collected it all from many witch doctors to heal his children who were being disturbed by demons. It did not work. He sought help from our church and we have really helped them, praying and teaching them the word of God. They are picking it up well, although they don’t have bibles. There are so many more people like Davis in this community who need our prayers to bring them to Christ Jesus. We burnt all the things he had dedicated to demons as you see in the pictures above.
We have had some baptisms! Many converts in our church have not been baptized. The challenge was that we never had anywhere to immerse them. The only option we had was to go to Lake Victoria, which was not easy for most of the people to afford. We had 15 people being immersed!!! This was possible because we dug fish ponds in our compound as you see in the pictures. We pump this water from the swamp to fill up the pond, and there are already some fish developing there. It was such a privilege to have these brothers and sisters follow up on the call to baptism. The water is not as clean as we would like it to be, but we hope things will get better. Sometimes church planting is not easy, especially when you have to start from scratch with a humble beginning.
This same month we had a members committee meeting at Robinah’s clinic. They had very encouraging ministry suggestions for the progress of this ministry and reaching out to the lost people in our community. This is the same committee that was required for our church registration. We had a lunch together and a bottle of Soda. We think these meetings might take place monthly. We have been facing challenges to get consistent committee membership, but we think this time with these leaders it is being solved.
Simon and Musiime Esther are training mainly single mothers with livelihood skills such as making liquid soap, sanitizers, bar soaps etc. as you will see on the label below. Those are the items they will be teaching these mothers.
As you know, Simon and I have had genuine caring love for these ladies. We gave most of them piglets to support them, and Joyce has been able to sell her pig to support her daughter through to senior four at school this year. So, it is still our desire to see how we can really help them. Here, many girls get pregnant so early due to school drop-out because of a lack of school fees. Our church has many single mothers, and we hope this skill training project will help them. Each student is required to pay 500,000sh (approx. NZ$200), but this vulnerable group may not be able to afford it. If you feel led by the Lord to help one or two girls with these fees you can email us. The pictures show you the group which has already started, and we hope that it will grow. We also use this program to share the gospel with those who don't know Jesus.
Prayer
requests
- Thank the Lord for the Covid-19
food provisions
- Thank the Lord for the ministry
registration procedure, and Gideon, a lawyer doing it with love and passion
- Thank the Lord for the rains we
have had
- Pray for our church provisions.
Our roof has holes from the heavy rains and hailstorm. We need to have it
patched up.
- Pray for the Bible provisions
- Thank the Lord for our piggery
which is picking up
- Pray for our home provisions.
We still face serious challenge with transport. Our motor bike keeps breaking down
Yours in Christ,
Alex & Simon