“Last night when we prayed, we prayed that visitors would come to our church on Sunday and you have come and now we are blessed.” I was in charge of taking 3 of our summer VIA to different churches each Sunday so that they could visit our various congregations. We had planned to visit one of the village churches, but it had rained that morning and the roads would not be passable. It was necessary to change our plans and come to Bukasa Wakiso, just as they had prayed for us to come.
Bukasa Wakiso is a 4 room school. Strings of reeds separate each of the classrooms and are raised for church services. The pews are actually homemade desks, but that doesn't stop the spirit from coming and worshiping here with these wonderful people.
Miria is the pastor she is one of the two women who have completed the Africa Gospel Church (AGC) pastoral training program. She is also the overseer for the AGC churches in the Kampala area. I am enjoying getting to know her better and better as she comes to my office to collect funds for the many projects that she oversees.
My main ministry is in the office and I count it a privilege that I get to interact with each overseer, as I hear from them at least on a monthly basis the needs in their area. They are very busy, they not only have a congregation of their own but they are responsible for visiting ALL of the churches in their area as well. During the week and sometimes on the weekends they travel to these other churches to encourage the pastors and the congregations, to plan camp meetings, leadership conferences, and run pastoral training sessions of their own in order to train up more pastors to continue to reach the un-reached areas. These travels and visits come with many needs and these needs are brought to my office. Many times we do not know where the funds will come from, but many times we have no choice, but to help fill these urgent needs.
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