Saturday, February 23, 2008

KASWA-FORT PORTAL UGANDA





THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM HAD THE PRIVILEDGE TO TRAVEL TO WESTERN UGANDA TO ASSIST AND EVANGELIZE WITH OUR FRIEND LEW JOHNSON. WE USED OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM FROM MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH TO SPREAD OUT AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS TO THE PEOPLE OF KASWA. THIS AREA GROWS ALOT OF TEA, BUT NOT ALOT OF DISCIPLES, THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM AND CATHOLICISM IS GREAT, HOWEVER, GOD IS SHAKING THINGS UP, WE HAD OVER 150 PEOPLE ACCEPT THE GIFT OF SALVATION AND SEVERAL CHURCHES WERE PLANTED, AND WE WERE ONLY THERE FOR THREE DAYS. GOD IS SO AWESOME, AND TO BE A PART OF WHAT HE IS DOING HERE IS UNBELIEVABLE. IS GOD CALLING YOU TO JOIN HIM? YOU WON'T EVER BE THE SAME.

KIFUMBIRA

ON FEBRUARY 15TH, MANNA MINISTRY MOVED INTO AN AREA CALLED KIFUMBIRA. THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH A VOLUNTEER TEAM FROM MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. THESE PICTURES SHOW THE MINISTRY TENT BEING SET-UP AND THE BAGS OF FOOD THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST DIRE NEED. WE WERE WELCOMED BY ALL OF THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND WERE ABLE TO OPENLY PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE RESIDENTS. AT LEAST 26 WERE SAVED ON THIS DAY, AND A HOUSE CHURCH WAS FORMED. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT'S COOKING ON THE GRILL, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE GOAT CHITTINS:)



SPREADING THE WORD

THE KAMPALA URBAN TEAM WAS BLESSED TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER TEAM FROM MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, ALABAMA. THEIR WILLINGNESS AND BOLDNESS IN SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UGANDA HAS TRULY BEEN BLESSED BY GOD. AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE MADE A DECISION TO ACCEPT JESUS WHILE THIS TEAM WAS HERE, AND SEVERAL NEW HOUSE CHURCHES WERE PLANTED. GOD IS DOING GREAT THINGS IN UGANDA, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE AND INVITE OTHER SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCHES TO COME AND BE A PART OF GODS' MISSION.