Ministry Trip in Uganda 
January 2005

"An evening no eye has seen before …"

Report by Peter Marchand

"... an evening no eye has seen before..." These words were spoken as part of the final prayer of thanksgiving to God as we left Kaberamaido. The intercessor was refering to the final crusade, the largest ever gathering of people in Kaberamaido District, followed by the first time the leaders of the 13 denominations sat together, ate together, prayed together and discussed how to disciple the large numbers of new converts. It was for them truly remarkable. It could have been even more remarkable, but we ran out of time and resources for mobilisation in the preparatory stages, not fully realising what God is doing here. It was good nevertheless - over 1000 people attended the seminars each day, and certainly many thousands came to the crusades and films every night. Over 4000 apparently responded for salvation. Miracles? Yes - notably one demonised young man, a University student, recently cursed by a witchdoctor and unable to speak as a result, was set free and spoke again. We sent him to hospital in Kampala for medical checks. Our sound system was woefully inadequate, despite upgrades, additions and improvements, so we hired in suitable equipment and a technician. The authorities became anxious because of the large numbers of people, and severely curtailed the evening programmes, but there was no trouble. We had police control anyway, but they were not needed.

Where do we go from here? We only began to scratch the surface. So we plan to return next January and continue what has begun-it seems unstoppable now. A third of the population of Uganda are now born again, Bible-believing, church-attending Christians. It is a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in the transformation of this nation. Thank you for your part in prayer and financial support, as important as mine in preaching and directing. I hope you can catch something of my excitement. We need to change up several gears in terms of faith, funds and finance if we are going to seize the opportunities presented and experience more evenings "no eye has ever seen before."

The remainder of the trip was successful, as together with the team of musicians, singers, dancers and intercessors, we moved to areas and churches which had never received such ministry. All were highly appreciative and greatly encouraged

Crusade:
Team		Team
Preaching		Appeal
Seminar:
Delegate Listening		Fire Message Appeal
March For Jesus:
Widow with child: