Random Photos

Some photos during Sally and Bernie's trip. First photo was taken in Gema at the Open Air Meeting--Sally and Irene. The rest of the pictures were taken on visits to Nama.

You don't see many cats in Uganda, but this little kitty in the second picture was very interested in our visit. The older man, George Nelson, is Thereze's husband. He is 83 and he loved Bernie. He would hug him every time we went. We loved going there to visit. The second picture shows the men that Bernie and Henry went to share with in Nama.

March 13, 2009

On February 25, my sister Sally and her husband Bernie, a pastor of Grace Church in Austin, Texas, arrived for a two week visit. They both hit the ground running and within one hour of arriving in Mityana, Bernie was off to visit in Gema and teach. The next day, we visited a group in Nama and took care of Thereze's heel wound. We all enjoyed visiting with George Nelson and Thereze as Dan Douglas took care of cleaning the heel.
We distributed gift bags to the orphans which Sally and Bernie had brought from their church.
Bernie taught a Bible lesson at the orphanage school and at a large high school in Mityana.
We hosted a weekend retreat at my house for members of Mityana Baptist Church , approximately 32 people,and we even had a group of four travel from Kampala for the teaching. It was a great weekend.
With many members of Mityana Baptist,we participated in an Open Air Meeting on March 7 in preparation for the new church which was planted on Sunday, March 8. Although IAM was very involved in assisting with all plans, the church will be a branch of Mityana Baptist Church.
On Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6 we traveled to Kampala for meetings with the printer and artist for the book series. On Friday we traveled with two other pastors from Mukono to the village of Kayunga for a book distribution. In between all of these activities, we met with individuals, groups of young men and women, and Bernie did much discipling of the young people.
I enjoyed the visit so much and am so grateful for the gift of labor and teaching which Sally and Bernie did for the people of this area. They worked tirelessly and enthusiastically up till the moment I took them to Kampala before they headed to Entebbe to depart. I wish they could have stayed longer, but I look forward to my sister Diane's arrival on Sunday. I will try my best to post more regularly to the blog while she is here.

The Well is Dry!

Unfortunately, both of my water tanks are now empty. Until we have rain, we will have to add water by hauling Jerry cans or pumping from an existing tank up at the big house. January, with the help of two boys from the orphanage carried water from the big house up to the small tank on my roof.

Book Distribution Trip to Kayunga

Thursday evening, March 5, was spent in Kampala. At a great Italian pizza place, Bernie met this Korean missionary and his family of four girls. He shared the book with them.

On Friday, March 6, we traveled north of Kampala and Mukono to a village called Kayunga. We were supposed to meet with a large group of pastors to teach and train with our Creation Book. It was a disappointing meeting for many reasons on which I won't take time to elaborate. We had had four wonderful sessions prior to this one, and we look forward to many more. Sally, Bernie, and I all took part in the teaching process.

Gifts from Grace

Grace Church in Austin,Texas, where Bernie pastors, blessed the orphans at Mityana Orphanage with a gift bag of toothpaste, toothbrush, a photo of each orphan, a sucker, and 2-3 pairs of brand new underwear!! Bernie labeled each bag and each pair of undies. Each child waited his or her turn patiently and gratefully thanked Sally and Bernie. What a great blessing for the children. Thank you, Grace Church.

Discipleship

Throughout Bernie's visit, he discipled many young men either in groups or as individuals. These pictures were taken at my house in the yard with the IAM guys and Bernie one afternoon.

Visitation in Gema

For several weeks we have been visiting people in Gema to tell them about the Open Air Meeting. On Wednesday, Sally got to go with us and taught a Bible lesson with Peter translating, in top photo. In the other two photos, there is Salome, in the red shirt, who is with our group at Mityana Baptist. The other woman is Florence who lives in Gema

The New Baptist Church in Gema

When we arrived for the first Sunday meeting in Gema, several of the men where constructing a frame and cover for the new church location. Imagine Acts Ministry participated by paying the rent for the first three months on the two small rooms at the front of the building; neither is large enough to house the meeting. We also paid for the six wooden benches for the service.

Open Air on Saturday in Gema

Imagine Acts Ministry worked with Mityana Baptist Church to plant a new Baptist Church in the village of Gema. We did visitation for several weeks prior to having an Open Air Meeting on March 7 before the first church meeting held outside under a tent on Sunday, March 8, 2009. This church is sponsored by Mityana Baptist Church as a branch of their church.