Uganda October 2013

Alta and I had a good time in Kampala.  We spent time getting everything in order towards graduation.  Many of the students have such low self-image and never believed they would complete the course.  So many of them were lingering through the year.  But now they can see that they can achieve graduation, and are eager to catch up.  They are re-writing exams for some of the subjects and paying their tuition fees up-to-date.  Alta and I stayed on in Kampala for an extra 3 days, so as to get the administration on par.  It is exciting to see the enthusiasm amongst these students.

Alta and her assistant preparing a meal for the delegates.

Kampala - February 2013

The AFMIN School held in February 2013, was the first school since the AFMIN Conference held in Kampala, during August 2012.  The school was held early this year because of the meetings being held in Rwanda in March 2013.

79 students attended, and as a result of well executed recruitments, many of these students registered for the first time.The school ran very well.

The ministry part was very good.  We could speak to them about what God is doing in this fresh new season.

Dr Gert Basson taught on the subject of “Church Growth and Effective Preaching”. His lessons were presented in a very practical manner and were enjoyed by all.

Many good ideas and lessons were learnt which will undoubtedly be used by the students in their home churches.  Out of this came something where they have asked us to come a few days before a School, so as to ministry to them on what God is saying to the church about this season.

A Man Who Changed His Community – Rogers Sserwadda

Rogers, Johan and Harriet

Rogers Sserwadda is an Uganda Pastor who has a congregation in Kampala. He is 48 years old,  is married to Harriet Sserwadda Mwesigwa and they have two biological children, named Rogers Mwesigwa and Ronald Kisekka. He enrolled as a student number 230 on the AFMIN On10 program in Nakuru Kenya, which he attended from April 2004 – August 2007. The reason why he attended the AFMIN school in Kenya is because AFMIN only started AFMIN On10 training in Uganda during March 2008.

Rogers is and always was a very loyal and faithful student to AFMIN. He always was a labourious young man and persistent that we needed to start a AFMIN school in Uganda. After graduation in August 2007, he returned to Kampala as a good ambassador for AFMIN.  He continued to train other pastors and leaders in the On10 program, using the same material. Recently I was honoured to meet 70 church leaders from West Kampala Pastors Fellowship, where Pastor Rogers Sserwadda is the Chairman. All of these pastors are doing the AFMIN On10 basic training! God willing, we will bless them at our next meeting in Kampala and hand them a AFMIN certificate.

We encouraged them to register with the next official AFMIN Leadership Institute On10 school which starts in Kampala during September 2013. We believe that Rogers has opened up a new method of recruiting new students for the on-going AFMIN  schools. For years we lost outstanding church leaders because we thought that after four years of training, the training process  was completed.  Now we have discovered that past students want to be part of the on-going training which AFMIN provides, but they do not know how. Rogers has shown us the way – Keep on training leaders, give them a taste of what AFMIN stands for and then recommend that they register in an official AFMIN On10 program.

Rogers is the pastor of The Living Vessels Church in Kawaala  Zone 2, Kasubi parish, Rubaga Division in Kampala city in Uganda. Because of poverty he is not dependant on the church’s financial support. He has tried many means of supporting himself and his family – sometimes successfully and other times not. Recently he stepped out in faith and, with a vision to educate small children, he started an infant  school which is called “Mwesigwa Community School”.   It was our privilege to visit this school during February 2013.  We were proud to see what AFMIN has achieved in the life of one man, Rogers Sserwadda. Today he is an honoured church leader, not only in his own community, but also in the church of the city of Kampala and surrounding areas.

Just think of it, if one man who was trained by AFMIN, could influenced a community and even a city, what can thousands of AFMIN trained men do?

Uganda January 2012

When we arrived at the Guest House in Kampala, we were met with a power failure which lasted 5 days. See my post on the main page for further information about this.

Forty-nine (49) 2nd and 3rd year students attended the Afmin On10 School. It is always such a blessing to return and see familiar faces of students who are so committed to their studies. One of our spiritual sons, Aaron from Nairobi, joined us and gave teaching on the subject of Church Planting.

Uganda is very security conscious due to al-Shabaab’s activity in Kenya and Uganda. The security measures and roadblocks around every corner, reminded me of similar security measures in South Africa in past years.

On the last night in Uganda, I was taken to the airport at 11pm because my plane to Mwansa Tanzania via Nairobi, departed at 5am the next morning. Passengers are only allowed inside the airport 2 hours before their plane is due to take off, so I had to sleep outside the building. This was a “first” for me!!

Kampala September 2011

During September 2011, 59 students from around Uganda, descended on Kampala for the next phase of their AFMIN ON10 training. Three graduates of the same course, John Kasiita, Joshua Morefu and Rodgers Sserwaddi presented the lectures and ran the 4 day school. It was such a blessing to see young men who have grown in their knowledge, now teaching others. This forms part of the ON10 vision of AFMIN.

To view Uganda Student Photos from September 2011, go to this link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Karibu2pva/UgandaSeptember2011#5657133177427664834