Ministries

So much to update you on! I have seen God move in so many ways the past few weeks!

Enjoyed having the team from Birmingham here with us. We did the first ever Medical Clinic in a local village.  Saw hundreds of people. Treated them all day long. Lots of prescriptions and testing's for HIV, Malaria, Typhoid, Syphilis, and Pregnancy. An 8 year old girl was the youngest to test positive for HIV. So hard to see. Mothers coming in with all her babies and her telling me that she is afraid that they all have HIV and wanting to get everyone tested. Some of the faces I saw are still in my mind as they waited for their test results. So many of them so young.  While some of the team were testing people, some were giving out prescriptions, some removing jiggers, some bandaging wounds, etc. 80% of the community are Muslim. At the end of the day we went to eat at a local family's home. We were entertained by a couple tribal dancers. So much fun. The 2 guys that danced came to our wedding to entertain us too. Good to see them again! So many gathered to see the Muzungus (white people) and most were the people that came to see us at the medical clinic. So, we had the opportunity to share the gospel with the crowd and through that, 26 people came to know the Lord! It had been raining all day and as we were praying for those people, the sky broke and the sun came out brighter than ever! Gave us chill bumps as the presence of God was known! God is good!

A line to register and a line to the ambulance (pharmacy)

Testing Center and Waiting on Results. This was inside a school room.

 

Went to a school on the island and so many people were there! We sat under a couple of tarps with huge holes in them. They gave us their best chairs and even decorated them with doilies for us to sit on. The wind was blowing and looked like it was about to rain. As the group sat, the crowd grew. The school had no walls and a dirt ground. Some of the children were inside practicing songs to come sing to us. As usual, we all introduced ourselves. Names, where we are from, and a word of encouragement. The Ugandan team introduces and then the American team. First time I am not on the American team. I am not officially a part of the Ugandan team and introduce myself as from Uganda. (: After the introductions, so many beautiful voices came out and sang for us. Then the entire school and village children broke out in worship. It was amazing! Some of the group then began setting up for the jigger removal clinic/wound clinic and some set up for puppets and bible stories. Over 100 came to remove the jiggers and clean the wounds. While that group was finishing with the clinic we went down to the field. Let just say it was beautiful! Overlooking Lake Victoria it was breathtaking. We played a game of "Cat & Mouse" (duck, duck, goose)and sang songs. Yes, the kids think it's fun to pick the muzungus for the games to run around. (: These kids run fast and you are running for your life so you don't get tagged to run again! This isn't a small circle to run around either. It has at least 100 kids in a circle. Ha! We were all hurting from running the next day.  

School House

 

2 days later, we went out to a village for hut to hut evangelism. We split up into 4 groups and went different directions from the church. My group went down a small dirt path and through some corn field to find the homes. While walking through the corn fields, you can't see anything around you but you can hear someone following you in the field. Couldn't get them to come out and couldn't see them but could hear them walking with us. (: The majority of the homes we visited were Catholic and Muslim. Came across 1 home that the entire 3 generations of family were believers but still wanted to hear what we had to say. We spoke and then prayed for them. They were so happy that we were there. Went to several other homes and 8 people came to know the Lord. Visited a lady in her field and she came to us asking for prayer. Her 6 year old girl was strapped to her back. Said that her daughter got sick last year (not sure what it was) and had many seizures. Her daughter has never spoke or walked since that day. She carries her with her everywhere she goes. She asks that we pray for her strength as she is still working and has to carry her. Pray for her little girl. We went back to the church to meet the rest of the teams and hear their stories. A total of 23 came to know the Lord that day. Gave the names to the pastor so he could follow up with everyone.

A team came in from Canada this week and they handed Ivan and I some cash to go into Kampala and buy Bibles! We were able to buy 500 Lugandan Bibles and are in search for some in the Lusoga language. They Bibles are being distributed between churches and villages. Huge blessing to have the Bibles!

Tomorrow we are going back to a village to share the Jesus film with the people. Will update you on that soon!