LADIES GROUP IN BUTABIKA

CHRISTINA RECENTLY STARTED A NEW HOUSE CHURCH GROUP WITH A GROUP OF LADIES IN THE BUTABIKA COMMUNITY. THEY MEET EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AND HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN OF THE BIBLE. PLEASE PRAY FOR CHRISTINA AS SHE LEADS THESE WOMEN DEEPER INTO THE BIBLE.

KATONDA MULUNGI (GOD IS GOOD)

GOD IS SO GOOD. HE IS MOVING IN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL WAYS IN THIS CITY. DOORS HAVE BEEN FLYING OPEN SO FAST, THAT IT IS JUST MIND BLOWING TO SEE ALL THAT HE IS DOING HERE IN KAMPALA. I WENT OUT TO A PREVIOUSLY UNVISITED AREA OF THE CITY WITH DOUGLAS, DICKENS, AND JOSEPH, THE PLACE IS CALLED THE MAYINJA ZONE OF BWAISE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. THIS IS AN OVERLOOKED AREA BY MOST, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO, IT FLOODS ALOT, AND IS HOME TO A LARGE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM AND OTHER DEADLY DISEASES. BUT GOD IS ALL OVER THIS PLACE. THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING OUR SECOND HOUSE CHURCH MEETING, AND OF THE 20 OR SO PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, MOST OF THEM HAD CLAIMED TO BE MUSLIM. HOWEVER, ON THIS EVENING 10 OF THEM CAME FORWARD TO PRAY TO RECEIVE JESUS IN THEIR HEARTS, AND 17 ENROLLED IN THE BIBLE WAY DISCIPLESHIP COURSE. WE PRAISE GOD THAT THESE CHILDREN OF GOD THAT WERE ONCE LOST, HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND. WHEN YOU PRAY, THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE AND IS STILL DOING IN THIS CITY.

BEST FRIENDS

WE JUST TOOK A SHORT FAMILY VACATION TO JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, THE KIDS WERE SURPRISED BY A VISIT FROM THEIR BEST IMB FRIENDS. DELANEY SCREAMED WHEN SHE SAW KIMBER, SHE WAS OVER JOYED. WALKER WAS EQUALLY EXCITED, BUT LESS VOCAL, WHEN HIS BUDDY PAUL SHOWED UP. IT WAS A FANTASTIC TRIP AND A GREAT REUNION WITH FRIENDS, AND WE ARE ALL SO GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS SPECIAL TIME.

SOUTH AFRICAN LIONS

DRIVING THROUGH A GAME PARK OUTSIDE OF JOHANNESBURG, WE WITNESSED SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, BUT THE LIONS WERE DEFINITELY THE HI-LIGHT OF THE DRIVE.

LION CUBS

WOW!!! PETTING FOUR MONTH OLD LION CUBS IS SO AWESOME, GOD HAS REALLY MADE SOME COOL THINGS. THANKS DAD!!

South African Gold Mine

WHILE IN JOHANNESBURG, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF A GOLD MINE. WE WENT DOWN 600 FT, AND WALKED AROUND AND SAW HOW IT IS DONE, AND WHEN WE CAME BACK UP WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THEM POUR A BAR OF PURE GOLD. WALKER LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

NEW BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IRENE, DOREEN, KENNETH, WILFRED, JIMMY, GRACE, AND CHRISTINA AND ME. SEE WHAT WE CELEBRATED TOGETHER!!

HOW WE CELEBRATED RAMADHAN

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2008. TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY OF THE MUSLIM MONTH OF RAMADHAN, A DAY CALLED EID EL FITR, AND TO CELEBRATE, I WENT WITH SIX NEW BELIEVERS OF JESUS CHRIST TO LAKE VICTORIA AND WE HAD BAPTISM. SURROUNDING US AT THE LAKE WERE MUSLIMS AND THE LOCAL WITCH DOCTOR. WHAT A TREMENDOUS WITNESS THESE NEW BELIEVERS WERE TO THESE PEOPLE, IN SHOWING THEIR COMMITMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO JESUS, IN SPITE OF THE DARK FORCES THAT WERE ALL AROUND. I PRAISE GOD SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS BAPTISM ON THIS DAY.

