After the first week of ministry in Uganda, the team departed for the States. I remained for the next several days to train Christian leaders in the central Ugandan area.For three days I was blessed to teach at the Gaba Bible Institute in Buloba, Uganda. The Bible Institute has over 100 men and women who have come from 4 countries to be prepared for ministry. I enjoyed greatly teaching classes for three days on Evangelism, Discipleship, Christian Ethics, and Spiritual Leadership. On Wednesday I was enjoyed being able to address the whole student body at chapel
Later in the week I was able to focus a full day of training for the leaders of 30 Baptist churches in the central Ugandan area. We thank the leaders at Kampala First Baptist for hosting the Leadership Development training, focusing on church planting movements. When we talked on evangelism, we took an hour “practicum” as we went to the streets of downtown Kampala at midday to share the gospel. I was just as surprised as the church leaders, when we saw 41 trust Christ during the lunch hour in downtown Kampala.On Saturday, before departure for home, I spent the day with members of Gaba Community Church and Bethany Community church in training for the upcoming July campaign
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Ugandan Police Force Comes to Christ
A surprising event happened while we were ministering in Naluwondwa. One day while I was discipling a couple in their place of business, the local police chief stopped by. He was excited to hear that we were sharing “good news” from God about his son, Jesus Christ. He invited us to visit and share with the police at the police “station”.
When we arrived at the police station, the police chief gathered the whole police force and their families to hear the gospel. After hearing the gospel, ten prayed and placed their faith in Christ as Savior. They invited us to return “as often as we could” to share more about Christ and how to follow him in discipleship.
One of our team members returned the next day and found an eager police chief awaiting our time of sharing the Scriptures. Over 15 gathered for a time of looking into the Scriptures and asking “lots of questions”. Seven more policemen took the step of faith to trust Christ as Savior. The study will continue led by James, the new pastor at Naluwondwa. It was so encouraging to see the whole police force of the village open to the things of the Lord.
When we arrived at the police station, the police chief gathered the whole police force and their families to hear the gospel. After hearing the gospel, ten prayed and placed their faith in Christ as Savior. They invited us to return “as often as we could” to share more about Christ and how to follow him in discipleship.
One of our team members returned the next day and found an eager police chief awaiting our time of sharing the Scriptures. Over 15 gathered for a time of looking into the Scriptures and asking “lots of questions”. Seven more policemen took the step of faith to trust Christ as Savior. The study will continue led by James, the new pastor at Naluwondwa. It was so encouraging to see the whole police force of the village open to the things of the Lord.
March 2011: Mubende, Uganda
During this month we saw an eight person US team head to the Mubende Province of Mid-Western Uganda to share Christ and assist in the planting of two new churches. We partnered with Ggaba Community Church from Kampala and Kyengeza Community Church from Mubende, with the focus of planting two new churches in the villages of Kanseera and Naluwondwa. Our host pastor from Mubende was Pastor John Magaba from Kyengeza Community Church, whose vision was to plant two new churches; one in Naluwondwa and one in Kanseera. We praise the Lord for the work that was done in presenting the gospel to so many men, women, and children in the villages, with such a great number placing their faith in Christ. We were also blessed to return for follow up discipleship gatherings with over a hundred men and women.
I had a few experiences that really touched me and I wanted to pass them along to you. Here are the “shortened versions”:
1. On Tuesday I met Jilbert Kayitesi, a boda-boda motorcycle “taxi” driver in Naluwondwa. After hearing the gospel, he and seven other boda-boda drivers placed their faith in Christ. The next day I met with Jilbert and a couple others for a discipleship study. During that time, Jilbert showed great interest in learning how to share Christ with others. For the next few hours Jilbert led me to his family and friends and shared with them (with a little assistance) that he had trusted Christ as his Savior. He was encouraged when his wife, Juliet, and another of his fellow boda-boda drivers prayed and placed their faith in Christ. That evening at the “church” meeting at the local secondary school, Jilbert brought 7 of his friends to “church” and even helped to lead the small group Bible study with his friends at the evening’s gathering.
2. On Monday we met Peter Zwiwe, a businessman from the local village of Ngabano. He was weighing “ground nuts” (peanuts) to take to market. We started to share the gospel with him and he stopped us and said that he preferred that we waited and told the story to him and his business associates at the same time later in the week. I thought that he was simply putting us off and didn’t want to hear, since he told us that he would not be able to meet with us until Thursday afternoon (three days later). When we tried to contact him by phone on Thursday to drive over to his nearby village, we found his phone was turned off. So, my translator, Innocent, and I prayed and decided to take transportation over to the Ngabano village, with only the slight hope that we would find Peter there. Upon arriving at the village, we found a local man that was able to direct us to Peter’s place of business. Peter greeted us warmly and told us that the power had gone out in the village and that his phone was not able to be charged. He gathered his workers, the local taxi drivers, and several other businessmen from the local stores (a total of 32). He said, “share with us the story from God”. After sharing the gospel, we saw 22 of those gathered placed their faith in Christ. My translator, Innocent, said he would come and help Peter start a “church” in Peter’s place of business. Praise the Lord.
I had a few experiences that really touched me and I wanted to pass them along to you. Here are the “shortened versions”:
1. On Tuesday I met Jilbert Kayitesi, a boda-boda motorcycle “taxi” driver in Naluwondwa. After hearing the gospel, he and seven other boda-boda drivers placed their faith in Christ. The next day I met with Jilbert and a couple others for a discipleship study. During that time, Jilbert showed great interest in learning how to share Christ with others. For the next few hours Jilbert led me to his family and friends and shared with them (with a little assistance) that he had trusted Christ as his Savior. He was encouraged when his wife, Juliet, and another of his fellow boda-boda drivers prayed and placed their faith in Christ. That evening at the “church” meeting at the local secondary school, Jilbert brought 7 of his friends to “church” and even helped to lead the small group Bible study with his friends at the evening’s gathering.
2. On Monday we met Peter Zwiwe, a businessman from the local village of Ngabano. He was weighing “ground nuts” (peanuts) to take to market. We started to share the gospel with him and he stopped us and said that he preferred that we waited and told the story to him and his business associates at the same time later in the week. I thought that he was simply putting us off and didn’t want to hear, since he told us that he would not be able to meet with us until Thursday afternoon (three days later). When we tried to contact him by phone on Thursday to drive over to his nearby village, we found his phone was turned off. So, my translator, Innocent, and I prayed and decided to take transportation over to the Ngabano village, with only the slight hope that we would find Peter there. Upon arriving at the village, we found a local man that was able to direct us to Peter’s place of business. Peter greeted us warmly and told us that the power had gone out in the village and that his phone was not able to be charged. He gathered his workers, the local taxi drivers, and several other businessmen from the local stores (a total of 32). He said, “share with us the story from God”. After sharing the gospel, we saw 22 of those gathered placed their faith in Christ. My translator, Innocent, said he would come and help Peter start a “church” in Peter’s place of business. Praise the Lord.
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