Wow! God is working mightily on the other side of the world!!! It has been a couple days since we have posted a blog, so I will try to catch you up to speed. The Sunday Morning services for Calvary Chapel Jinja were such a blessing. The pastor who speaks on Sunday mornings is an Acholi local of Uganda named JB. It has been amazing to here some of his story as we have spent time serving with him at the church. When JB was about 20 years old, his sister was murdered right in front of his eyes (this was back in the early 90’s when things were extremely ugly in Northern Uganda). JB was then kidnapped by the rebels who beat him repeatedly and took him into Sudan. By the grace of God, JB led seven other Ugandans in escaping and returning to Uganda. JB is now 37 years old with a wonderful wife and four kids, serving as a pastor at Calvary Jinja.

It was amazing to hear JB teach out of Colossians on Sunday morning. I could not believe as I was listening to the sermon that JB never made it past a 4th grade education level!!! The authority, power, and knowledge with which he spoke moved me to tears. It is so true what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 1 about God using the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise. The wise were put to shame Sunday morning as JB taught the Word of God.

At the end of the service a 17-yr-old Muslim boy named Rasoul was saved! I got to counsel him for a while on salvation, basic Christian living, and growing in Jesus. Rasoul’s mother is dead and his father lives in Sudan, but he has not been able to find his father for six years. Rasoul has a twin sister who is still Muslim, so please pray for her salvation! The picture above is of me with Rasoul Sunday morning.

The last two mornings (Monday and Tuesday) we have been doing some grueling manual labor to try to restore the church’s sand volley ball court in time for the youth conference this weekend. Yesterday afternoon (Monday) we traveled to the village of Lumuli about an hour away from Jinja to encourage the women of the village at a women’s Bible study. The village was very poor, much like Igluibi. All three of us shared our testimonies and the Lord really blessed our time.

Today after working on the volleyball court, Erin went to help out in a women’s prison. Lee and I have been preparing sermons for later this week. Tomorrow (Wednesday) Lee is speaking in a men’s prison for about 80 convicts. On Thursday I will be preaching for the “condemned”—about 50 men on death-row. All three of us will be teaching at the Calvary youth conference this weekend. We would appreciate your prayers! Thank you

--Ian