Baptism. It’s how we Baptists got our name. I conducted my first Baptismal service out at Nakivale refugee camp a few weeks back. It went great. I must say, I was a tad nervous, but I am happy to report nobody drowned. One of the advantages of my height is that I have the leverage […]
Greetings! Our first Lord's Supper at Sangano went very well. I had preached on this and taught on this, so when the day came, it was all done decently and in order. Everyone well understood the serious nature of the memorial service, and we moved through it at a good pace with time for instruction […]
276 children. 3 days, 2 hours each place, 3 preaching points, 3 complete VBS’ a day: Marathon VBS at Nakivale! So, we had our very first VBS out at the refugee camp. It was quite the learning experience. I had for months been considering doing something like this. There are children everywhere at the camps, […]
Hello again! Good news! God has provided the car we needed to get out to Nakivale. Our friend Ssuemko hunted high and low, and finally located a newish Toyota Land Cruiser with low miles, good engine, good shocks, good transmission, working A/C, and a body shop that could put the bull bars and roof rack on […]
Greetings! Jeff and Carla Bassett have gone on furlough for a bit, so Djuna and I are managing the ministry out at Nakivale. The day after Jeff left, a massive storm landed on that region, and the wind tore the roof off the church building at Sangano. We had some funds in savings to help […]