WEEK TWO FINAL DAY OF TRAINING

Friday was our final day of training with the CLIDE staff and 24 representatives of various tribes and regions in northern Uganda.  The CLIDE staff did an excellent job of organizing this two week long training conference.  Putting a meeting on like this in the U.S. is a big job, doing it in Uganda is 10 times as difficult.

After a time of worship Waffle shared devotion on the story of Mary and Martha.  Then Mike shared how the Pharisee Saul was transformed by an encounter with Christ into the Apostle Paul.  An encounter with Christ can do that!  Mike also shared how Paul had come to love the people of Ephesus and on his final missionary journey he called them to meet him in Miletus to say goodbye.  He had come to love them very much.  Mike shared how he had come to love the CLIDE staff and so many others here in Uganda.

For the morning session CLIDE staff member Stephen told story number 7, Abraham Tested By God.  In the afternoon staff member Judith told story number 8, the final one we would be training on.  As on the other days the story was told first in the large group.  It was shared in 3 different languages first.  Then several volunteers came up and tried to tell the story from memory, and finally they broke into their small groups and continued to practice telling the story.

At the end of the day attendees shared what they had learned and how they were going to share it in their villages.  Weekly ongoing training will occur so they stay fresh in these eight stories and learn the other 34 on the story cloth.

These two weeks went by really fast and we are very encouraged by the passion of those we trained.  Mike shared a quote about a missionary that went to the field:  “When he landed in 1848, there were no Christians.  When he left in 1872, there were no heathen”. We prayed that this would be fulfilled in Karamoja as well.

On Saturday Mike will participate in 3 or 4 hours of leadership training at Rockview Baptist Church where CLIDE staff member Orono is the pastor, and Dr. Moses is the lead Deacon.  Other team members will go to town to shop for gifts.