Monday, April 16
We got to sleep in, but the neighbor of the Guest House played the bag pipes at 8:30 a.m.! It was a tune called "Scotland the Brave." Oh my, rise and shine :)
We enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Uganda Christian University and topped it off with a fresh fruit pineapple smoothies.
Rev. Baraka took me to the site he hopes to build a counseling ministry and a studio for Words of Hope Uganda. I hope to write another post about that alone. It is Titus' "Field of Dreams." Could it be Trinity's, too?
Beginning around 4:00 p.m., I was taken to St. Dunsten's parish for the first of the week-long mission outreach. It's a circular church building with an outdoor stage built into the steps. A university Campus Crusade team from Kampala led Praise and Worship, followed by a powerful testimony from a student. about 200 people filled the lot - many children and teens.
Then it was my turn - I preached the message "In Jesus, I am invited" from the call of Levi. The same student who testified was my translator. She covered for my cultural mistakes and probably made me sound better to them than I was. It was the first time in my life that I was the absolutely only white person in a group of people that size. It was good for me to taste that.
The alter call was given by the university chaplain - a fiery evangelist who looked a bit like Barak Obama and every bit as passionate as Tony Campolo. I was totally the warm-up act!
Many children and teens responded to the call, but I'm not sure what the call was, since it was in Luganda. After they went inside the church to meet the pastor, the evangelist invited people to come forward for healing and deliverance. The follow-up report the next day is that several people came back to the parish to turn in witchcraft items and other animistic materials. Praise the Lord!
I was completely outside of the norm, but totally at home in the Lord. A special experience I will never forget.
Again, thanks for your prayers.
We got to sleep in, but the neighbor of the Guest House played the bag pipes at 8:30 a.m.! It was a tune called "Scotland the Brave." Oh my, rise and shine :)
We enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Uganda Christian University and topped it off with a fresh fruit pineapple smoothies.
Rev. Baraka took me to the site he hopes to build a counseling ministry and a studio for Words of Hope Uganda. I hope to write another post about that alone. It is Titus' "Field of Dreams." Could it be Trinity's, too?
Beginning around 4:00 p.m., I was taken to St. Dunsten's parish for the first of the week-long mission outreach. It's a circular church building with an outdoor stage built into the steps. A university Campus Crusade team from Kampala led Praise and Worship, followed by a powerful testimony from a student. about 200 people filled the lot - many children and teens.Then it was my turn - I preached the message "In Jesus, I am invited" from the call of Levi. The same student who testified was my translator. She covered for my cultural mistakes and probably made me sound better to them than I was. It was the first time in my life that I was the absolutely only white person in a group of people that size. It was good for me to taste that.
The alter call was given by the university chaplain - a fiery evangelist who looked a bit like Barak Obama and every bit as passionate as Tony Campolo. I was totally the warm-up act!
Many children and teens responded to the call, but I'm not sure what the call was, since it was in Luganda. After they went inside the church to meet the pastor, the evangelist invited people to come forward for healing and deliverance. The follow-up report the next day is that several people came back to the parish to turn in witchcraft items and other animistic materials. Praise the Lord!
I was completely outside of the norm, but totally at home in the Lord. A special experience I will never forget.
Again, thanks for your prayers.
