Sunday, a Day of Rest??

Sunday was not a day of rest for us missionaries here in Uganda. But, it was a great day of ministry! We started out with team members being dropped off at various churches in Ganda Village (near Hope) to join with Ugandan believers in their services. Randy and Alisa got dropped off together at Pastor Samuel’s church. As we walked in the small church with banana branch walls and a tin roof we were met very kindly by about 20 adults and 15 children. We couldn’t help but smile as they praised, worshipped, danced and encouraged each other with testimonies of God’s goodness. Although English is the national language, most people in the village speak Luganda, so we had Pamela a young woman we met last year as our interpreter. Soon, it was our turn as visitors to share. Each of our six team members got up and shared a message the Lord had laid on our hearts. The last one to share was Randy, and boy can he preach!!! It was amazing and the Ugandan people really enjoyed his humor, his delivery and his message. Afterward we stayed to pray over everyone who wanted prayer. From the oldest to the youngest, they all came forward so we could lay hands on them and pray for them. Soon we were back on the bus heading for Hope, having lunch and getting back on the bus going to a prison. We went to the same prison we went to last June. As we arrived another team of missionaries were there meeting with the prisoners. They must have really paved the way for Jesus because after our team members finished speaking almost every hand went up to accept the Lord!! One of our staff members told us he heard them comment that the Lord must really love them because so many visitors had come to see them that day.

Pastor Simon, a pastor at the church that meets at “Hope” has a real passion for prisoners and was so happy we had gone with him.

The last stop in our mission filled day was to go back to Hope and host a showing of the Jesus Film. The church was full of children and adults from the village. It was so cool to hear the children cheering Jesus as the super hero that He is!! No batman or superman for them.

We were all very tired when we finally got back on the bus to head to the Hotel, but we all thought it was a very good day.