This village was totally decimated during 2008 tribal
clashes is exploding in population and now is totally rebuilt. All
of the Pastors from Mt. Elgon showed up for evangelism and we saw dozens for
villagers make professions of faith in Christ. It does our hearts
good to know these Men of God still have a burden for the lost in their
respective villages and we all were greatly encouraged to carry out the
Commission together.
While it is hard to prioritize the
importance of our work, we know beyond any doubt that some of our most important
work is the continual education of these men of God. We had over
fifty Pastors/Associate Pastors and Evangelist attend our three day
seminar. These Men of God come from four different tribes and
three different regions to receive in depth seminary level teaching and
training. I have been teaching these Men of God for years but in
some ways feel I have brought them to my maximum level of competency, and while
I continued to reinforce our doctrine much of the work to take to them the next
level would come from Pastor Jamie Hogan and Dr. Tim Myers. Bro.
Jamie taught on the role of a Shepherd and Dr. Myers would take them deeper into
our Baptist History and Faith by teaching: “One Faith, One Baptism, One
Lord”. These lessons would come at the perfect time as many of
the areas Terry and I started works without any other influence are now being
flooded with false Churches and Doctrines.
Dr. Myers helped
solidify and confirm our Doctrine and faith
in a way that only he could
do.
Our men were deeply appreciative to know what they have been
taught is the same Doctrine handed down from Jesus to His Apostles and through
the ages ultimately to us. As we closed the seminar I presented
our men with a map of the Landmark Baptist Churches we have planted which
included the eleven new Churches they have organized bringing the total to
twenty seven over the last eight years. They would present us with
a long list of villages they have a burden to reach in the coming month’s and
years. Their vision far exceeds anything we could ever imagine
God would do through this Missionary and His wife.
The last segment of our ministry safari would take us to
the shores of Lake Victoria which always draws my mind back to the shores of
Galilee where Jesus would call Fishermen to become fishers of Men.
This visit was especially hard as we had lost both of our Pastors from
the two Landmark Baptist Churches over the last year. Pastor
Jackson went home to be with the Lord and Pastor George became
backslidden. It is these types of scenario where the Missionary
can relate to the ministry of the Apostle Paul who carried a burden for the care
of the Churches.
We came to encourage but left being encouraged
with what God is doing through the new Pastors and the steadfast faith of the
core members.
The lake Churches have always been the weakest but
praise the Lord they are moving forward in spite of the many challenges they
have faced over the last year. While one of the hardest parts of
this trip was visiting with the orphans of Pastor Jackson and Mama Carolyn we
were happy to inform them that through various love offerings they will have
food for the next two years. Things had gotten so bad after the
death of their parents that the oldest daughter Electra who is caring for her
siblings was begging for $2.00 to buy her brothers and sisters food.
Thank you for those who have given a blessing to these Children through
love offerings.
Will close this journal entry for
now and ask you to continue to pray for the work in Kenya/Uganda and
Florida.
Mattress for Pastor Seminar, Haikua Matata
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