Yesu Aazukide!

Musana Community Church

Easter is a time of celebration here in Uganda, but it's not celebrated with Easter bunnies and pastel colors and eggs.  Christians across the country will often have prayer meetings at church on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday is a day of feasting, wearing new clothes, and joyous church celebrations.  Yesterday during our church service, we shouted "He is risen!" in eleven different languages with people coming from six different countries ("Yesu Aazukide" is the Luganda translation).  With the exception of a few visitors, all of these people live within a few miles of Musana, but as you can see, they have a variety of ethnic backgrounds!  It was a beautiful reminder to live with anticipation toward Jesus' return, when He will gather people from all nations to worship Him forever.  What a joy to be able to experience a small taste of what that will be like!

This anticipation of Christ's second coming also reminds us to be intentional in sharing the good news of Jesus with people around us.  One man that has come to church for the past three weeks is a professing Muslim, yet because of recent miraculous answers to prayer in his life, he has begun coming to our church.  We pray that his heart is softened toward the good news of Jesus Christ.  There is a woman that has come to our church off and on for several years but she has often lapsed back into a licentious lifestyle.  She testified a few weeks ago that coming to our women's Bible study has helped her to begin living out her faith in her day to day life.  We pray for her heart and mind to be transformed through the Word of God.  

These are just a few of the people that God has brought to our church and has given us the opportunity to love and teach.  Thank you for your prayers for our church!  We are constantly amazed and overwhelmed by the power of God as we see Him at work in this community!

Our family celebrating the Passover