KABALE REVIVAL CONFERENCE 2011

Kabale will not remain the same!!!
Every year around this time our church puts together a revival conference, when we invite people from all over western Uganda to Kabale for an entire week.
Last week, we had this such conference, over 1000 people came to attend this annual event at Kabale Primary school grounds. We invited different preachers and teachers of the word who taught and preached the word of God for the whole week.
Hundreds of people gave their lives to Jesus and many believers in Christ were revived and strengthened in their relationship with God.
Most people came from villages, where there is a lot of witchcraft and idol worship. Many people in these village are still bound by evil spirits. As the church, we believe God has called us to transform these communities with the love and power of the word of God. We have planted 50 churches in villages across the western part of Uganda.
However these people still need a lot of teaching and grounding in the word of God. There is a big need of discipleship in these remote places. Many people leave alone leaders cannot afford to buy themselves a Bible.
As a church, we feel it is our responsibility to train these people in the knowledge of God. Once every year we organize a revival meeting to help train these people in the word of God.
This is one time in the year that people from every corner always look forward to. It was exciting to see people come in one by one and in groups carrying their mats and belongings, hungry for the word of God.
During the conference, many were excited to be part of the great move of the spirit of God as many were delivered from evil spirits and many gave their lives to Jesus. Many were healed from different diseases and ailments. There was excitement as musicians led to praise the Lord, many people took to the floor jumping and dancing for the Lord!!!
By the time we came to the end of the conference, many were heard saying, "i wish the conference was going on and on, we can't wait for next year's conference"
Thank you our friends for praying for us. We appreciate all who were part of this great awakening!

PASTORS GLAD TO GET BIBLES

TRAINING LEADERS THAT WILL TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES

Last week we had a good time with our friends, Tom and Sandy from Virginia, they were here for a leaders' conference for five days. Tom and Sandy McElfresh started a ministry called The Pastor's Friend International, which partners with our ministry to reach out to pastors especially village pastors to train them and equip them to serve God effectively and efficiently. Tom and Sandy come to Kabale, Uganda once every year for a leaders' conference and each time they come with bibles as a donation to pastors and leaders that cannot afford buying a bible. Our mission as a ministry is to transform communities and one of our goals to achieve this is to reach out to villages and communities with the saving gospel and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and plant churches. It is important to plant churches in these villages for a place of worship for the new converts and a place where people come for fellowship, prayer and studying the word of God. Every time we preach Christ, people believe, they need to learn and follow the ways of the true and living God. Most of our communities still practice witchcraft and idol worship, drink a lot of alcohol and do a lot of evil. We thank God many communities are being transformed as we preach Christ and plant churches in these villages. However the pastors and leaders need training to be able to lead and serve God and his people in these villages. What happens is that when a new church is planted, we appoint a few people to come back to teach the new believers and the one who pick up quickly is appointed leader of the rest. These pastors with no formal training cannot teach much to the people in the church. Many times they don't own a bible, bibles are very expensive for these pastors who earn very little from their crops and casual labor. Our churches in Uganda are so poor, they don't pay salaries to pastors. Three years ago Pastors Tom and Sandy started annual leaders conferences in Kabale and our pastors have been so blessed that they always look forward to this important week every March of the year! Many have said they almost gave up ministry because of the hard situations they were going through. These pastors serve God in very tough places and hard situation and yet are very poor that they cannot afford to support their families. It means so much to our pastors when visitors come along side to train them, love them and pray with them. Last week conference was exceptional as Tom and Sandy took these pastors into in-depth teaching and the pastors were excited to know more truth that will help them to serve their flock and communities. They also brought more bibles for the pastors and leaders without bibles. One pastor who attended this conference for the first time said; "I have been praying for a bible for the last four years, I am so happy to own a bible for the first time!" A bible is a treasure in the hands of these precious pastors and leaders who have a passion to serve God and their people in the hard to reach areas. There are places where only one bible is shared among church members and many pastors use borrowed bibles to study the word of God. It is always horrible to see pastors with bibles which are too old, bible pages falling off, and some books missing especially Genesis and Revelations. Friends, please pray for these pastors and their families and in case you want to put a bible in the hands of these pastors; each Rukiga (our local language) Bible costs $10. Thank you Tom and Sandy for being a special blessing to our pastors and leaders, you have surely made a difference in our communities.
If you want to know more on how you can help our pastors please write to us: jbakashaba@gmail.com or write to Tom and Sandy at:sandy.mcelfresh@gmail.com

GOSPEL CRUSADE IN KATUNA-KABALE

HUNDREDS COME TO JESUS DURING THE KATUNA CRUSADE.

