Hello Friends,
Thank you for your prayers for the Jesus Film showings that we have been holding for the past three weekends. I want to share with you one story from this past weekend. On Friday we traveled to the village of Bulopa to show the film. It threatened to rain and the wind was making our screen (a king-size white sheet on a 1 1/2" PVC pipe frame) look like a sail but it held off until after the film.
The film finished around 9:30pm and after dismissing the crowd and packing up the equipment we drove to the home where we were to spend the night. The head of the home was an old man who had four wives and 32 children (28 living). He was a nominal Catholic, but was openly opposed to Jesus. One of his daughters had been demon-possessed and he had refused to allow her to be taken to the Christian pastors but insisted on taking her to the witch doctors. Florence, another of his daughters, is a Christian, and she had made arrangements with her father for us to stay there. She had been telling us how excited her father was for us to stay with them and that he was eager to see the Jesus Film. He did not come to the showing in the village center as he was making preparations for our coming. When we arrived he was very excited and was asking us to show the film again at his home. After eating a big supper (at 10:30pm) we played the Jesus Film in his living room using a small, battery-powered DVD player. The rest of us went to sleep while he and several family members watched the Jesus Film in their mother tongue, Lusoga. The 2-hour film was finished at 1:30am, but instead of going to bed, they watched it a second time! In the morning Pastor Martin was able to present him with a Bible. The old man was praising God and was full of joy. I asked Martin and others if the change that we saw in him was for real and they told me that indeed the change was genuine. Please pray for this man and his family and for others who have been touched by the message of Christ.
On September 7th, Pastor William traveled to the US to begin his studies at the AFLC Seminary in Minneapolis. It is a big transition for him as he adjusts to a new culture. It is also a big adjustment for the Jinja congregation who is now without their pastor. William's younger brother, Hudson, is taking over the main responsibility for the church while others are stepping in to help him. (Photo of Pastors William Kireri (Uganda) and Nicholas at school in Minneapolis)
It has been a blessing to have brother Ben here for five weeks before he heads back to Tanzania again. He has been a great blessing in our home (making pickles, fixing the car, installing a solar water heating system) and a great partner in the ministry. He will be heading back to Tanzania the end of September.
Please pray for Elijah as he's had a high fever for the past few days. We took him to get tested for malaria yesterday, but thankfully it was negative.
Nate Jore