FIELD TRIP

NANNIE AND GRANDPAPA AND WALKER AND DELANEY AT BUJAGALI FALLS ON THE RIVER NILE IN JINJA, UGANDA

BIRTHDAY

10 AND 8!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW BIG THEY ARE GETTING. WALKER AND DELANEY HAD A FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY, THEY GOT SOME GREAT PRESENTS, AND THEY HAD THEIR GRANDPARENTS HERE WITH THEM, IT WAS AWESOME.

LUZIRA HOUSE CHURCH

SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2008. TODAY IS NOT ONLY THE BIRTHDAY OF BOTH OF MY KIDS, BUT TODAY IS ALSO THE BIRTHDAY OF THE FIRST HOUSE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING LUZIRA PRISON. GOD HAS THROWN OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS AREA AND HAS SELECTED US TO TAKE HIS WORD TO THIS PLACE, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE HERE, FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. WE PRAY THAT GOD'S WORD WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THIS AREA AND THAT MANY HOUSE CHURCH GROUPS WOULD START FROM THIS ONE, PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS WITH US.

HOUSE CHURCH

TODAY WAS A TREMENDOUSLY AWESOME DAY. I HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF TAKING MY DAD WITH ME TO OUR HOUSE CHURCH IN KIFUMBIRA, WHERE ONE MAN MADE THE DECISION TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO JESUS, AND FIVE PEOPLE CAME FORWARD WITH THE DESIRE TO BE BAPTIZED. I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW WONDERFUL THE DAY WAS, I AM SO BLESSED!!

GRAND PARENTS

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHO WAS MORE EXCITED, THE GRANDKIDS OR THE GRANDPARENTS, BUT IN ANY EVENT, THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE EACH OTHER, IF ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUTABIKA FOOD DISTRIBUTION

IT WAS A TREMENDOUS BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INVOLVE OUR KIDS AND PARENTS IN A FOOD DISTRIBUTION, CONDUCTED BY MANNA MINISTRY. ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THE FOOD, ARE AT A CRITICAL, AND CRUCIAL TIME IN THEIR LIVES, THEY ARE ALL HIV POSITIVE, BUT WITH THE FOOD PROVIDED TO THEM, IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT THEIR BODIES WILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH THAT THE ARV'S WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD AN ORDINARY LIFE.

LUZIRA ZONE

BUTABIKA PARISH HAS SEVEN ZONES, LUZIRA ZONE IS ONE OF THE MOST STATEGIC DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS THE NATIONAL PRISON IN IT. WE WERE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND EVANGELIZE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS THE PRISON, WHERE ALOT OF THE PRISON GUARDS AND STAFF LIVE. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SO VERY THIRSTY FOR THE LIVING WATER THAT JESUS PROVIDES, AND WE HAVE STARTED A NEW HOUSE CHURCH IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE THAT WATER TO THEM. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE NEW MINISTRY THAT HAS STARTED HERE AND THAT IT WOULD GROW AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ZONE.

Butabika Parish

FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN BUTABIKA PARISH. THIS IS THE NEWEST SITE OF MANNA MINISTRIES FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND IT IS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE. THERE ARE SEVEN ZONES IN THIS PARISH, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PRISON AT LUZIRA AND THE NATIONAL MENTAL HOSPITAL. WE HAVE MET WITH THE HEAD PARISH LEADER, WHO IS A MUSLIM, AND WE HAVE BEEN WELCOMED TO COME AND DO ANY KIND OF MINISTRY THAT WE WANT TO DO, SO WE HOPE TO PLANT CHURCHES IN ALL SEVEN ZONES. LAST WEEK WE WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF BUTABIKA MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOSPITAL AND WE WERE WELCOMED TO START ANY KIND OF MINISTRY THERE- I.E. PRAYER WALKING, VISITING, AND BIBLE STUDIES. NOTICE IN THE PICTURES THAT THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THE FOOD WERE SPLITTING IT UP AND SHARING IT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE IT, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL AREA, PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR THESE PEOPLE AND OUR MINISTRY HERE. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!