praise God from whom ALL BLESSINGS flow...

the pastors' conference went well this morning - and afternoon.  in typical ugandan fashion, it was supposed to be over at 1:00, but lasted until 3:00.  craig preached on who Jesus is - that He is 100% man and 100% God.  an elder in one of the area churches came up to thank craig for his preaching and told him that he did not realize Jesus was God!!  that gives you an idea of why the pastors' conference is sooo needed.  

the team then headed for it's first school visit at lira integrated school.  

john hildreth introduced himself and the team, then pat, jessica, and matt shared their testimonies.  pat said that the Holy Spirit totally took over and gave him all the words to say.  what an incredible experience!  he said the Lord certainly showed up and as a result 113 young people came forward to pray to receive Christ.  WOW!!!  the team split up to pray with them and to give each kid a "salvation bracelet" and explain the colored beads to them.  

there is a tendency in africa (as well as here in the states) for people to preach and to believe the "prosperity gospel," which says that if you become a Christian then the Lord will bless you and you will become rich and have no more worries or problems.  please pray that the team can dispel this false teaching and point these precious people not to themselves, but to CHRIST alone.