Our team has successfully landed in Uganda and it has taken us a few days to settle in. Since arriving we have participated in setting up a new prayer room in the midst of Tororo, Uganda. The building is actually an old barn-like facility. We moved sound equipment inside, set up chairs, cleaned up, scraped and painted the walls, and filled the place with worship and intercession. Our desire is to establish this gathering place of day and night prayer to Jesus so that more people in Tororo may come and pray.
On Thursday afternoon (10/6) we had a time of prayer for two young men (23 and 21) who have graduated from the two year "Youth Ablaze" Missions Base discipleship school founded by Jesse and Rachelle Digges. They shared the vision God has placed in their hearts to travel long-term to a region further East in Africa to reach specific unreached tribes with the gospel of Jesus Christ. They spoke from Prov. 25:25, "Like cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a distant land." They said, "We should not be afraid to preach the good news to those who may reject it and persecute us. They do not know what they need. We are driven by love to take this drink to those who are perishing."
As we began praying for these two young men in our new prayer room, a great thunderstorm came. Rain pounded violently against the tin roof to such a decibel level that all we could do was shout with wonder and excitement at the exclamation point of God's majestic power. This is what God is doing with the youth of Africa. He is setting apart many like He did with Paul and Barnabas in Acts 13. He is raising up faithful witnesses of the truth who will burn and shine the light of Christ in the darkest places (specifically North Africa). May these ones be shot out as arrows to boldly speak the words of Him who whose voice is like the sound of many waters, who will thunder from the heavens on that Day.
Currently, our team is split up on a special 3-day outreach with Jesse Digges and the 2nd year "Youth Ablaze" students. On Friday morning (10/7), my co-leader and five of our team left with the students for the bush to do a 'crusade' of public preaching and door to door evangelism. I've already heard report that over 20 people have turned to Jesus. Let's pray that the Lord will gather those who need to hear His word and that the power/grace/gifts of the Holy Spirit would rest on the team in greater measure. They return Sunday.
Looking at the next week, there is another outreach opportunity with the 1st year "Youth Ablaze" students. Peter and myself will join them in a 5-day outreach to an intensely remote and nearly unreached area of Kenya. From what I know, this will be a rare opportunity to share the gospel with a tribal people who 'wear animal skins as clothes' and hold to an animistic belief system. We leave Monday.
Join us in prayer that the worth of Jesus would be seen and understood by believers and unbelievers alike so that the incense of worship and prayer would ascend day and night in Africa.
Love,
Truman
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