THIS MUST BE GOD!

Yesterday reminded me of the Bible days when food (manna) used to fall from heaven. The children on Israel would see food come from no where! We got almost the same experience.

Because of the current tough economic situation in our country and with little support, we have been having a hard time to feed our children at

Kabale House of Hope. This has d

riven us to our knees daily praying for God's provision.

As

God's ways are higher than ours God brought our way his angels. Rick Gray and Plant a Seed Foundation team came to Kabale to work with a certain school but

are sponsored by Rick's friends.desired to visit our children home. We have been friends with Rick, besides 6 childr

en in HoH

Last Monday Rick and his friends came to visit Kabale House of Hope and gave lots of gifts to our

children including sports equipment, crayons and coloring books plus a clothes. The children as their way to entertain guests sang several songs and recited bible verses before the visitors. They also told their stories of what the Lord has done for them. All of the 20 children here have amazing stories to tell. Most of them had never slept in a bed before, all of them could not eat food for days with some of them the only food available was trash. Andrew says,"I would enjoy eating rotten food and my best meal would be pineapple peelings". All these children were not going to scho

ol since all of them are orphans with no one to pay their tuition at school. They first put on shoes and good clothes when they came to Kabale HO

H. These children are so grateful for what the Lord has done for them through the generous gifts of many friends.

Later on the visitors prayed with children and went back to their hotel rooms. But they headed back, something spectacular happened. "The Lord spoke to us to do something more for these children" said Rick. He and Ashley plus a few members on their team decided to buy food stuff for the children. T

hey called all the children for dinner at Kabale White Horse Inn yesterday and after dinner they took us a side and asked us to close our eyes, when we next opened our eyes, there lay before us food that will feed these children for the next four month!!! There was 200kg of rice, 200kg of posho(maize flour), 200kg of beans. 3 bunches of matoke( green banana) 4 loaves of bread, cooking oil, 1 box of soap, several kgs of tomatoes, onions, green pepper, carrots to name but a few... All the children leaped up and shouted for joy!

As usual, John Twesige said, "God has remembered us!!!

GREAT KABALE HARVEST FESTIVAL

Last week was a great week in Kabale. The church of Christ in Kabale was hosting visitors from USA working with A Light to the Nations Ministries, who came to Kabale for a gospel crusade.
The Visitors came Tuesday 5th July and the Crusade started on Wedenesday 6th July 2011 up to Sunday 10th July 2011.
People came from as far as 200km away just to hear the word of God. Many brought sick people for prayers.
Pastors of over 15 churches in Kabale city came together to host this big crusade and each pastor was so committed to the success of this great event.
Every day would start with a conference where the visitors would take time to teach the word of God to the believers and leaders. And then the afternoon more people would join in worship and praise. The choir would lead praise and worship for some time as more people would be ferried in. Many especially those who come from very far were ferried in with trucks but others walked despite the scotching sun. I watched in amazement as people walked in tired but happy, hungry for the word of God! Some carrying or helping sick people.
After several hours of praise and worship then Ev. Dana Morey the leader of the team would come on the stage to deliver the message of the day. As he preached you would see that people are very attentive and taking in his message from God word by word. And them he would make an alter call inviting all those who would love to receive Jesus and hundreds would lift up their hands in total surrender to the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus. By the end of the crusade there more than 13,000 people who had committed their lives to Jesus for the first time. This brought a lot of Joy in our city as we saw hundreds every day fill up the decision cards.
Then the Evangelist would start to pray for the sick, i was surprised to see the multitudes of people who put up their hands in need of prayer! We saw so many people receive miracle healing in the name of Jesus. There are many who had not seen for years and they received they sight again, the lame walked and several people who were mad were delivered. Many people in Kabale still practice witchcraft and many people run to witch doctors seeking for help and they end entering into covenants and soul ties with evil spirits through witchcraft. Sometimes these people run mad. But as the preacher started to pray for the sick, many people were delivered from the powers of darkness.
Then the preacher did something incredible, he called out all the people who had witchcraft and fetishes to bring them forward, he called for a big container and asked for petrol and they were set on fire, people started to rejoice and celebrate and to the amazement of every one people started to be set free left and right.
By the end of the week, there was great joy in the city. When the crusade ended, people went back home rejoicing in the Lord, saying that we will never be the same again.
Our visitors went to back to USA on Monday.
Thank you Jesus for this glorious week and for the great harvest of souls that came into the kingdom!

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