MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-27-2024

Greetings everybody!

We are finally starting to get out of the dry season and into the rains again. It has been dry as a desert around here, so I am very grateful to get the rain. This impacts our people, who depend on that rain to grow crops. Pray their efforts will produce a good harvest and that they will have a bumper crop of food. Another effect of the rain is it fills our water tanks with clean water. They had been suffering for water and having to draw water from the lake, which is dirty, and also expensive (they charge by the jerry can). The rains filled our tanks, so now, instead of having to pay for jerry cans of dirty water, they got clean water from our tanks instead, and for free. One woman was testifying how she was finally able to get water for laundry, so she looks sharp for church. Something as simple as helping us build tanks for holding water has a big impact. Imagine if you had no water for drinking, or bathing, or cooking, or washing clothes. Much thanks to everybody who helped us put in water tanks.

I have been moving from church to church preaching, and teaching as per usual. God has been blessing our services. Pray for our deacons and their wives. We have been drilling down on the qualifications for deacons, and it has caused some ripples. You see, a deacon’s wife has to be saved, like her husband. And deacons have to have their houses in order, with a Christian wife and well behaved children. I am emphasizing leadership in the home, and responsibility to the church. Anna has been working hard to train the ladies, so they not only are saved, but learn how to be godly women, wives, and mothers. Women here are taught that you take your husband’s religion when you marry. So, all too often, the men will be saved, but the women remain unregenerate, and can become serious problems in the church. It is the sort of training that will pay big dividends, if people get it. Pray that the Holy Spirit will bring conviction, and wisdom to our deacons and their wives.

Pray for Pastor Zizi. The rains are slowly but systematically destroying his house.

Water floods in every time it rains. The house is beginning to crack in two, and is becoming dangerous. He is going to have to rent a place nearby because of this. I need to build a new house for him. I have had our contractor work up a plan. It will cost $10,000. Please prayerfully consider assisting with this need. It has become urgent. Pastor Zizi has been faithful. He has a wife and seven children. They need a home that will be secure, has enough space for them, and keeps out the elements.

God bless and keep you!