Short and sweet and to the point. The two teams finally set eyes on one another Saturday morning at the Dubai Airport as we boarded out 5 hour flight for Entebbe. We landed in Entebbe (in the daylight which was a first for all of us, VERY different!), our bags and we were loaded into the vans and transported 15 minutes away to stay at Anderita Hotel on the shore of Lake Victoria. We took in the sights around and had dinner at Cafe Java's a short driving distance away. All enjoyed Ugandan "chips" (french fries) and a wide variety of good American-style foods. With full stomachs and closing eyes, we headed back to the hotel for a horizontal nights rest.
Sunday morning, our bags were packed on top of the vans as Larry led us with our first morning's devotional. After devotional and prayer, we piled into the vans for the 5-6 hour trek to Mbale and Mt. Elgon Hotel. (FYI to those who've been there before: Sunday morning is THE time to drive through Kampala! Traffic was minimal... and not near the exhaust fumes!). We arrived at Mt. Elgon, unpacked, ate a late lunch and headed out to Lulwanda to greet the younger kiddos. We were greeted with many smiles, laughter, hands to hold, and little ones sitting in our laps or stuck like glue by our sides. Such a great welcome to Uganda... for newbies and veterans alike! Nothing like it!! We saw the sunset from Lulwanda (always a spectacular sight) and made our way back to the Hotel for the evening meal and a good night's rest before we begin our week's activities.
AND FINALLY, HERE IS MONDAY!
JULY 25, 2016
The day started with breakfast, then prayer and devotional and
then the vans were loaded and Bill headed to the schools and the rest of the
crew headed to Pastor Peter's church in the village of Musese. Upon arriving in
the village and spending a period of time in praise and worship and prayer, we
were given instructions on where in the village we were going and were informed
on what the predominant belief would be, and we headed out. Some of the highlight stories are as follows:
Dee Hoelscher went to see a elderly lady who had lost almost all
of her family and was left with only a couple of grandchildren. She was also
suffering with severe back pain. She
felt like God had totally abandoned her and was angry towards him. Dee shared
the gospel with her and then asked is she could pray for her. The lady said it
would be ok and so Dee proceeded to get down on her knees to pray for the
woman. As she was getting down the ladies grandson also got down on his knees
and laid hands on his grandmother to pray for her too. Dee said she just about lost it, but that God
gave her composure and gave her words to pray over the woman. At the end of the prayer, Dee asked her if
she could give her a hug and the lady gladly accepted it and Dee said she could
actually see the woman's countenance change.
Larry
Hoelscher also walked into a divine
appointment while sharing the gospel in the village. Larry went to share the gospel with a woman,
who immediately told him that she had been witnessed to a few weeks ago by the
local Anglican church. When you hear
that you would think its time to move on, but this time was different. She told
those who had previously shared with her
that "it wasn't her time." But
she felt like when Larry was approaching that this was the time. She accepted Jesus as her Savior right then
and there.
Reggie Carrington
shared the gospel house to house for the first time today, and God showed
Himself mighty as he witnessed to the people.
The first two households that He went to accepted Christ. The first, a
young man in his twenties with a little baby boy, and the second, a husband and
wife. Both homes were excited about the
thought of eternal life and having there sins forgiven, and trusted Jesus with
gladness in their hearts.
Jennifer Donnell,
witnessed boldly today as well. Along with sharing her testimony at the crusade
tonight, she witnessed in the village as well.
Almost everyone she witnessed to trusted in the Lord!! She also taught
the children's church and led worship with them. Jennifer, Dee, Juliana Carr and Rosemary
Palermo were amazed at how responsive and attentive the children were as they
taught the story of Joseph. The children
answered every question and gave very insightful feedback. God definitely has
planted the Word in their heart.
Bill went to four
schools today and was amazed at how polite and attentive the kids were. Bill taught about the feeding of the 5000
and the works of God being the believing in Jesus followed by a gospel message.
The guy he was with shared about making good decisions or abstaining from sex depending on what age
group he was speaking to. Sounds like the typical American school experience
David went to the
village and visited three people, ate a quick bite and then headed to the Mbale
prison where he was able to share with several hundred men and secondly to
about 40 women. In this large prison, the have a prisoner pastor, deacon's, a
worship team, etc. again sounds like a
typical American prison.
Much more happened,
but time to go to bed and get ready for tomorrow.
---Don Metz
PS: Internet if very slow and makes loading pictures very long and tedious process... hope to be able to add a few sometime this week. --dee
PPS: Thank you for your prayers for us... they are being felt and we are being carried and enabled to do the things our Lord called us to do here. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!! --dee
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