March 2023

“Come, let us reason together, says the LORD; though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Isaiah 1:18

 It doesn’t take long looking around to see that the world is growing darker.  Wickedness and evil of all kinds are becoming more acceptable in societies. Thinking of all the things our children and young people are facing today drives us to our knees. The easy thing to do would be to hide away, close our doors and pretend like nothing is happening, but that is not what the Lord calls us to do.

Isaiah was called by God to speak for Him during a very dark period of Judah’s history. Evil of all sorts and idolatry were rampant throughout the kingdom. Most of her kings were leading the people astray. Darkness seemed to be winning.  God’s patience waned and his judgement loomed nearby. Still God sent Isaiah to deliver a message to Judah, a message of repentance and a message of hope. Alongside of his warnings, he repeatedly offered hope of restoration.
As the world continues to grow darker and evil seems to prevail all the more, we too are called to keep on speaking the truth in love, to keep on sharing the gospel and to keep inviting people to come to Jesus. Continue to share the Hope and Restoration that is found only in Jesus Christ. Let us not grow weary while doing good. 

Review of January 

Since the year began, we haven’t stopped moving.  After a short Christmas and New Years break, we resumed our Saturday Youth Fellowship on 8^th of January.

On Monday the 16^th, we kicked off our first camp of the year! Our first day, we had over 230 kids and teens! We praise the Lord for bringing each one of them that they could hear the gospel and be saved!
This week we had a team from the USA – Dustin Amerson along with two of his sons, Colton & Layne Montcaslte, Christine Philips, and Jacob & Dawn Walters. Amazing people & team to work with! They came and got involved, no sitting on the sidelines for them! Dawn and Christine taught them new songs with motions. And they were all ready to play games and interact with the kids/teens. The kids and teens enjoyed having them around. They continue to ask when are they coming back?

For Bible hour we split up into two groups – the teens and the kids.
Our theme for the camp was Forgiveness – The life of Joseph.
Dustin led the Bible hour for the teens. Jake, Colton, Layne and Denny led discussion groups, which had about 15-20 teens each. The teens were highly involved in the discussion groups as part of the time was used to participate in skits drawn from the lesson of the day. It was amazing to watch the teens build up the story of Joseph from nothing.
Dawn and Christine led the children’s group with the help of Cassie, Charity, Jackie, Jacky and Mary. Each day, Christine and Dawn took turns sharing the story of Joseph and then afterward we had crafts for the kids to do, which Christine organized and brought materials for!

Dawn and Christine led the children’s group, helped by Cassie, Charity, Jackie, Jacky and Mary.
Music was done by Rebecca Gitta and Gustave.
Mukisa Ivan engaged everyone in games and kept every kids adrenaline up during the sunny week.

It was a blessing to see the team have such great energy to deal with the kids and teens every day, but also attend to their spiritual needs. On the last day, Jacob recapped the lessons learned through Joseph and then presented the gospel. We praise the Lord for the 20 hands raised making decisions to follow Christ and we pray for the ones who have already made decision for Christ and are growing in their faith. And we pray for the ones who are yet to make decisions for Christ. This is the highlight as to why we do this, to preach the gospel as we call young people to repentant and find restoration in Christ. We give God the glory!

Thank you to everyone who has stood with us and continue to follow our journey. You gave and prayed this to happen, we could never have done it without you. Our big thanks to the team from the USA that sacrificed their time and resources to come spend time with us in Uganda.

If you would be interested coming to help serve during one of our camp weeks – as a team or individual, please feel free to reach out to us. We hold camps 3 time a year, one during each school term holiday break – January, May, August. We need Bible teachers for both the teens and children’s classes or if you know music and play an instrument or like to play games with kids. We would be blessed to have you serve alongside of us.

Family Visit 

After the many years we have been together, Cassie’s parents and sister Amanda were finally able to come visit Uganda, along with her other sister Bridget, who had been here several times before! Amanda had mentioned she wanted to come visit and Bridget would be traveling with her, so Denny suggested that we also invite my parents to come along with them. We are so happy that they agreed to come. It was a blessing to have them around for the 2 weeks they were here. The boys really enjoyed the time with their grandparents and aunties. We were able to bring them out to Namayumba to see what we do at Tendo Bible Camp, and they were able to experience a local Ugandan church service. With the help of a good friend, we were able to take them on a little safari at Queen Elisabeth National Park, where we were able to see hippos, elephants, buffalo and lions. And then during the second week they were here, we took them out to Jinja to see the source of the Nile. We are so glad the Lord enabled them to come! We hope that they will be able to make it back again, Lord willingly.

Other Areas of Service: 

The Young Adult –  Youth fellowship that happens the last Sunday of every month is going well. Denny and the team have been covering different topics that the young people are facing today, i.e. dating, abortion, homosexuality, etc. 

Pray for wisdom and guidance, for the young people to understand and develop a Biblical worldview on these topics and areas of life. 

Bible Club – the schools opened for term one of 2023 the first week of February. We have resumed the Wednesday Bible Club. Pray for more resources and leaders that we maybe able to branch out to other local schools. 

 

 

Looking Forward to 2023

  

March – 2023
17th – 27th – Denny will be traveling with a team from ABWE to Moyo, which is in Northern Uganda at the Uganda/South Sudan boarder, to help teach The Roots of Faith Old Testament. 
Camps – April/May – August 
Travel to USA – June * We will be traveling to the USA in June for furlough. Pray with us as we begin to plan our time there. For opportunities to share with individuals and churches. Pray for wisdom as we seek the Lord’s guidance in the way forward. *We are just waiting to get Rhys’ dependency pass from Uganda, which will determine when we can book our flights. 

Praise & Prayer Request:

Rhys’ Birth Abroad Birth Certificate & Passport were approved! The US embassy is very particular about the order of names on the birth certificate received from Uganda. NIRA, the government agency that issues the certificates here, put Rhys’ names in the wrong order, it took us 3 tries to get it right! On the last try, we had to take Rhys’ to one of the government hospitals to have his picture taken and fingerprinted because we had to fix his name so many times, they had to make sure he was the right person.  We are just waiting for the embassy to let us know when to come pick up his certificate and passport. Then we will apply for his dependency pass for Uganda. Pray that this is done quickly, as this will determine when we can book our tickets for the USA.

Boys Adjustment to USA & Homeschooling again – to keep them on the same schedule, we will continue with their education at home while in the USA. 

Pray for Denny & ABWE teaching team in Moyo 17th-27th. 
Pray for the Tendo team that will be running things while we are away. 

Thank you for standing with us in Prayer & Support! 



Striving together,
Denny, Cassie 
Asher, Korbyn, Jaden, & Rhys 
Nuwagaba