Day Three

Today was the first time we laid eyes on the newly acquired site of Luzira Community Church. We broke up into 6 teams to go prayerwalking around the neighborhood of the church. As God would have it, we encountered some of the neighbors along the way. They were very curious as to why “muzungu” (white people) where walking their streets. The first man that my group came upon was Paul. Paul was living a life of sin and alcohol. We witnessed to him using the Helping Hand to Christ.(the hand thingy) Davey and Michael, volunteers from Ggaba Community Church, interpreted for us as Paul prayed to receive Christ. Paul told alcohol that it no longer had a hold on his life and Jesus is the new ruler of his life. Praise God! A little further down the road Diane Elrod met a woman named Lorna standing at a well. Diane told her the good news of Christ. The woman at the well prayed to receive Christ right there, her hands still wet from washing clothes. We then loaded back onto the bus and visited our first primary school. The hundreds of children came to greet “Kippy” and “Buzz” (aka Tanya L and Bob K). The children of Africa are so precious. None of us will ever be the same. They are amazed to see their pictures on our digital cameras. Many have not seen their own reflection before so others had to point out who they were. They gather around us just to touch us and get a smile. As we went into a crowded school room, Donnie stood on a chair playing the guitar while the rest of us taught the children to sing “Walking in the Light” and “Brother, Friend”. The clowns did some skits and were a big hit. Katrina Simmons, Diane Elrod, Donnie, Janet Slayden and I explained the Hand of Christ to the children. Afterwards Donnie invited them to pray to receive Christ. Many did. This is an amazing trip and I am so grateful to all who sent us. One act of random kindness can change the world.
– Judy Dalmolin

Give Me that Old Time Religion- I’ve always heard about open air meetings and such was the very first service ever held at Luzira Community Church. I was so honored that they would let me preach this service. We opened the iron gates of the new facility at 4:00p.m. and the Ggaba Praise team began to play African Worship Music and sing in Lugandan. Soon a crowd had gathered and then our praise team provided “special music”. Then I had the privilege of preaching the word and 11 people raised their hands at the close and prayed aloud to receive Christ. Some of those who came forward were ones we led to Christ on the streets this morning. Twenty years from now when Luzira Community Church is a thriving ministry that has planted many other churches it will be awesome to remember the first service and the very first converts in this area. The wind of the spirit continues to blow and the fields are not just ripe for harvest- they are “white” which is when the kernel is past ripe and bursting at the seems.
-Donnie

Prayer Requests

Please pray for Krista Tope and Chance they have sore throats but are getting the proper medication

Pray for our team to have strength- the next three days will be very full with street evangelism in the mornings, school assemblies in the afternoon and open air meeting with the Jesus film in the evening.

Pray against dehydration- our team is provided water on a moment-by-moment basis.

Pray for traveling grace in and around Kampala- the traffic is unbelievable and we travel across town twice a day.

Pray that Satan would be bound from distracting or dividing our group- so far He has been defeated at every turn.