Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Moses was on his bike at sunup this morning, with his wife and child riding behind him. He pedaled for two hours on dirt footpaths through rolling hills to reach the village of Msambo, where the Lutheran Mobile Clinic is seeing patients today. His child has ringworm, and the Lutheran clinic in Msambo is the best bet for a cure since government-run hospitals rarely have medicines in stock.
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“Your weapon is more powerful than mine.” He wore green camouflage. Emblazoned on his uniform were the letters, UWA: Uganda Wildlife Authority. Comfortably cradled in his arms was an aged and scarred rifle. As he spoke the words, he patted the barrel. “Your weapon is more powerful than mine.” I knew what he meant because he knew who we were.
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It’s Sunday morning. You wake up and get yourself dressed and ready to go to church, just like you do every Sunday. You arrive at church and quickly get caught up in a conversation about your favorite football team’s chances of winning the Super Bowl this season. The bell starts ringing and you quickly slip into the fourth pew from the front on the left side, where you always sit next to Mr. & Mrs. Keaton, the delightful retired couple from Michigan. The quiet rumble of friendly chit chat immediately ceases when the organist introduces the first hymn…and then you notice that the pastor’s chair is empty.
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