Sunrise in West Uganda

We had a day for R&R at Lake Albert. The sunrises were beautiful as was this area of Uganda. Claudia and her coffee... it doesn't get any better!

It Rained in our Baptistry

Sunday was rainy and cold ... even for Claudia. Our pastor had scheduled baptism. I just knew they would call it off. But, NO! These have come. We must baptize them! There was a little break in the rain. So, 22 new believers followed Christ in the waters of baptism. Please pray that God will use them to reach others with the Good News!

Lord's Supper

We had guest in the city from the village. We took them to Nansana where we have serveral house churches and a Sunday Celebration. On this Sunday, the church leaders served us the Lord's Supper. They asked if I would share the Scriptures about remembering Christ as we prepared to celebrate the Lord's Supper. It was the first time this church had ever celebrated the Lord's Supper.

Celebration in Tororo

6AM to 11PM WHAT A DAY!

What a great day! What a great God! We left Kampala and moved east toward Tororo. Everytime I think I have been to the ends of the earth, God shows me more. We were moving with Pastor Deo, Buyando (our driver and friend), Marj (IMB film personel), and Mama Agnes, deep, deep into the village. John, our Team Leader, had gotten sick during the evening and was unable to make this trip.

Through Mama Agnes, Deo and John (the barber) had gone to village to share the gospel. Charles caught the vision and came to Kampala to be trained in our T4T and returned. Pastor Charles has started 4 House Churches with 1 Celebration and had 64 people to baptize. Pastor Deo was going to show him how to baptize. Pastor Charles, once a witch doctor, now a pastor and preacher and church planter .... Praise the Lord.

On this day (a very long day for us), Pastor Deo preached and 11 were saved, and I shared about baptism, and 24 were baptized. Two of his groups (HC) couldn't make to this service, but they will be baptized later. What a great day! What a great God!

TOYS R US!

Creativity ... creativity! Most, 95%, of the children here will NEVER have a store bought toy with which to play. These toys are made from cooking oil bottles. Check out the tires... tops from bottles ... and string is made of grass. Now, how about that!

The children play as if there is no tomorow ... not a care in the world. Some who can get school fees get to school. They all want to go. Some try to go without the fees, but they get "chased".

When ever we arrive at the church or wherever, the children are all over us. Sometimes, I have hard candy that the volunteers have brought to give to them... that's a real treat.

Pray for our children!

HIV-AIDS

Here, our volunteers, Emily, Judy, and Karen, have joined Claudia in sharing with these very precious ladies.

HIV-AIDS - Mothers and Children

Claudia meets with a group of HIV ladies on Saturday mornings. They have decided not to keep their plight a secret but to come together for support and then they heard about her teaching the Bible and asked her to come to them. It has been a sad but rewarding ministry. The little home they meet in is about 10X10. You can see the door in this picture but also know there are no windows. And doors have to be closed, especially at night because of mosquitos, so it is quite a tight place to live. You can see that it is wall to wall people and many you can not even see. Please pray for the Hope that is Jesus for these ladies. There are many perils that surround living with HIV and knowing that you and your children are facing death is a sad reality. But pray for her to share God's sweet message of Hope in Christ.

Sharing Jesus

The Kampala Urban Team is all about sharing Jesus. We have been blessed to have so many volunteers to help us move into areas of city with gospel. We use the Jesus Film, people to people evangelism with the Evangi-cube, Four Spiritual Laws, the Light of the Quran, and the BIBLE!

Shaggy Dog gets haircut

Haircuts, good haircuts, can not be found for us even if we pay good shillings. Danny got a haircut 2 months ago and the man cut him so short and was continuing to cut and Danny finally said, "Seebo, you must stop, you must stop now! Let me out of the chair." The guy continued to proceed cutting, but Danny exclaimed again with his hands in the air!!!! The crown of his head was so short, as well as all over, but when one of the sweet volunteer ladies, Karen Martin, cut it this week, she still did not cut any in the crown, it is still short there. We enjoyed getting haircuts the day they left and will not be returning to the hairdresser described above. Thanks Karen, could you return in about 3weeks?

JESUS FILM

In Mbuya, we shared the gospel and showed the Jesus Film to over 500 people. Please pray that those who saw the film and heard the gospel will trust Christ and become apart of the His body, the church (for us the House Church). The Jesus Film is still a great tool for evangelism. The Ugandans love it! Hundreds stood for the entire film and many trusted Christ that night.

HEAVEN is Enlarged

While our volunteers from Alabama were here, we had baptism at the lake. With four celebrations and about 67 Houses Churches and T4T groups, we started the year by baptizing 56 new believers. God continues to draw people to Himself. Please pray for these new believers that they will grow in Christ and share their faith with others.

HIV-AIDS Bible Study Group

This is a group of HIV ladies where Claudia is training with T4T. They had never had Bibles and received their first one recently in the Luganda language. They were so excited. When she went back this week to teach again, they all had their Bibles in hand. The three Americans in the picture were three of our volunteers from the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, near Gadsden, AL. They were such a blessing to us and were with us for 2 weeks of ministry.

MBB @ the House

Thursday evenings continues to be an exciting time as Muslim Background Believers gather around the table to study God's Word. Pray for them as they faithful share the gospel in the face of persecution. After I took this picture, three more joined us. They were on African time! The past few weeks we have new faces in the group. But many have faced great challenges with sickness, and lack of schillings.