Saturday afternoon, I drove back out to Kamuda to finish a three week Bible study on the Gospel... how to understand and tell our faith in five simple words: Heaven, Man, God, Jesus, Faith.
The youth asked me if I would stay longer this week, because they wanted to share testimonies of their time at Mto Moyoni. I didn't go with this group, but I sure did want to hear their stories.
One girl stood up and shared about how God has really become her Father!! She is no longer a total orphan. SomeOne is looking out for her.
A young man stood up and described how he has now recognized that God doesn't want him to be a fighter anymore. And Jesus is his Brother... so he wants to start looking up to his older brother.
One of the best stories for me comes from a leader. In 1983 this young man's father went to Kenya to do missions in the slums of Niarobi, Kenya. He was a young boy at the time. In 1993 his father came home to visit and made lots of promises - I'll put you kids through school, I'll move back to Uganda, etc, but ever since that day he has not seen his father. His mother died when he was 11, so he was raised by unfit brothers.
Recently he met a Kenyan couple, and after sharing stories, the Kenyan couple recognized the names, and they know his father. Communication is just beginning after 19 years of silence. At Mto Moyoni this leader recognized that he can not hold 30 years of bitterness and anger against his father. He is praying for a forgiving heart and that someday soon he will be able to see his earthly father and begin to restore the relationship. He believes it can only be by the grace of God that his father has been found and that he is willing to have discussions with family.
Please pray that God will continue to shape and mold this community.
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