way people have been receiving education and understanding in the Bible. There is now improved literacy in the Gahini diocese through AE.
In Kigali, ministers shared about compelling conversions. They said that AE was instrumental in reaching their city through open air preaching, outreaches to the university and high schools.
In Uganda, we met Prossy, one of many saved in the Fort Portal mission last year.
Prossy had been the head witch in her family and was known as Nakato. She turned to black magic, violence, sex work and alcohol, and was ‘leading others astray’ in her town. In an emotional meeting, supported by her son, Prossy shared that she had been convicted of her sins and the Holy Spirit came into her life last year.
It was a radical conversion.
Soon she declared she wanted to burn the things she used for magic and prostitution and changed her name from Nakato to Prossy. The AE team supported her, even travelling with Prossy to her rural home to help.
As she came to faith Prossy left her old ways and livelihood behind to live in a more Christ-centred way. A year on, she is reading the Bible, has found joy in Jesus, and is staying with a female Anglican ordained minister, who has organised training so Prossy can start a microbusiness. The congregation had rallied around Prossy and fully accepted her as part of the church family.
A great challenge we observed was churches suffering from poor understanding of the Scriptures. Faulty teaching can quickly become toxic. We also pray for more men and women to turn to Christ and enter leadership.
God is doing great things! The AE team is united, sharing the gospel and growing in its faith. I am reminded of Revelations: “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne…And they cry out with a loud voice saying, “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
