I am called Mukiisa BBale, I come from Masaka District, Uganda. Where for 7 years I was a professional teacher qualified to teach primary 1-7. I resigned from teaching in 1990 due to poor wages and very poor working conditions. A primary teacher is the most poorly paid teaching personnel; those in active service have said that there is still no improvement.
So that’s why I left being teacher. I tried my hands on any job I could find. From doing comedy shows around to forming a music band. All this did not work out for me here in Kampala. So I was very desperate!
Manna found me when I was really struggling. I was suffering! My family was suffering! Manna came in at the time when we were at the point of giving up life. I had no business that was working out for us. And even the house where we are living in is in a wetland area and many times we got threats from the National Environmental Authority (NEMA) that we should leave that place. But there is no other place that we may get affordable rental house. So everyday we lived in fear of being thrown out of the area.
And so anybody who comes into our neighborhood asking questions, we either denied them word or we gave them a very unwelcome reception. This is how we first welcomed pastor Benon when he came into our house asking question on needs assessment. We were very suspicious of the Manna staff that came to our house that time! We thought that they were disguising themselves. Pretending to be from another organization when they could be NEMA officials or even investors! But what made us believe Benon and Manna Ministry to be true is when he and the rest of team returned to us with a bag of food and shared with us the Gospel of Jesus!
We really wondered how Manna ministry got to know all about our struggles! But now we know that God sent Benon!! He and his team were not against our stay, but they were concerned about how we stayed! So IMFC gave us Manna!! If no staff from Manna had returned, we were sure that NEMA people found us out and that out fate would not be a good one! So thanks for returning to us, the way you did!
Yes, me and my wife did enroll for Bible Way and our student numbers are 62200 and 62201 respectively. We have been so blessed to have the chance to study the word of God as family! I love this very much! My wife loves it too! We are now in the fourth book! That is Mark part 1.
Manna changed our life completely! I used to find time to waste. Now I do not have that time!! I study the Bible Way materials and even serve in the men’s ministry in the house church here! With the help of Manna through food distribution I saved up some money and I now make eatables which I sell and get money! Life is now worth living!! Without Manna I could not have found this business! I quit teaching with the hope of doing business. Manna Ministry made my dream come true!
Thanks for changing our lives to the Glory of God! I am now a real born again!
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