FAMILY OUTING

WE SPENT A REALLY FUN DAY TODAY AT THE UGANDA WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTER AT ENTEBBE. IT'S NOT LIKE A ZOO, THE ANIMALS ARE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITATS AND THERE ARE FEW FENCES. WE ALL LOVED IT, THE CENTER SITS ON THE BANKS OF LAKE VICTORIA AND IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOURIST LOCATION FOR UGANDA. WE DID NOT KNOW IT, BUT TODAY WAS WORLD TOURISM DAY, SO THERE WERE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE CENTER AS WELL

ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, WALKER AND DELANEY HAD THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY IN AFRICA. WALKER TURNED 9 AND DELANEY TURNED 7. OUR KAMPALA FAMILY CAME OVER TO CELEBRATE WITH US AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. WALKER SAID THAT THIS WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER, WE PRAISE THE LORD THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE ADJUSTED SO WELL TO LIFE IN UGANDA, HE IS SO GOOD TO US!!

11TH ANNIVERSARY

I'VE NOW BEEN MARRIED TO CHRISTINA FOR ELEVEN FANTASTIC YEARS. SHE IS THE GREATEST BLESSING THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME. I LOVE HER AND I THANK GOD FOR HER.

BAPTISM AT LAKE VICTORIA

WE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY, AS MORE NEW BELIEVERS WERE BAPTIZED IN LAKE VICTORIA. MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD, SO, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BAPTISM NEXT SUNDAY. GOD IS DOING MIGHTY THINGS HERE. IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS DOING HERE. PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE NEW BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS THEY BEGIN THEIR WALK WITH THE FATHER.

NATEETE (NA-TAAY-TAY)

TODAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, OUR TEAM ALONG WITH THE MANNA MINISTRY TEAM CONDUCTED A CHURCH SERVICE AND CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE COMMUNITY OF NATEETE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST AREAS THAT I HAVE BEEN TOO. WE ARE IN THE RAINY SEASON AND THIS AREA FLOODS, ALOT. THE DAY BEFORE WE CAME, THE WATER LEVEL WAS THREE TO FOUR FEET HIGHER THAN IT WAS TODAY, BUT THERE WAS STILL 6-8 INCHES OF WATER AND MUD INSIDE ALMOST ALL OF THE HUTS. I WAS ASKED TO GO WITH DOUGLAS AND SURVEY THE AREA AND PRAY. WE WENT TO THE MUD HUT OF A MAN THAT WAS VERY SICK AND DYING WITH AIDS. HIS HUT WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND HE COULD BARELY MOVE, BUT WE WENT INSIDE AND GREETED HIM, AND I HELD HIS HAND AND PRAYED WITH HIM. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WITH TB, HIV, AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE AREA MAKE IT RIPE FOR CHOLERA AND MALARIA. DOUGLAS TOLD ME THAT WHEN I GREET PEOPLE, TO LOOK INTO THEIR EYES BECAUSE I MAY NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN, IT IS SO SAD. HOWEVER, THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TODAY AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD WHERE REAL HOPE COMES FROM AND WE ALL KNOW THAT GOD CAN CHANGE THIS AREA IF HE WANTS, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIM. WE JUST ASK THAT EVERYONE THAT READS THIS REPORT TO PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE AND ASK GOD TO HAVE MERCY ON THIS AREA, THEY WILL RECEIVE NO HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT, IT WILL TAKE DIVINE INTERVENTION, SO PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE SUFFERING IN NATEETE.

Kawempe

MANNA MINISTRY CONDUCTED A CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN AN AREA NORTH OF KAMPALA CALLED KAWEMPE LAST FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK IF SOME PASTORS WOULD COME OUT AND TEACH THEM ABOUT JESUS, SO TODAY, SEPTEMBER 1 MY TEAM LEADER DANNY HOOD AND I DROVE OUT THERE AND JOINED OUR GROUP OF UGANDAN PASTORS TO ENCOURAGE, TEACH, AND EVENGELIZE. THIS AREA OF THE CITY IS HEAVILY MUSLIM AND LOADED WITH PROSTITUTION, BUT WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. WE HAD AN EXCELLENT DAY, WITH AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE ASKING JESUS INTO THEIR HEARTS. DANNY, DOUGLAS, AND I WENT FOR A WALK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WERE LED TO A HOUSE WHERE 5 MUSLIM MEN WERE STANDING, WE ALL GREETED THEM IN LUGANDA, AND WERE INVITED INTO THE HOUSE. UPON ENTERING, WE WERE GREETED BY AN OLDER MAN IN A TURBAN. WE WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LOCAL SHIEK!! THE FIVE MEN WERE HIS ENTOURAGE/BODYGUARDS. WE ALL GREETED ONE ANOTHER AND THEN THEY STARTED TO PRAY, SO, WE STARTED TO PRAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD, THAT THE DARKNESS AND EVIL OF ISLAM WOULD FLEE FROM THESE MEN, THIS HOUSE, AND THIS COMMUNITY. AT THIS POINT, DANNY GAVE THEM A GOSPEL TRACT THAT EXPLAINS WHO JESUS IS ACCORDING TO THE KORAN, AND ASKED IF WE COULD COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TALK ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A DIVINE APPOINTMENT, WE WILL SOON FIND OUT IF A DOOR WAS OPENED OR IF IT HAS BEEN SHUT, BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS OPENED WIDE, AND A GREAT MOVEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE HERE IN KAWEMPE