We have been greatly blessed this year to be able to hold several gospel campaigns despite the worsening economic situation in the world today. We were not able to carry out all the gospel campaigns as we had planned at the beginning of the year but the following account outlines those that we were able to do.

CRUSADES

Mauritius Harvest Crusade
We were privileged to start the year with the crusade in Mauritius. It is an island in the Indian Ocean with the majority of the population being Hindu. As it is a Hindu stronghold we faced strong resistance from the Hindu loyalists trying to hinder the meeting from taking place. The power of the Lord prevailed and the key Hindu leaders accepted Christ and they surrendered their idols to be destroyed. Also key political leaders received Christ during the crusade.

Kabowa Harvest crusade
Kabowa crusade happened just after the presidential elections and many people were disillusioned by the results, not sure what would happen next. During the crusade thousands gathered and many gave their lives to Christ. One lady who had fetishes surrendered them and they were burnt as she gave her life to Christ. The spirit of God moved powerfully and led to revival in the churches that are in the area the organization of the crusade.

Mbirizi Harvest Crusade
Mbirizi region is a Muslim strong hold in the western parts of the country but every evening thousands of people would congregate eager to listen to the word. Evangelist Steven Sebyala preached the word of God and many men and women gave their lives to Jesus. One lady whose family was Muslim came forward fearfully crying and surrendered her life to Jesus. She could not go home so one of the pastors took her to stay with her. Jesus also showed his power and love to the people. Many were delivered from different kinds of demonic powers and diseases.
During the empowerment seminars many Pastors, Church leaders and gospel ministers caught a new fire and zeal to evangelize and win the lost in their regions.

Luwero Harvest Crusade
This region was greatly affected by the war in the 1980s and up to now many people are still struggling with the effects and are still traumatized. One of the reasons for taking the gospel in that region was to restore back the hope to our dear Brothers and sisters in that region. We witnessed the hand of God touching many and hundreds gave their lives to Christ. All signs pointed to a great and fruitful Gospel Crusade as Pastors from all churches opened up their hearts and embraced the new converts with great joy and prayed for them to be filled with the spirit. These pastors with great unity and made it easier for us to do the work of the gospel.

Karamoja Region Harvest Crusade
We are so grateful to God because of what he did for the Karamojong people. In the Karamoja region people have been deeply rooted and bound to their inherited customs, cultures and traditions for many generations. The response we received there was far beyond what we expected.

Every evening from 3pm to 6pm, Hundreds of People traveled from all the towns and villages around to come to the crusade ground and listen to the Gospel very keenly. Our hearts rejoiced every night as we watched hundreds giving their lives to Christ and many were delivered from demonic powers and oppressions and others were miraculously healed from different sicknesses and infirmities. We were able to take some relief items that we distributed to the less privileged people in this region

Besides the crusade in the evenings, we had a very powerful empowerment seminar. Leaders from the region participated and they were greatly blessed and empowered a new fire was ignited in the hearts of these dear ministers to win and transform the Karamoja region.

Kampala East Harvest crusade
This was a two week celebration of the power of God in the suburbs of Kampala. The deliverance of many and those giving their lives to Christ brought great joy to our hearts and we praise God for the victory and the Harvest of the year.

EMPOWERMENT/ TRAINING CONFERENCES

We held empowerment conferences in different parts of the country rekindling the pastors and church leader’s zeal in winning the lost.

• Kitintale empowerment /training conference
• Mayuge empowerment / training conference
• Kamuli empowerment/ training conference
• Kabowa empowerment/ training conference
• Mpererwe empowerment/ training conference
• Bushenyi empowerment/ training conference
• Kamwenge empowerment/ training conference

The Africa Harvest Convention /Leadership Training

We crowned this year with the Convention that brought together over 2000 leaders from Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and other countries of world. We are so grateful to God for his goodness and his provision towards this convention.

The purpose of the Convention was to awaken and fun the flame of the Passion of every Gospel Minister, Church leaders and Christian workers to take their intended place as instruments of God on earth and to understand better the urgency of the Evangelism. The theme of this convention was “GO 365” (Mark 16:15) and he said unto them, “Go ye into the entire world, and preach the Gospel…”

The John Maxwell leadership Training has been a great blessing to us. This training completely changed and transformed our mind set and perspectives in leadership and serving God. Together with the “Church Life” training by Pr Ken Cramer participants received a better revelation of what leadership entails and can now be more effective in leading the church in the 21^st century.

Look at what we have planned in 2012 here.

Bududa Landslide

People in the Bududa district of Uganda are mourning the loss of many lives after last week’s landslide. The destruction came suddenly during heavy rains as slopes on Mount Eglon broke loose and buried homes, schools, and villages. Over 80 bodies have been recovered and reports say over 300 people are missing.

The government is now talking about relocating nearly a half million people from the area to avoid another similar tragedy. NGOs and government are working to help the survivors and to recover bodies, but the area is accessible only by foot. They are digging by hand and with hand tools to try and recover the dead, as heavy equipment is unable to reach the area.

Your prayers are needed for the people who have lost everything – mothers, fathers, children, friends – as well as their homes, shops, and livelihoods, and all of their belongings.

Pastor Steven is on his way to Bududa to asses the situation to see how we can best minister to the people there.

Photo by the humanitarian news and analysis service, IRIN.