Darol, Alistair and Julius Kemboi left the rest of the Kingsburg team last Saturday, July 25th in KipKaren, Kenya and headed via bus for Uganda. We were met in Kampala by Barnabus with Sports Outreach Ministry (SOM) and spent two days in Kampala. On Sunday we worshipped together at a church in one of Kampala's slum areas. SOM primarily focuses on spending time with the "poorest of the poor". One of their platforms is to play soccer (football) with the kids and teaching them skills. It becomes a bridge into the lives of the children and their parents. In time many kids and their families are born again! A Sports Outreach affiliated church is recommended for deepening their new life in Christ. Alistair and Julius had an eye clinic following the church service. Eyecare needs were met and it was good preparation for the eye clinics to follow in Gulu, Uganda. Darol trained the "Glasses for Missions" kit at the Kampala Center for the Physically Disabled. The Glasses for Mission Kit training brought tools such as welding wire, lenses, etc. and skills to make glasses from beginning to end. Reading glasses can be offered to individuals with some simple assessment tools. The process takes about 30 minutes and usually becomes an opportunity to present Christ.
Monday was a travel day. We arrived in Gulu and Alloysius with SOM showed us an area of farm land that was committed to improving the lives of locals by adding empowerment skills on a multitude of levels. The 3 of us agreed that there were many parallels with E.L.I. It was sad to learn how the war with rebels has devastated this region. Families were dislocated and splintered and often rape and murder was witnessed by other family members. SOM also provides ongoing counseling and a church family in simple home settings. The Holy Spirit is moving and convicting many of their needs to be born again. The love and passion they have for Jesus Christ and for serving others is a true witness to the transforming power of Jesus Christ in their lives. Praise God.
The eye clinic served to train others for a simple ongoing eyecare ministry. Skills, glasses and the "Glasses for Missions Kit" was left for their continued eyecare service and ministry. Prayers were offered for several personal needs that surfaced at the clinic. New brothers and sisters in Christ were added to His Kingdom as some came to a new found faith in Jesus Christ. Praise God.
We set up clinic outdoors at a remote village site outside of Gulu
Darol training staff at SOM - Gulu on how tomake glasses from the Glasses For Missions Kit
Alistair assisting a gentleman with reading glasses
Darol training the staff from the Kampala Centerfor the Physically Disabled on how to make glasses
from the Glasses for Missions Kit.
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