Trip Recap Part 1 - Arrival and visit to Jinja

In front of Burj Khalifa

Three weeks in Uganda went by so fast. Most of the team are now back in Toronto except for Noah, who is still doing an extended stay in Uganda followed by a trip to Singapore before coming home.

New years eve on the plane went by quietly. There were no special announcements, no complimentary champagne. Twelve hours later, we arrived in Dubai, our stopover point.

We had enough time in Dubai to see the city at night. Here is a team picture taken in front of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

Arriving in Entebbe

After a short rest at the hotel, we took off again for Entebbe the next morning. Finally we arrived in Entebbe, where we picked up Michael, the ninth member of our team.

Or rather, he picked us up in this rental van.  Michael is an old friend from Soroti, who is also a professional driver and mechanic by trade. We hired him to drive us around the country for the three weeks. His experience and skillfulness would save us many times during the trip.

Loading the van at Entebbe airport

After one night's rest in Kampala, we left the next day to make it to Jinja for a visit with the Deliverance Church pastors whom one of our teams worked with in 2010.  Unfortunately, our van overheated on the way and we were left stranded in Lugazi, a town about 30 km from Jinja, waiting for a replacement van from Kampala. 

Stranded in Lugazi

This put a little dent in our Jinja plans. We arrived five hours later than planned, leaving just enough time for a late night dinner meeting with the Deliverance church pastors and their spouses.

Dinner with Jinja pastors and their wives

Over dinner, we got to know each other, exchanged stories and testimonies, and found out a bit about the church's activities and projects in the Jinja area.  Adrian got a chance to share with Pastor Billy about our dream of being a resource to Uganda and show him our proposal. It was received so well that Pastor Billy insisted on showing us the church grounds the next day as a potential venue for where we might be able to offer training classes, should we require them.

DC Waluguba office and classroom space

DC Waluguba grounds

After getting a tour of the church building and grounds, we said our goodbyes, and then hit the road for Tororo.

Jan 3rd & 4th - Jinja & Tororo

Jan 3rd - Jinja: The team arrived 5 hrs late in Jinja because the car broke down. They had dinner with the local pastors and shared our vision with them. The lead pastor who oversees the region offered the use of his church facilities for the future ministry school.

Jan 4th - Tororo: The team arrived around noon and were given a gigantic lunch, where every one tried to push food onto each other's plate. Then the team spoke at a couple of churches. Adrian spoke on healing and many were healed of headaches, stomach pain, back pains and even poor vision. The ladies spoke at a HIV center (i think?) to female caregivers. David and Ryan visited a family with HIV and prayed for them. A long and eventful day for all. The team will arrive at Soroti the next day to visit the orphanage where Adrian and the team visited on their last trip.

We are in jinja. About to leave for tororo. Everyone is doing well. Our van overheated yesterday but all is good now. Gotta go!

Jinja Video

Rodney #3 - Update from Jinja

Hi All,

Thanks for prayers. God is really moving. Some highlights:

1. Street preached because car broke down on the way to a conference
and 2 people came to Christ. Was immediately invited to a house 2
minutes away to pray for the sick. Backache, headaches and stomach
aches went away.

2. Man who couldn't ride a bicycle because his leg was so painful
testified that he had been healed, then jumped for joy as a
demonstration of his healing. Other healings as well.

3. Stretching by preaching not based on notes but based on the Holy
Spirit, Leonard style.

4. BY doing a Leonard imitation...FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM!!!

5. Going with the flow of the Holy Spirit

6. Lady couldn't walk since a young age (she's now in her late 20s,
30s) and was able to walk.

7. People slain in the spirit and weeping under the anointing of the HS.

8. ~50 people saved at the crusades.

9. Pastors touched by the messages at the pastor's conference and
asked their congregation to come to the village conferences. The
church overflowed to the outside.

10. We got avocados, watermelon, and a LIVE CHICKEN!!! As gifts...

Thanks for all the prayers, they're working!

Ada, BY, Rod

Rodney #2 - Update from Jinja

Hi Everyone,

We just finished our pastor's conference and are now splitting up into
teams of 2 to go to 3 different villages. Pastor's conference was
great, God moved powerfully! Some highlights:

1. A lady came up to BY after his message and said, "I didn't know
that's what forgiveness was. I learned so much."
2. Pastors came together to repent of their generational curses and
for allowing the Jezebel spirit to operate within their region. They
also corporately asked God to heal their land from curses placed on
it. Very powerful.

Prayer requests:
1. Strength - we are running pretty hard adn not sleeping enough with
message preparation and jetlag. Strength to press in and rest.
2. Leonard - he has an upset stomach, not good.
3. Discernment - we walked into a warzone where teh leaders of teh
region are burned out and there's division in the church. Pray for
discernment for us.

Thanks!
Rod.

Update from Jinja - Rodney #1

Hi all,

We just received our full schedule and it is packed! 3 1.5hr sessions
a day everyday with crusades on 3 of the nights. Lord has been good,
don't really feel any resistance so expecting big things. Today's the
start of our ministry time. Speaking schedule for the next 4 days:

BY - this afternoon, 2 messages on the 14th and 15th
Ada - tomorrow mid-day, 3 messages on the 14th and 15th
Rod - tomorrow afternoon, 3 messages on the 14th and 15th, crusade
message on the 15th

Thanks for praying!

We are staying at a pretty decent place. Our room actually has a
bathtub! Great food so far. =)

God bless,
Rod.