Last Sunday, the people in Katuna-Kabale were excited to know that we were taking a Gospel crusade to their village.
This village is popularly known for brewing and drinking alcohol on top of witchcraft. This has left the village devastated with poverty. Old men every where could be seen with jiggers and in rugs. Children cannot afford to go to school, women cannot feed their children. All because the little hard earned money is spent on alcohol. Witchcraft has reduced this village to fear, sickness and disease. People are so hungry for the gospel, they needed help.
When news reached these people that we are taking a gospel crusade to this village, it was received with great excitement.
After the Sunday service we hired a track and headed for Katuna. We were received with a lot of joy and excitement. People sung praises to God!
Every time the choir would begin to sing praise and worship, every body would join in with shouts and dancing to the praise of the almighty God!
Jackline Tumuhimbise who was leading the program then called for people with testimonies. One after the other people came forward to talk about the good things God has done for them. Many people testifies that after receiving Christ, their lives never remained the same, many were healed from different diseases and sickness. Others were delivered from powers of darkness. Many people who used to drink alcohol and practice witchcraft were delivered by the power of Jesus! This motivated others to give salvation a try.
By the time i was invited to preach the word, many people were ready to accept the free gift of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life.
When i made an alter call, around 100 people came forward to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior! Many confessed that they were bound by witchcraft and alcohol but now had denounced it in the name of Jesus and promised to serve Jesus by telling their friends and relatives the good thing God had done for them.
Friends keep these people in prayer so that they will be strong disciples of Jesus and help to transform their community.

P.7 STUDENTS PERFORM WELL

A few weeks ago when the Primary seven results from Primary Leaving Examinations came, our students had performed very well and all our students are going to join high school this year.
"this church has changed the history of our community" said one local council leader. Our community has a back ground of children failing to pass exams and every body knew it was hard for children in our community to join high school. This was basically because most children in our community are orphans or from very poor families and cannot afford school fees. Therefore they are always chased from school and hence don't concentrate on studies. Also children spend days without food, with too much suffering, the children don't concentrate on education and normally children drop out of school so early.
We thank God ever since we started programs that help pay school fees and feed children, there has been a big improvement!
Last year we had seven students who sat for Primary Seven examinations: Abraham Taremwa, Prossy Komuhangi, Andrew Niwamanya, Moses Kamagara, Pamella Orishaba, Catherine Mucunguzi and Safari Arineitwe.
Abraham was the best and he came in division one!
They are all joining high school in Senior One according to the education system of our country. In our country education begins with Nursery when a child is 3 years and at 6 years he joins Primary one for seven years. Then joins high school for 6 years and finally college/university for two or three years depending on the course.
Thank you all our friends who have supported us to help these children. Special thanks go to their sponsors:
Daryl and Dee Dutter, Danielle and Scott McGhee, Denise and Mike McBroom, Jessica and William Collins, Herman Becker, Anita Lankford and Gail Schimidt (respectively)
You have made a big difference in the lives of these children. They look forward to be great people in future.
If you want to know how you can help make a difference in our community or sponsor a child, please write to us at: jbakashaba@gmail.com or visit our website:www.revivaloutreachministries.org

CHILDREN SPONSORSHIP KIDS RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR TERM ONE 2011

Last week was so exciting for our children as they returned to school after the Christmas break. Many children had lots of stories to tell from their holiday experience, as they returned to school. Most of the children said the Christmas holiday is the best they normally have. To many the most interesting part was Christmas! Children were still talking about the Christmas dinner they had with us at our house! Thank you all our friends who contributed to make our dream come true!

Many children were also excited for the gifts they received from their sponsors; they were happy to buy new shoes and clothes! These gifts mean much to children. We are grateful to all sponsors who sent gifts to their children.

Our children were glad to go back to school. Most of our children performed very well and were promoted to higher classes, so the children were especially happy to join new classes. Our children love school so much. They know their future is in their education.

The new children were the most excited as they joined school. To them it was a dream come true. Some had lost hope of going to school as they saw other children go to school but their mothers and relatives could not afford to pay for their schooling. We are grateful for all our friends who signed up to sponsor children. They were very excited as our staff bought for them school uniform and took them to school. It gives so much joy to a child in our community to go to school.

Thank you all our dear friends for making a difference in our community by taking our children to school one child at a time!

One of the ways to transform this community is to equip these children as future leaders to make an impact in our community, and the main way to do it is by educating them.

Children with no formal education are reduced to beggars, street children, prostitutes, drug addicts and thieves with no hope in life.

Educated children on the other hand, are able to get a job and earn a living and take care of their siblings.

Education develops the mind of a child to handle different challenges and be successful and effective in life.

It is therefore important to educate a child in Uganda. Revival Outreach Ministries offers such hope for orphans and poor children in Uganda to go to school.

$35 a month is enough to make a dramatic change in the life of a precious child.

This money pays for school tuition, buys school uniform and shoes once every year, meets medical fees and buys lunch for the child.

