After a long journey, a team of our brothers and sisters in Christ - men, women and children from West Texas - have arrived in the east Africa nation of Uganda for Christian mission. The 2009 Uganda Mission Team from First Presbyterian Church of Midland will be sending back regular reports from Uganda, along with photos.
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Today was another fruitful day in Uganda. We started the day with our morning devotional from “A Long Obedience”. Pat led the devotional on chapter 10 entitled “Happiness”, based on Psalm 128. It was a wonderful way to begin the day. As we do each day, some of us go to the schools, some to the prisons and the rest to the trail. The trail was much easier today – the houses were closer together, the trail was an actual trail instead of cornfields, and there was a breeze to help cool us down as we walked. At the crusade, Harlan Coats, Carole Campbell and Robyn Zachry gave their testimonies and Robert preached a powerful sermon. Many Ugandans came forward to pray the sinner’s prayer and accept Christ. Dancing and singing were abundant throughout the evening and we arrived back at Mt Elgon to reflect on the day during our evening meal.
Prison Ministry
Jerry Hilton, Louisa Musselman and Susan Strange visited the Kumi prison today. Everyone was dancing and singing by the time they walked through the one pad-locked door of the prison. Susan shared her testimony in front of the 100 inmates. She said after the experience that if she went home right now she would be satisfied. It was a great day. She felt like this day had been planned out long before she ever decided to return to Uganda. Her testimony has been a year-long journey to bring her to this specific place. It tied in so beautifully with what Pastor Moses was preaching about to the prisoners. To know that even the bad things in life can be used for God’s glory in spreading the gospel is a powerful thing. When she finished her testimony Jerry said he could have preached out of a telephone booth, she was so bold.
School Ministry
Robin, Malone, Elizabeth and Jeff were to go to three schools today in the Sironko area. The first two were a primary and secondary school that were on the same property. When they were arriving at the first school they noticed that it was directly behind a mosque. Jeff thought, this is a little strange, but whatever. At the school they noticed that the Ugandan members of the team were huddled up outside the van talking in whispered voices. Mike and Pastor Godfrey called Jeff over to the huddle and reported that the school was a Muslim school, and they weren’t quite sure how we would be received. Mike said they had tried this once before at another Muslim school, and they had been escorted away. Much to their surprise the headmaster said that even though they were a Muslim school, he felt that an education meant hearing all view points, so we were permitted to give a presentation to the primary students--all one thousand, one hundred fifty of them. Due to circumstances, they did not try to convert anyone, but did sing gospel songs and gave testimony. They felt that was a blessing from God to just get to do that much. We ask for your prayers for the headmaster of the primary school that he doesn’t suffer for letting us share the gospel at his school.
Trail Stories
Everyone on the team seems to find that a lot of the people they are talking with on the trail are receptive in accepting our Lord as their Savior. When Pastor Steven and Sigrid went to their last stop of the day, they were invited to sit down and share their story. They met with a man named Albert, two women, a little boy and a baby. They listened to Pastor Steven as he translated for Sigrid. At the end, Albert, with his kind eyes said in English, “Thank you so much for coming by. Actually, we are already Christians! We just wanted to meet with you and heer what you had to say. We are so thirsty for stories about Jesus!”
Pat and her interpreter Apollo came upon three men tending a still. The vapors themselves were pretty strout. Apollo explained who they were to the men and said they were there to share the gospel. The men were amazed that a Muzungu woman and a pastor would sit down with them beside a still. They listened attentively, and then accepted Christ as their Savior. It reminds us of the stories of how Jesus would approach people where they were, good or bad, and minister to their soul.
Tomorrow we conduct the Health and Nutrition Seminar at Pastor Morris’ church. We will also be on the trail, at schools and the prisons. Your prayers are supporting us more than you can imagine – keep up the good work! Thank you
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Today was another fruitful day in Uganda. We started the day with our morning devotional from “A Long Obedience”. Pat led the devotional on chapter 10 entitled “Happiness”, based on Psalm 128. It was a wonderful way to begin the day. As we do each day, some of us go to the schools, some to the prisons and the rest to the trail. The trail was much easier today – the houses were closer together, the trail was an actual trail instead of cornfields, and there was a breeze to help cool us down as we walked. At the crusade, Harlan Coats, Carole Campbell and Robyn Zachry gave their testimonies and Robert preached a powerful sermon. Many Ugandans came forward to pray the sinner’s prayer and accept Christ. Dancing and singing were abundant throughout the evening and we arrived back at Mt Elgon to reflect on the day during our evening meal.
Prison Ministry
Jerry Hilton, Louisa Musselman and Susan Strange visited the Kumi prison today. Everyone was dancing and singing by the time they walked through the one pad-locked door of the prison. Susan shared her testimony in front of the 100 inmates. She said after the experience that if she went home right now she would be satisfied. It was a great day. She felt like this day had been planned out long before she ever decided to return to Uganda. Her testimony has been a year-long journey to bring her to this specific place. It tied in so beautifully with what Pastor Moses was preaching about to the prisoners. To know that even the bad things in life can be used for God’s glory in spreading the gospel is a powerful thing. When she finished her testimony Jerry said he could have preached out of a telephone booth, she was so bold.
School Ministry
Robin, Malone, Elizabeth and Jeff were to go to three schools today in the Sironko area. The first two were a primary and secondary school that were on the same property. When they were arriving at the first school they noticed that it was directly behind a mosque. Jeff thought, this is a little strange, but whatever. At the school they noticed that the Ugandan members of the team were huddled up outside the van talking in whispered voices. Mike and Pastor Godfrey called Jeff over to the huddle and reported that the school was a Muslim school, and they weren’t quite sure how we would be received. Mike said they had tried this once before at another Muslim school, and they had been escorted away. Much to their surprise the headmaster said that even though they were a Muslim school, he felt that an education meant hearing all view points, so we were permitted to give a presentation to the primary students--all one thousand, one hundred fifty of them. Due to circumstances, they did not try to convert anyone, but did sing gospel songs and gave testimony. They felt that was a blessing from God to just get to do that much. We ask for your prayers for the headmaster of the primary school that he doesn’t suffer for letting us share the gospel at his school.
Trail Stories
Everyone on the team seems to find that a lot of the people they are talking with on the trail are receptive in accepting our Lord as their Savior. When Pastor Steven and Sigrid went to their last stop of the day, they were invited to sit down and share their story. They met with a man named Albert, two women, a little boy and a baby. They listened to Pastor Steven as he translated for Sigrid. At the end, Albert, with his kind eyes said in English, “Thank you so much for coming by. Actually, we are already Christians! We just wanted to meet with you and heer what you had to say. We are so thirsty for stories about Jesus!”
Pat and her interpreter Apollo came upon three men tending a still. The vapors themselves were pretty strout. Apollo explained who they were to the men and said they were there to share the gospel. The men were amazed that a Muzungu woman and a pastor would sit down with them beside a still. They listened attentively, and then accepted Christ as their Savior. It reminds us of the stories of how Jesus would approach people where they were, good or bad, and minister to their soul.
Tomorrow we conduct the Health and Nutrition Seminar at Pastor Morris’ church. We will also be on the trail, at schools and the prisons. Your prayers are supporting us more than you can imagine – keep up the good work! Thank you
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