Greetings from Uganda. I was traveling Wednesday through Monday distributing books and having training sessions with pastors in eastern Uganda. Since Tuesday I have experienced computer problems that have crippled my internet activities and completely prohibited posting on the blog. But thanks to prayers and Eric Steen’s computer expertise all the way from Austin, Texas via Sally I am now able to post to the blog!!
The vision of Imagine Acts Ministry’s Creation to Christ Book project became a reality this past week as we traveled and met with 100 different pastors in four different districts and villages!!We drove a combined total of approximately 25 hours and experienced different sights in each area–changes in topography, Mt. Elgon, round mud huts with straw roofs, teams of oxen plowing rice fields. Henry Lutaya and Henry Lutwama had never before seen the parts of Uganda we traveled and they have lived here their entire lives. So, it was exciting to give them exposure to parts of their own country.
At each village we met with a group of pastors, explained the project, the book series, the teaching method—based on 2 Timothy 2:2 where Paul instructs Timothy, “these things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others.” The faithful pastors were gathered, and for several hours we would meet, discuss, share and teach. They each were so grateful to receive their copies of the book. If each of those pastors or church leaders will teach the book to just 20-30 people each, then the story of God’s amazing love shown through His creation will reach 2000-3000 people from those 100 church leaders alone!!
Since most people have heard the creation account, we stressed the attributes of God’s divine nature which are revealed clearly through creation. Near the end of the training sessions , I would ask the pastors to stand and state one attribute of God that they learned through just the pictures in the book. They would remain standing so that we could see what we had learned. We believe that the goal of this mission is for people to KNOW God and to enter into a personal relationship with Him through Jesus! (John 17:3)
There is just no way I can explain to you the joy, the gratitude and the appreciation these pastors and leaders have for this resource. I will try to let you see from the pictures. One pastor told me he had never before been a part of this kind of teaching and he only hoped that he would live long enough to see all of the 12 books!!(and he was a young man!)