Day Two...

God is so good! I honestly can't quite gather my thoughts right now, so I'll try. We just finished the second day of the conference, and things went so smoothly and God spoke powerfully to all of us. The conference is being held at Cornerstone Baptist Church of Kakira. Actually, the conference is being held in the ground floor of the basement, because the church building has not been built yet. (I'll post pictures soon) But nobody cares where the conference is held. They are hungry for the Word, and I'm growing to understand that we could hold a worship service in one of the many open road-side ditches, and people would still be dancing and praising God, eager to hear His Word! The re-occurring thing we keep saying is "I wish my church could experience this!" It really puts into perspective what we should all focus on and what we waste our time on. And how all the petty arguing that goes on from time to time, is usually just that...petty and really pretty pointless. You don't need much to please God. Just a humble and obedient heart.

We can really feel the prayers of all of you. We've been so empowered to teach and preach, and the people are so responsive. What's odd to me, is that after we speak, people come up and tell us how grateful they are, and then proceed quote things that we said in our messages, word for word from memory! They really listen, and they really take it to heart. All the more reason to watch our life and doctrine closely. Something that God has been burdening me with, though, is the desire for so many to attend seminary, but they have no resources to do it. And it breaks my heart that study books and resources that we have in abundance in America, are few and far between here. And if you do happen to find one, it's very expensive. Something for all of us to pray about...

Please continue to pray. God is humbling us a lot as we watch Him go far beyond our expectations! What is happening here is not being exaggerated and I can't say enough how grateful the people are for you all. They pray for you, by the way. God is doing something here that is beyond anything our team is capable of. But I'm reminded that when God moves, the earth shakes.

Before I go...I realized that I never said anything about the food. It's very diverse but good! Lots of rice, beans and poshe (which is ground maize, cooked in banana leaves). The meat is something else. I had the opportunity to try fried kidneys at the hotel in Entebbe, but I chickened out. I haven't quite put my finger on what's in the sausages. But there's lots of eggs, beef, chicken, pork and goat. It's kind of like someone raided Old MacDonald's farm and went nuts. EE EYE EE EYE OH...