A lot of my ministry in Africa has been door to door evangelism so most of my time in Africa has been traveling around to different peoples houses, having them invite us in, and then we tell them about Jesus. I never did like evangelism. But now that I think about it, I think it was more fear than actually not liking it.
Africa is not like America when it comes to door to door evangelism. I tell the Africans all the time is is very different here. If you were to knock on some random persons door and want to talk to them about God, they would probably act like they are not home, or flat out just say no they don't want to talk to you. But in Africa it is completely different. If people see white people walking down the street, the will gesture for you to come over and come inside there homes, they offer the best seats for you and tell you that you are welcome back anytime and any day. The majority of people are like that here in Uganda. But there are times that you evangelize to drunk people that won't remember you, Muslims that want nothing to do with you, and witch doctors that look like they want to hurt you.
I'm here in Mukono, Uganda with a team of seven people. Every day my team splits with translators and evangelizes to the town. I always go out with the same partner and the same translator. We all come back at around 1pm and talk about what happened and who we got to talk to. And it is always very interesting to hear about the different type of people everyone gets to go and minister to. And no matter what day it was, God always leads me and my partner to Muslims, drunk people, and witch doctors. Why God chose us to reach out to these people daily is beyond me. But no other team had the chance to minister to these people like me and my partner had.
I'm thankful that I don't have to go out with some crafty way to talk about Jesus. Or have really good ways to describe him. It's not about me. It's not about how I present it. The Bible says it all. The scriptures are enough. My only job is to be obedient and go. A lesson a learned in Thailand that I brought to every country was, I only need to show up, God will do the rest. And that has been the truth here in Uganda. We show up to a house full of Muslims and one of them comes to know The Lord as there personal Savior. Not because of anything I said, but because of what the Bible says. It is always a big deal for a Muslim to renounce there faith and to start believing Christianity. It could be really dangerous for them. But there has been a handful of Muslims that have come to know The Lord while here in Uganda!
As we were continuing sharing the Gospel we came across a house and our translator said , "This is a house of a witch doctor." Every sane person probably would think, let's move on to the next house. But my partner and I said perfect! We would love to meet her. At first she would not come outside and meet us. She was yelling from inside the house. After a few minutes she took a step outside and sat down. She would not even look at us. Everyone sitting around was laughing because everyone thought to themselves, "why are these Christians coming to talk to a witch doctor. And they were laughing because it was only noon and she was already drunk. I then asked if me and my partner could sit next to her and talk with her. She turned to us and for the first time made eye contact with both of us. My partner and I started walking towards her and sat down next to her. I then grabbed her hand to hold it and told her she was beautiful. She then started to mock us and tell us that she was a christian and that she doesn't want to hear us tell her that she can't drink. My partner then turned to her and said, " I didn't travel from America to tell you not to drink, that's none of my business . But what I did come from America to do was to tell you how extremely loved you are." She then proceeded to share the Gospel with her. Afterwards there was not some extreme celebrating. She didn't change her ways or fully except what we shared with her and that's ok. We went to visit her again after that time and I'm most positive we will visit her again a few more times before we leave Uganda. Being able to evangelism here in Uganda has been such an extreme blessing. I have watched people understand truth for the first time. I have watched transformation of people's hearts right before my eyes. Please pray for this ministry as we still have two weeks here in Uganda with a lot of people that need to know the truth about Jesus!
