Bibles and Water and Lights… Oh My!!!!
Family,
I am excited to write you again. I know it’s been a week or so since my last letter, but this has been a challenge for Dad and me. Not being together has been difficult and then add in a nine-hour time difference and completely different schedules… and you have recipe for aggravation! But, God has shown His grace through this and… well, here we are now!
I just got off the phone with Dad and MY GOODNESS…. So many exciting things are happening in Pallisa. I’ll try to just highlight a few because I don’t want to overload you. (But, if you want to get an earful of ALL the amazing things our merciful God is doing, just let me know and we can talk about it over lunch!)
So, Dad and Godfrey have hit the ground running in Pallisa and have had the pleasure of seeing great things. In June we passed out the tracks with thirty-two Bible verses on them in hopes of encouraging people to read their Bibles. If they learned the verses and recited them for Pastor Geoffrey, they received a Bible. Well, I am happy to announce that SOOOOOO many people have been reciting these verses to Dad and Godfrey. There are over 12,000 of these tracks in circulation in this one county. Dad said just driving down the road you’d see them in people’s back pockets! Exciting!!!!
Well, they are having meetings with groups of people and playing Bible challenge. At each gathering, Dad, Godfrey and Geoffrey give away about 100,000 shillings. The money brings them in, but the hearing of God’s word encourages people. The winner gets money and a MacArthur Study Bible. THEN… they’ve taken solar powered lights and introduced them to the people. If the people promise to read God’s Word for one hour each day, they get a light! Dad said you wouldn’t believe how excited the Ugandans are to read the Bible!!!!! Our goal is to eventually have 1,000 people in this county reading the Bible for one hour a day. Can you imagine what that would do for this region?!?!?!?!!
We’ll start fundraising/brainstorming soon for this ministry. The lights cost about $16 each.
Dad told me a story of meeting with a husband and wife. When he asked her if she read her Bible, she replied, “Of course I do! It’s my LIFE!” Just a testament to why we are there. People are hungry for God’s word!
He also met with a man who is the head of the water authority there and his name was Moses. He told Dad that they had a 30% success rate of finding water. Dad showed him how he finds water (which is 100% successful). Can you imagine what this will do for the people???? AND… there is an American here in the states who is possibly thinking of donating a drilling rig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!!! I’m telling you…. In June we prayed things would come together and we knew we were just sowing seeds, but now we really are seeing things come together!!!! How merciful is God that He allows us to witness these blessings?????
AND… the children’s catechisms are printed and we are praying for the right person to head up this ministry and take them to the schools. From what we have heard, the schools are willing to build this into the curriculum!!!!! Goodness gracious… just gives you chills!
AND… my dad and the guys were asked to preview the new Campus Crusade video Walking with Jesus and they are getting great responses from that with the projectors we sent over there to use for outreach!
I know I said I didn’t want to overload you, but I just got so excited!!!! God is so good and faithful and merciful and… overwhelmingly amazing. The fact that He thinks enough of us to use us… that should bring us to our knees in humility and thanksgiving.
I thank you for being a part of this ministry. For caring what we are trying to accomplish in Pallisa. For loving our Father and being a part of the Great Commission. This is such an exciting time to be a follower of Jesus. I am thankful to call you family. I love you all and thank you for your continued love, prayers and support. May God bless you richly.
His,
Michelle
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