The Red Dirt Road and A Powerful Testimoney

Today we went for a walk down a red dirt road in Gulu, Uganda which leads to the Sports Outreach farm where we have been serving all week. I saw a group of children, and I called out "Hallelujah" to them. They all immediately responded, "Amen". I repeated this "Hallelujah" and started to dance. They all joined in the dance as they responded "Amen". More and more children ran to join us as we sang and danced in the middle of the red dirt road. We all raised our hands high as we slowly sang a final "Amen". Then we started the whole thing over again and again... How truly wonderful to praise the Lord in the middle of a red dirt road on a beautiful day with a bunch of precious children in Uganda.

My team provided Pastor Michael with a wheelchair today. He had become lame at two years of age from polio. He wished to tell us his story. He used to be a drunkard. He was not happy because everyone walked well but him. A witchcraft spell had caused all of the men in their home area to be barren. He and his lady friend could not have babies. His lady friend was living with him. His parents took him to a witchdoctor because of this. This did not help. He was unhappy because he was lame and barren at the same time. He was going to look for a poison drink and just die. He asked his friends if they knew a good witch doctor. A fellow drunkard asked him, "Why are you looking for a witch doctor?" Michael told his fellow drunkard his problems. Then the fellow drunkard said, "Why don't you try getting saved? I know I am a drunkard, but I know that Christianity works. The good part about Christianity is that it works and you don't have to pay a witch doctor and you get free salvation." He didn't like it because he asked for a witch doctor, but he was told about getting saved instead. He stayed home and thought about this for one month. Then he got saved. His lady friend also got saved. Now they realized they were living in sin so they got married. Michael was immediately healed. As he and his wife had 6 children including the double blessing of twins! The church gave him Scriptures to teach to other fellowships; which he did so well that he was encouraged to become a pastor and start a new church. Michael did become a pastor and opened a new church. A boy attended who was "mad". Pastor Michael prayed for him and he was saved! Many others came to salvation after hearing the boy's testimony.