Now that the team is complete (Jon and Aslan arrived in Tororo around 1am Saturday morning), we began our work of evangelism within Tororo District. Though we have grown to know this area well, there are many new faces and families whom we’ve never had the opportunity to share the gospel with. Prayerfully, that will change within the next few weeks.
We set out in three teams, hoping to cover more ground in differing directions. We walked on hard, stony clay roads in very hot sunshine. Each team reached several people or homes, where we faithfully unpacked the Good News.
I, Chrissie, was teamed with Hannah and Brian. We shared
the gospel with six people that first morning, not to mention taking time to
meet others along the way. I’ve asked a few team members to contribute to this
blog each week by sharing their experiences and encouragements with you. Sharing
his evangelism experience, Dave Patrick writes,
Tuesday 6/17 – “On
our first visit we spoke with a young man named Julius, his friend Henry, a
young lady named Angel and her sister. We saw all kinds of soil there with
Henry, a professing Catholic, showing the least interest and leaving after a
short while. Julius was more interested but not much more than simply
courteous, even when confronted with the prospect of spending eternity in hell.
Hopefully, the seed of the Word will take hold. Angel was the most interested
as she understood that salvation was by faith but she was wrestling with the
security of salvation, so we spent some talking with her about that. We ended
up speaking to this group for over an hour simply because folks trickled into
the conversation over time and we had to repeat key points.
We
spoke with a young lady (but older than the first group) named Evelyn who was
out doing some cleaning on our second visit, who was also very hospitable and
talked with us for almost thirty minutes. She said she was also Catholic and
while she listened intently and answered all our soul searching questions, she
appeared relieved when our talk was over.
The
last visit was to another young lady named Precious who said she was Anglican.
She graciously brought out several stools for us to sit on while we talked on
the covered porch. Her view of life after death centered on whether a person
had confessed all their sin before passing away. If all confessed up, heaven.
If not, hell. We shared the good news with her that you could indeed know that
you have eternal life and God's plan for attaining it, but the concept of Jesus
dying in her place and gaining his righteousness through faith was so foreign
to her that all we could do was leave her to contemplate all that was said.”
Dave and Brian come to us from Capshaw Baptist
Church in Alabama. This is their first trip to Uganda, and it has been an
amazing experience so far. They have both been a blessing to us and others they’ve
met.
My dear Ugandan sister, Janet, is with us again as our ministry support. She is a faithful friend and one of the hardest workers I know. She works tirelessly supporting our mission through cooking, helping with cleaning, translating for us at the market, as well as the ladies’ Bible study. She promised to teach us how to make a few Ugandan dishes, so there will be more to come with that. Janet is also the women’s leader at Rock Baptist Church.
The mornings here are my favorite time of day. Each
sunrise reminds me how God’s mercies are new every morning. It is in the
quietness of my day, when creation is waking up, that I feel the closest to the
Lord. He reveals how good He is and how much He’s done. Each new sounding song
from the birds, to the mist over the Kenyan mountains (which we can see from
our house), glorifies the King.
Until my next post, grace and peace to you all back
home. Pray for us as we pray for you.
Tuonane,
Chrissie and the team
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