Uganda is not my favorite country, I think we’ve established that. But I have felt more challenged by the Christians here than anywhere else I’ve ever been.
Ambassadors of Life Church is full of people who love God. I’m talking real, raw, passionate love here. It is a community like I’ve never seen. The way they worship and pray has pushed me in my walk with Christ. There are church members who have devoted their life to the ministry even though it has little or no income. They sleep on the dirt floor of the church and eat when people give them food. Every Friday night they have all-night prayer. Every Friday, not just to welcome in the New Year. I am blessed to have met these people and hope to bring some of their passion home with me!
Pastor Christopher watched as both his parents were brutally murdered during the Bush War. This forced him to the streets. He lived there with his brother and sister for 4 years, begging and fighting for life every day. Christopher knew there was a Christian convention happening and he went there to beg for food, money or anything someone would give him. It was there he ran into the guest speaker who started asking him about his life. Christopher told the man all he wanted was to go to school. The man ended up taking in Christopher and his siblings, raising them and paying for their education up until college graduation. Christopher is know married with twin girls and he runs Life of Hope Aids Orphanage. Every 2 weeks he goes to the streets looking for kids who want more out of life and giving them a second chance.
Pastor Joseph took us to Africa Prayer Mountain this week. It’s a place where people from all over the world come to pray, fast and seek the Lord. People fast for 40 days while being on this mountain and sleeping outside either in the jungle or in a tent. When we went, there were about 100 people or more. It was crazy to see; it was like I was in the New Testament or something! Yet again another experience that challenged me spiritually. Doing a Daniel fast for 3 weeks in January is a struggle for me and here these people do it for twice that long while living on a mountain. Wow.