To know how you can help to sponsor a child, please write to us at: jbakashaba@gmail.com or visit our website at: www.revivaloutreachministries.org

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010

"For unto us a Child is born..." (Isaiah 9:6)

Merry Christmas to all of you, our dear friends!
We had a glorious time here, the service at Revival Tabernacle was wonderful and exciting. The members of the church contributed funds to have a cake, which we shared after service with a soda. This made the day especially for some who could not afford a soda on such a wonderful day.
Christmas in Africa has always been characterized as a day when every one has to go to church even those that have not gone there for months. Then after church, traditionally, Christmas is a time for family members to come together. Normally around this time transport fares are hiked to take advantage of the many people traveling up country to join their families. Families, share together big meals on this day. it is normally a time to change on food menus to special dishes and different food you have not eaten in a while; many families eat beef, rice and Matoke. After food family members gather in groups and start telling interesting stories, both from history and current events.
On this day many dress smartly(fancy and neat clothes). Normally on Christmas eve, shops are jammed with people shopping for Christmas.
In our childhood, this is one memorable day we always looked to with great excitement; for we knew we will dress well and put on shoes, we also knew we will eat beef and rice.
As a church, God has called us to minister to the poor and hurting children of our community. Because most of the children in our community are orphans or from very poor families, most of them cannot afford a good meal on Christmas and they always feel bad and move around begging for food. I feel a burden to feed as many children with good as possible.
This year, my desire was to feed 150 children but we were not able to raise enough funds to do this but thanks be to God with support from our friends we were able to feed more than 100 children at my house.
It was hard to determine which children should come, but we finally had to consider the children that are already in our children program. The children were very excited to know that they are coming to our house for Christmas. Children who have been coming now for the last three years, know what to expect, they always tell their friends about it and many children always ask us to come, unfortunately we cannot invite more children than we able to feed.
We prepared enough food with different food stuffs to give our children a good meal. We had beef, chicken, goat meat, cabbages and green beans with Matoke (African dish), rice and potatoes. Each child was also given a soda (coke).
Children were very excited! Children who came for their first time said that this was their first time to have a soda! One girl said that, "my mother has been promising to buy for us rice but no matter how much we have waited, i had never tasted rice until now" The boys from House of Hope children home said that they almost failed to walk back because they were so full. One boy said, "i wish every day was Christmas!"
Thank you dear friends for putting a smile on the faces of these precious children. We are so grateful for your support that made my dream come true! Thank you for being a blessing to these children.
May the good Lord bless you.
"for i was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in" (Matthew 25:35)

TRIP TO THE USA

USA 2^ND TRIP 2010

After I returned from my early trip to the USA in summer, children who got sponsors were very excited and happy for my return with the good news. Children in our community love school, for they know that hope to get a job and self sustenance is in their education. And yet education in our country is paid for at all levels and is expensive for poor children as is the case with our community.

We went a head and enrolled into school all the children who had been adapted through Kabale House of Hope. We bought for each of them shoes and a school uniform and when they new school term started, they went to school. I will never forget this precious child with tears running down her face, after she had seen another child from her neighborhood putting on school uniform and going to school. She run to her mother and asked her, “Mum, why can’t I put on school uniform and go to school like the child of our neighbor?” Her single mother started to cry because she knew that she cannot afford to pay tuition for her child to go to school.

This burdened my heart more and I prayed to God to give me another opportunity to travel and get more people to help our poor children especially to go to school. And sure enough, God provided funds for my ticket through friends like Jon and Yvonne Valasek. And on October 26^th 2010 I boarded the plane back to the USA. Thank you Jon and Yvonne and all of you friends who supported me to help my dream come true!

And now more children including Christine, the girl who cried after seeing her friend putting on School uniform, got sponsors and have an opportunity to go to school next year.

We feel as the ministry God has called us to help these precious children go to school as we aim to transform our community and country.

As little as $35 a month, you can make a dramatic change in a life of a poor child, by giving him a bright future through education.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE WITH GOD!

I will never forget this story Barbara Nichols told me. Barbara who now supports a child through Kabale House of Hope is a friend of Anne Simmons another friend from Georgia. On this particular day Barbara went shopping in a certain store with her husband and grandchild. She is mother in-law to William, a Ugandan. After her shopping as she left the store she realized she had forgotten something behind. Going back she met Anne. They chatted about family and friends and Barbara suggested that Anne comes with her to say hello to her family. Then Anne told Barbara that, “by the way we have a friend from Uganda called Pastor Johnson and he is coming to visit with us, don’t you think William may love to meet him?” Barbara was excited and arrangements were made and I went to visit them. We shared about our orphanage and child sponsorship program, now she supports a child, her daughter also took up another child and one of their friends took up the third child!!! This is what Barbara had to say, “With God, there is nothing like coincidence!!” God is always behind the scene, connecting dots for his purposes and for his glory.

Thank you all our precious friends who signed up to support children through Kabale House of Hope.

To get more information on how you can help support Kabale House of Hope or support a child for education, please write to us at: jbakashaba@gmail.com

Or call any of these numbers: (580) 225-0719,

(510) 889-1304