This past week has been so encouraging! We had some friends from Kampala come visit us, and we had an unexpected trip back to Nebbi! The pastors from Nebbi, where we did a seminar two weeks ago, called back to say they wanted to speak with us. So the "A team" (Arua team pictured above) took a road trip yesterday. We were so excited to hear that this group of pastors wanted further training from us. Pastor Cosmas, the leader of all the other pastors, was very excited about the training and told us that they have had others offer pastoral training to their group, but have never had a peace about who 
has come to them. But now they feel that God has answered their prayers by sending our team to them! What a privilege and an honor!They actually have 18 pastors that are ready to be trained! But we explained our vision to them, which is to train 8-10 key leaders over the next couple years, and really invest in these individuals' lives. This way, when we have moved back to the States, these leaders will be equipped to continue to train many more pastors over the years and 
the ministry will carry on without us! They saw the value and long term benefits of this vision and agreed to pray over two to four key individuals for us to train, starting in June! We are so excited for the doors the Lord is opening! He is so good!
the ministry will carry on without us! They saw the value and long term benefits of this vision and agreed to pray over two to four key individuals for us to train, starting in June! We are so excited for the doors the Lord is opening! He is so good!After our meeting with Pastor Cosmas and other Ugandan pastors, they invited us to a crusade they were having at one of their churches out in the village! We were so tired, knowing it would be culturally inappropriate to just drop in and leave and that it 
would be an "event," but it turned out to be such a blessing! It is so amazing to be out in the middle of nowhere, literally, and just see a community of people praising God together! They sang, danced, prayed, had us introduce ourselves, and even fed us! And for them to feed us truly is a sacrifice, as food is scarce for so many, especially in the villages. We had goat, millet, and cassava (a common Ugandan meal). And the children were so incredibly precious! I took so many pictures of them and let 
them see themselves on the screen of our digital camera. They loved it! For most likely every one of those children, that was the first time they had ever seen themselves in a picture! That in itself could have entertained them all day!
would be an "event," but it turned out to be such a blessing! It is so amazing to be out in the middle of nowhere, literally, and just see a community of people praising God together! They sang, danced, prayed, had us introduce ourselves, and even fed us! And for them to feed us truly is a sacrifice, as food is scarce for so many, especially in the villages. We had goat, millet, and cassava (a common Ugandan meal). And the children were so incredibly precious! I took so many pictures of them and let 
them see themselves on the screen of our digital camera. They loved it! For most likely every one of those children, that was the first time they had ever seen themselves in a picture! That in itself could have entertained them all day! It was truly a day of celebration and thanksgiving! We praise God for answering our prayers and bringing men along for us to train to be pastors! And what a blessing it was to see this newly planted church so alive! Seeing this church and meeting these pastors has been such an encouraging reminder from Jesus of why we are here!
***Check out the "UGANDAN MUSIC VIDEO" from the CRUSADE!***
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