Category: Stories
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Now I have a name…
Note: This is a story from the trip in 2017. On one of our visits to the bomas in the bush, I was again paired with fellow missionary, Laurie Gent, Pastor Frank Mdindi, along with some locals evangelists. The locals knew who needed a visit and acted as a scribe to record the people visited. Pastor Frank was…
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First time missionary reflects on seeing 80+ baptisms in one day….
On Monday, June 5, 2018 I started sharing the Gospel with my team leader Joe Kuhlman. from Tulsa, OK. We shared with several young men as we went through our area of the village. As we were meeting with another man, one of the young men that we had just baptized came to us and…
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Open the eyes of my heart Lord Joy – The Greek word for joy is kevo which means grace.
Remembering other articles from Sharon Hyde from her 2014 trip…. Joy is not happiness that comes and goes, but rather true joy that flourishes not only in good times but in hard times. The people we met were all hard workers. They tended crops and livestock. They lived off the land. They didn’t have the…
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SELVD: Two week walkathon raises funds for continued work…215 miles
Kusoma ukurasa huu kwa Kiswahili ubonyeze hapa. Today Bishop Emmanuel Makala started a two week walkathon to raise funds for the mission work of the diocese. The walkathon will be approximately 215 miles and go through the entire district. During the walk, they will involve preaching, praying, and baptizing. The theme of the walkathon comes from…