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Half Way Home In 2010

July 7, 2010

Do you know that it is closer to the beginning of 2011 than it is to the beginning of 2010? Hard to believe isn’t it? Over half this year has passed. Time is moving swiftly and I am getting older! Plus, now I have to start thinking about Christmas gifts! It will be here before [...]

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Sarah Bewoze: No More Smoking the Witchcraft Pipe-She Got Jesus!

July 2, 2010
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Sarah, a former pipe smoking witchdoctor living in the slum Natete in Kampala, Uganda, has destroyed her pipe! Why? She has given her life to Jesus Christ.
Douglas Aliro, Manna Ministry leader, tells her story. It will bless your heart! Man, I love to get these emails.
Sarah Bewoze is one of the Manna beneficiaries from [...]

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Margaret’s Story: Delivered from Moonshining!

July 1, 2010
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Margaret Acan is 32 years old, lives in Kampala, Uganda and has had her life anchored on what the brewery in the slum Nagrur in Kampala could offer her and her family. She has worked this job since 1991.
Her name Acan means “hardship” in Acholi which describes her life. She was born during Iddi [...]

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WHY???

June 29, 2010

“…there is a big church just behind my house but they have had nothing to do with me…” –Mbala George
This quote is from an email I received from Douglas, who leads IMFC’s Manna Ministry. Here is an expanded portion of his email:
During follow-up visit into the home of one of the Manna beneficiary called Mbala [...]

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God Makes A Way for Bible Way Luganda Speakers in Nakasongola Prison

June 25, 2010

Here is an email I received from Joseph Esiana this week who leads IMFC’s growing work in the prisons of Uganda.
God is not limited by anything! Not our inability, inadequacy, or insufficiency!
Nakasongola Prison has had an incredible story about how God makes a way where seems to be no way.
Bible Way students [...]

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You Can Influence Your Children! Smith Did!

May 19, 2010
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“My Dad’s story from drunkenness to serving the Lord was a turning point in my life!”
Now that is influence! A Dad’s influence!
Her name is Constance and her Dad’s name is Smith. That’s his picture above this article. He used to be a telephoner. Meaning, he made calls–but not with a telephone–with a long straw [...]

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Celebrating Five Years of Ministry and The People of Kampala, Uganda

March 24, 2010

Through the past five years, IMFC has worked with many people in the slums, prisons and schools of Kampala, Uganda. Today I simply want to celebrate. Celebrate the opportunity the Lord has given us to join Him in His work. Celebrate His grace and His goodness. Celebrate the people He, the Lord, has given us [...]

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Confessions of a Witch Doctor

March 15, 2010
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Wherever you go in Kampala, you find witch doctors. Their homes can easily be located in every slum we work in. These witch doctors (traditional healers) range from simply being an aggravation to being extremely evil.
I posted a story from the Telegraph UK.com last week that looks at the rise in child sacrifices by [...]

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Witch Doctors Admit To Performing Human Sacrifices In Uganda

March 12, 2010
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Found this story in the Telegraph.co.uk from January 7, 2010 on witch doctors in Kampala. From my experience in Kampala, I know it is true. Human sacrifices have been made by witch doctors in the slums where we are working. I have seen little children with pierced ears and earrings so they would be imperfect [...]

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How A Simple Bag of Food Can Change A Life Forever!

March 11, 2010
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How much difference can a bag of food make to a person? A family? Huge! Life Changing even. Check this out.
Douglas sent me the story of James Kato. It has inspired me to tell more people about the work of IMFC and Manna Ministry in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. It has motivated me to [...]

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