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After leaving Pastor Timothy’s we met up with our next contact. Brent and Virginia Earwicker are a young couple in their 20’s who have been working with the islands of Lake Victoria for the past 2 years. We were able to stay at their house one night in Entebbe before heading out to the islands the next morning. Out first stop on the lake was Busse Island where we set up tents at Osanidde orphanage. There are 160 children at the orphanage and every one of them is amazing. These children get up every morning at 5:30am to do their own chapel service of worship and prayer. It was such an encouragement seeing these kids so full of God’s love. From there we would travel during the day out to other surrounding islands to preach and teach. We also were able to preach Sundays at the churches on Busse Island as well.
After a week spent at Osanidde we packed up and spent a day and night traveling to another main island called Lambu. Our experience at Lambu was much different than the week before. After hours and hours of ferries and sardine style packed taxis we arrived to the place we would be staying. It’s hard to describe what we found but here it goes… millions of minnow sized silverfish where caught every morning and then scattered on nets all along the shore. The smell was probable one of the most unpleasant smells you could think of and it was everywhere. Our ministry at Lambu was so diverse. We did door to door evangelism, shared with many schools, had church conferences and we also had 3 open air evangelism nights. Over all we were able to share the Word of God with so many people while we were there. Also while we were there we had a bit of sickness. It must have been something in the food because in one day all but one of our teammates were throwing up or having major stomach issues. Despite being in the worst place possible to be sick the team pulled through in a couple of days.
The people of Uganda are so eager and willing to receive salvation. Just with one on one evangelism about 20 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ, and many more came to know Him during the open air nights as well as at the schools. We found that there is such a great need for discipleship.
Our experience in Uganda has been so beneficial. We were able to see Western missionaries in the field and work alongside them and their ministry. We were stretched in our views of how we approach evangelism and one on one witnessing. And we learned to persevere and overcome some really tough situations. God has been so faithful to our team, anytime we have stepped out; He has been there to meet us more than halfway. We are definitely learning to trust in Him and to not lean on our own understanding.
We apologize for the lack of pictures. The computers we have access to are to the best and when the plug anything into them it makes it almost impossible to use. So below are a few links to some pics that were able to be uploaded.
We love you all and thank you so much for your prayer and support! Much love and many blessings! - The Africa Team
