Slum ministry

The Poor Have The Gospel Preached To Them!

September 14, 2011
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Jimmy, Allow me to let you know that, last Thursday I worked with Vincent and we were able to plant and schedule 4 house churches to start in the slum Angola of Kampala. We visited several manna recipients of food and 1 girl gave her life to Christ as a result of our ministry in [...]

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Single Mother and Grandmother Finds Hope Through Manna

September 14, 2011
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Here is Amina Nabosa of Bwaise slum in Kampala,Uganda, a single mother,who has done all kinds of jobs in order to make ends meet. She has 6 children and 2 grandchildren. Her current child is only a few months older than of the youngest grandchild. Her current rent is 30,000 shillings. She sells sambusas for a [...]

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Manna Ministry Enters Kimombasa

February 8, 2011

The first food distribution at Kimombasa in Kampala, Uganda was Friday, Feb. 4, and it went very well! Here is Douglas’ report. All kinds of people showed up today at Kimombasa! There were people who did not want us to interview them. They abused us and chased us away, but today they came back pleading [...]

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Statistics Only Tell “Part” Of The Story!

December 15, 2010

2010 has been a tremendous year. Look at these stats: More than 4800 have enrolled in Bible Way and studied the Who Is Jesus Book. 178 people have been baptized. 34 churches planted! But stats only tell part of the story. They do not tell how God has changed the lives of people spiritually and [...]

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Harriet’s Story

November 11, 2010
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Harriet died a couple of weeks ago. But before her death Douglas was able to interview her. Here is her story. It has touched my heart bringing back to focus in my mind why I do what I do and challenged me to do more. I pray the Lord will use this story to realign [...]

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Food Scramble In Natete

November 3, 2010

“You’ll have food riots in Kampala!” That was the warning given to us over five years ago when we begin work in the slums of Kampala. Dump 5,000 pounds of food in a slum in the midst of hungry people and you will have food fights. It will get out of control. So, when we [...]

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Tell Them I Love Them

October 26, 2010
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Her name is Silvia. She is mid twenties, one child, former Manna recipient. Silvia lives in the slum Mulago not far from the city center of Kampala, Uganda. When I first met her, she was in bed and very, very ill. I do not know if she is HIV positive for she has never been [...]

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Harriet: A Victim of Abuse And AIDS. Loved By God

October 17, 2010
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Harriet has AIDS, lives in flood prone Natete in Kampala, Uganda, is receiving food and help from Manna Ministry and is very, very sick. I ask you to pray for her. Harriet lives in the wettest area of Natete. Last week her house flooded with over two feet of water as Kampala experienced a hard [...]

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House Church Grows To More Than Eighty Adults-In Less Than Three Months!

September 15, 2010
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Meet George Mabala. He is a former Manna beneficiary (Feb. 2010 – Aug. 2010) who after coming to faith in Jesus Christ opened up a house church at his home and over 80 people now meet there every Monday! George has no schooling. No seminary training. No church background. No building. No staff. But God [...]

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Natete: Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future

August 18, 2010

Many people from the western world say that if you want to hide knowledge from an African keep it in the script of a book. But our people here in Natete are now digging deep into the word of God. The results, the witchdoctors have no stake into their lives any more! People have changed [...]

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