Some photos during Sally and Bernie’s trip. First photo was taken in Gema at the Open Air Meeting–Sally and Irene. The rest of the pictures were taken on visits to Nama. You don’t see many cats in Uganda, but this little kitty in the second picture was very interested in our visit. The older man, […]
Community Ministry
March 13, 2009
On February 25, my sister Sally and her husband Bernie, a pastor of Grace Church in Austin, Texas, arrived for a two week visit. They both hit the ground running and within one hour of arriving in Mityana, Bernie was off to visit in Gema and teach. The next day, we visited a group in […]
Gifts from Grace
Grace Church in Austin,Texas, where Bernie pastors, blessed the orphans at Mityana Orphanage with a gift bag of toothpaste, toothbrush, a photo of each orphan, a sucker, and 2-3 pairs of brand new underwear!! Bernie labeled each bag and each pair of undies. Each child waited his or her turn patiently and gratefully thanked Sally […]
Discipleship
Throughout Bernie’s visit, he discipled many young men either in groups or as individuals. These pictures were taken at my house in the yard with the IAM guys and Bernie one afternoon.
Visitation in Gema
For several weeks we have been visiting people in Gema to tell them about the Open Air Meeting. On Wednesday, Sally got to go with us and taught a Bible lesson with Peter translating, in top photo. In the other two photos, there is Salome, in the red shirt, who is with our group at […]
The New Baptist Church in Gema
When we arrived for the first Sunday meeting in Gema, several of the men where constructing a frame and cover for the new church location. Imagine Acts Ministry participated by paying the rent for the first three months on the two small rooms at the front of the building; neither is large enough to house […]
Open Air on Saturday in Gema
Imagine Acts Ministry worked with Mityana Baptist Church to plant a new Baptist Church in the village of Gema. We did visitation for several weeks prior to having an Open Air Meeting on March 7 before the first church meeting held outside under a tent on Sunday, March 8, 2009. This church is sponsored by […]
Retreat Report
It is 7:15pm in Uganda and everything is now quiet at the compound. The day began early as Bernie met on the verandah at 8:30 with the five young men of I AM for discipleship. Sally and I were busy getting ready for the Bible retreat which was to start at 10am. We had a […]