Day 9 Saturday. Saturday is the busiest day of the mission. Early start for the daily journey of over an hour’s in a hot dusty bus on unmade roads to the crusade ground. First session of meetings at the conference. Approx 2 pm, break for an hour then start to set the equipment for the evening open air crusade and the completion of the Jesus Film. During this time there will be a meeting with all the pastors, I understand this year that is around 50, all serving in the villages around the district 8pm following the crusade and film, dismantle all the equipment and load into the bus for transport back to the hotel, no onsite storage this night as all has to be made ready for transport back to
Written by Jon. After arriving quite late yesterday, we made an effort to arrive extra early in Lwunjusi this morning. In fact we arrived so early that we got to the church before the pastors! We visited three schools by splitting up into two groups. One group led by Jon visited Lwunjusi primary school, just a short walk from the host church. The children enjoyed learning songs and helping to act out the story of Elijah and Mt Carmel. The second team was led by Paul. The first school they visited was Samba Primary School – as it is the beginning of term only 50 children had turned up. Sam kept the children’s attention with a dramatised version of David and Goliath. Our journey to Khatsonga P
Written by Kirsty Lewis. Today was the first day of the mission and wow what a day. This year we are in a different area of the region – Lanjusi. It was a privilege to be back with the beautiful people of this country. This morning we experienced the exuberant welcome of the pastors and local people as we arrived. In the conference, Laura kicked us of with her powerful testimony, setting a high standard for those to follow. Jon did not disappoint with his testimony about how he needed to have a personal relationship with God, not just one through his parents. Paul led on with a call for salvation, which 6 children responded to. Pastor Mic led on with a message all about the love we have rece
Written by Vicky Fletcher. The day started with an awesome time in the presence of God in devotion. We had a time of praise and worship and were joined by some American Christians from Colorado! We arrived at the church and joined in with the worship of our Ugandan brothers and sisters in Christ. Their worship is powerful and their love for Jesus is tangible! Some of the team shared their testimony of how they got born again and Pastor Michael continued to preach on the love of God. There was an alter call where one person committed his life to Christ and then people came forward for prayer and ministry to receive a touch from God and experience His love. Half of the team went to visit and m
