Updates for the New Year

So, this New Year has started off with a bang! After having some friends over for a New Years get together....which also included an awesome lunar eclipse with the "blue moon." I jumped into teaching a 14 hour lecture at Uganda Baptist seminary on the book of Romans. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it as God opened my eyes to learn along with the students. God's Word is so strong and powerful, as we teach it, study it and read it, it comes to life! His word REALLY is living! It meets us right where our need is and shows us the right path to go in! What a privilege to study His Word and share it with others!

Our "home church" is going along well, we started the first of December going verse by verse through the gospel of Matthew....it's been really powerful...we also have many in the church family who are following a Bible reading plan that will take us through the Old Testament once, the New Testament twice, the Psalms twice and the Proverbs 12 times!! It's exciting to see His people grow and mature in His Word! This past Sunday, I spoke on the message of John the Baptist, "Repent!" I shared with everyone that "true" repentance includes three things, 1) A changed mind 2) A changed heart and 3) A changed life....we must show evidence of all three if there has been "true" repentance! I also shared three things that take place when there is "true" repentance, 1) We first must recognize our sin and/or our need 2) We must receive His forgiveness and 3) We must allow Him to reform our lives. It was a real eye-opener for many of the people who are just religious and relying on a decision that was made years ago or relying just on a prayer that was prayed some time back. Please pray for God to use me to break the apathy that seems to set in even among our missionary community. Pray for God to show Himself mighty through the fellowship here called, Acacia Community Church.

I'm now preparing for a week-long youth conference in the district of Kamuli, pray for God to use our team to bring about change in the hearts and lives of about 300 youth. Our theme for the conference is based on Ephesians 4:14-15, "Know, Grow and then Go!" We plan on teaching the youth the importance of "doctrine" and knowing Bible Truth, then we will teach them the importance of spiritual growth, giving them some disciplines that will shape them into soldiers of the cross. Finally, we'll show them how to be used of God in evangelism, to go back to their villages, their schools and their towns, proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord!! Pray for us as we travel back and forth everyday. Pray for all the teachers that we've selected to be prepared and give their best for God's glory.

Please continue to pray for Debbie, she went back to the doctor today and there is still lots of fluid in her lungs, so they want to continue her medicines for a few more weeks....please pray for her nasty cough to go away soon!! I know she's tired of feeling bad.

Thanks for reading my update....Also pray for us as we are planning two pastors conferences in February to prepare them for our Bible Schools. Pray for many untrained pastors to attend the conferences and then register for the Bible Schools that will be coming to their areas in the following months!

Stay strong in the Lord by staying in His Word!!
Terry