after the pastors' conference, the team visited two different schools. at the first school, leven gave his testimony, todd spoke to the kids about Psalm 23, and then matt shared the gospel. when joseph gave the altar call, 150 kids came forward. of course some of these kids may have just wanted to hang out with the americans and get a bracelet, but we cannot judge their motives. please pray that as they get involved with the scripture union (kind of like FCA) at their school that they will see the gospel for the beautiful Truth that it is.
at the second school, john eckley and amanda white gave their testimonies, todd spoke about Psalm 23 again, and matt shared the gospel. this time when joseph gave the altar call, not one single soul came forward. christine then shared with the group her testimony and how the Lord had delivered her from darkness. after this, ONE boy named dennis came forward to pray to receive Christ. imagine how nervous he must have been to get up in front of all those people. Lord, thank you for dennis! pat said he could tell that many of the kids in attendance were already believers. but also, the head master there is very strict and some may have been afraid to come forward. God is good and He is sovereign. thank goodness we know He has a perfect plan.
remember the village i told you about that the team visited on Sunday? when they left there, the leader of the village made a humble request - for footballs (soccer balls to us) and for Bibles. then he said so many groups of people come to see them once and never go back. well of course our team took that as a challenge. they will return tomorrow morning with footballs for the kids and Bibles in their native tongue! hallelujah!
when you pray for the team tonight, don't forget to pray for our new brother, dennis.
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Hi Team, You have been in my prayers-especially yesterday. I drove the boys to camp by myself and those of you who know me know that is NOT something I enjoy-driving. It rained, hard at many times, much of the way home and for some reason the Lord used that to prompt me to pray for you. So you were prayed for a lot and more fervently during the downpours and when I witnessed a car wreck coming into Charleston. I was especially prompted to pray for your safety. We love you guys and miss you. By the way, the Lord was very evident in church on Sunday-the congregational singing was some of the best I've experienced yet-God be praised.
I am praying for the children to lose the spirit of fear and for the Holy Spirit to give them courage to take their stand for Jesus!
I am also praying for all of you to get rest and be encouraged by the things God allows you to do.
I am sure the footballs and Bibles will be a special blessing to them all!
May our Lord watch over you and prepare the hearts and minds of those you have yet to see be open and prepared to receive Jesus into their hearts and the work HE wants done in Uganda!
Thanks again for posting this blog so we can see what is going on and how to pray!!!
Special hugs to the Baileys!!! :)
Love you all,
Susie Young
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