In March 2014, Bishop Chuck Jones traveled and ministered in Uganda and Tanzania with an anointed team from the USA. Below is a slideshow of pictures I took of the team ministering. (And yes, I was there…just behind the camera!) 2014
This was my 3rd Sunday in Mwanza but my first Sunday to preach at one of Bishop Sekelwa’s churches. We went to a church just outside of Mwanza in Myamhongoro. Yep, that’s a mouth full! Even Africans have trouble trying to say that name unless they from there. We left home at around 9:15 am in order to arrive at the church on time but everyone else was late. This is Africa so you just have to learn to be…
This has been a full week!!!! We started the clergy retreat on Wednesday and my part was over on Friday, thank goodness! When we started, I was scheduled to do two sessions on Friday but we had some guest so I was able to sit out on Friday, which I was glad to do. So I ended up doing two sessions on Wednesday and two on Thursday, and then had a short recap and wrap up on Friday. Each session…
This was my last Sunday with Bishop Gogo so it was a little sad but still good. We went to the small church in Nabumali where Bishop Gogo is going to build his cathedral. This is the church that I’ve preached at the most since I’ve been here both this year and last year. It was starting to feel like my home church here. I really didn’t preach today. I just shared how much they have come to mean to…
Just before going to bed Sunday night Bishop Gogo told me that tomorrow we would be going to speak at the Busamaga Secondary School which is close to his home. This is the only secondary school in the immediate area. It is a community school which means that the government does not support them. They have to raise their own support, which is very hard since they are a new school which is not recognized by the government because they…
On Saturday, May 31, 2014, I had the privilege of preaching the homily for the ordinations of seven men that I did some training with last year here in Mbale. This was my first African ordination service so it was interesting to say the least. The ordination was held in Bishop Gogo’s backyard. He had a tent put up and chairs for 100 people. As with all things African, it was a kind of chaos – definitely not controlled chaos…
Sunday, May 25, 2014 we visited Holy Trinity Church in Bufuula, Uganda north of Jinja in The Source of the Nile Diocese. This is one of the churches that Archbishop Jones and the team visited in March. We saw God move in power with many people being healed so I was anxious to get back to see if the fires of revival where still burning. The church normally has around 100-120 for Sunday service but there had just been two…
I finally got to visit and speak at Zesu Primary School which is a government run school in Mbale. This is the same school that I spoke at last year so it was good to go back. The school is busting at the seams and needs more classrooms and more teachers. This year, 2014, they have 1,154 students of which about 605 are girls. They are taught by just 20 teachers! With an average of 57-58 students to a class,…
This was an interesting 2nd Sunday in Easter. Bishop Gogo had to go to Kampala for a House of Bishop’s meeting on Friday and Saturday and he decided to stay through Sunday. So on Saturday, Bryan and I decide to go the next day to Nabumali to worship and pray with the church there. This is the place where Bishop Gogo wants to build the cathedral for his diocese. There is a chance for them to buy the property next…
This Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Lent, we went back to the church in Nabumali. It is the second church that we went to outside of Mbala when Bishop Chuck and the team were here. While we were vesting, Bishop Gogo ask me if there was a scripture that I would like them to read for me since I was the preacher for the day. I should have known that I might be called on to preach but you just…