Africa Trip November 1st-15th
Aglow International Team Members are: Fran Hallgren = Team Leader, Aglow International Transformation Team Donna Andes Robin Bachini Elise Cox Phyllis King Holly Lambert Joy Mosley Judy Smith Jill Torgerson Fay Williams
Local Pastors/Leaders include: Pastor Godfrey, Grace Outreach Missions Uganda Sister Imelda Bwayo, National Aglow leader
Day 1 Austin to Houston
Houston Airport- I had trouble finding the gate. The gate number was not on the screens. The gate was A something and that confused me tooJ. God it’s just me and you now. I trust you will show up!! I don’t know what to expect but I know it is going to be beyond anything I can imagine. I pray Lord that I will make my international flight. I was getting so stretched !! Flight delay, no gates on the screen or on the boarding pass. Very long line at United airlines. I didn’t know if that was where I was supposed to check in or not. Didn’t want to stand in the wrong line and then possibly miss my flight. I got a lady’s attention who was in the front of the line. She asked the man at United whether or not I needed to check in. He in turn said my flight was delayed. Thank God at least I didn’t have to worry about missing my flight.
I finally got through the line and Patricia helped me. She caught my bags in time to have them checked all the way to Entebbe. That will save time since I will only have a hour before the next flight. Patricia said I would make it. I had to give up my $3 water. Then I realized there was no gate # on my ticket or on the screens. There was no one at the United counter. Had to go back to the main check in counter and get the gate then go through security again. 3:47 PM I am on the plane to DC.
I am still being stretched. It is not a comfortable thing but I know it will be so rewarding. I don’t want to fail. I want to give my absolute best!
I don’t want to look back on anything and have any regrets. Lord, please make me bold, enthusiastic, passionate. Please show up Lord. Stepping out is not comfortable but I must push back those feelings of being uncomfortable. I chose now to live in the moment. Enjoy every second. I will not let tiredness or fear, fear of failure hold me back. Lord, I pray for a pure heart, love overflowing, and that I will make my flightJ. Please give me the words to say Lord. The unknown is uncomfortable in fact it kind of hurts a little bit. I guess that is what it is all about. What if God told me everything was going to be great? Then I would relax and enjoy. Well, it’s going to be great. So I need to relax and enjoy every bit of it! I made it to DC. I had only 1 hour due to the flight delay. I was about to get on a shuttle to a different part of the airport and a man asked me where are you going? I said KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He said I don’t know where it is exactly but I know it’s not on that shuttle. He told me to go up the stairs and there it was. KLM!! If that man wouldn’t have been there I would have probably missed my flight. I had a seamless check in no lines. Then I called Fran I met everyone at a Hamburger place it the airport. I was relived to get there and get to fly with the group. Thank you Jesus. It was great meeting everyone finally face to face I felt a bond already. Minus 3 that didn’t make it yet.
Day 2 11/2/08
Airport in Amsterdam Lady in line for security trying to start a fight with Robin and I. This was spiritual for sure. It took at least 20 -30 minutes to get through. The lady asked what denomination we were, who are we trying to convert, had problems with me drinking out of plastic water bottles, and did not like President Bush or Sarah Palin. I was praying that I wouldn’t have to sit by her in the planeJ. Later, Robin and I prayed for her. There are a lot of people hurting in the world. She would be a great witness for Christ. Holy and I prayed. God showed up! Found Judy she had Robin’s boarding passJ. Fran and Joy had to check in. I met some other missionaries in line.
11/2/08
Kenya Air flying to Entebbe. I am so excited but still have to fight back fear. Slept most of the way on the last flight, that was good. God, please you have to show up. 3 of our team members missed the flight due to delays and flight cancellations. Thank God it wasn’t meJ. I was getting a little homesick on the last flight. I wasn’t sitting with anyone I knew. I looked at the picture of John and Lesley that I took before I left. I felt better. There is no turning back now. I might as well make the most of it.
Great welcome from Pastor Godfrey and his staff. They gave us hugs and greeted us.
Day 3 11/03/08
Breakfast Devotion and communion Ruth-gave the Bible too. I had the Bible for over a year. And they came up and asked if anyone had a Bible. I got to pray for Ruth and sign her Bible. What a blessing! Met Jackson1, Jackson 2, and Paul. Godfrey’s school-did e cube and puppets. Stickers. As we were leaving a girl came up to Fran and I and wanted to pray for salvation. Then another boy wanted knowledge. Went out where the younger kids were. I knelt down and all the kids wanted to grab my hand. All the kids were standing but when I knelt down the whole line of kids copied me and knelt down tooJ They touched my skin. They were so SWEET!! That really touched my heart. We ate lunch at the biggest mall in Uganda. We got swarmed with different menus. The workers from different restaurants trying to get us to buy from their restaurant. 4 hour drive to Kenjojo. Very green and lush here. Lots of vegetation. Bumpy and fun ride. My first experience using a pit latrine. Driving is crazy here. We had a good driver. A lot of honkingJ. Made it to Kenjojo the hotel is really nice! We had a wonderful dinner. Going to bed now crusade starts tomorrow at 9.
Day 4 11/04/08
Waking up to different noises, birds, animals, fog, and palm trees. Usually if you say the conference will start at 9 people will get there at 10 or 11 Go to schools and resume the conference this afternoon. It’s all about being FLEXIBLE. Met Pastor Aninia started the first Pentecostal church in Kenjojo. Also met Pastor David, Pastor Victor, Pastor Isaac, and Joan.
Pastor Victor was leading the crusade the day I taught on the Father heart of God. He talked about no men being with usJ. Wilbur is driving us and helping us with ministry. I am on the prison hospital team and will be sharing a 5 minute testimony at the crusade tonight. Slept good. I can’t believe I’m in Africa!! Fran gave us our team shirts and raise up on eagle ear rings. We will stay in Kyenjojo until Saturday morning because we wanted one more day for the crusade. 2 schools and 1 Jail did e cube at jail. Robin and Donna and I shared short greeting. 5 guys one girl. Most surrendered their life to the Lord. I believe by faith they are delivered. Little hut. Blessing to go to the jail to give hope. Donna prayed for the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus you are the answer they need. 2nd school did evangecube. Most of the kids raised their hands to submit their life to the Lord. Made necklaces. The kids sang songs to us in English. They were so cute and animated! Stuck twice while driving. The driver stopped the van and put it in 4 wheel drive and we drove off. Jill, Phil, and Fay made it!! Praise God Healing Conference. It was amazing. I shared a 5 minute testimony. It was smooth and I wasn’t nervous. That was God and all the prayersJ. Judy preached and many people surrendered their life to the Lord. 10 prayer lines. We each prayed for 10-20 people. Two people in my lines were shaking from the power of the Holy Spirit. It was powerful.
11/05/08
CNN- Election on at the Hotel.
We found out Obama won.
59 uneven steps to get up to our rooms. No elevator. A lot of exerciseJ.
God showed up!
He was there in my sermon. I spoke at the conference. I taught on the 11 lies and 11 truths. People seemed to get in to it and get into my testimony. I ran out of time but I did as much as I could. Someone in the audience when I got to the 8th truth about Father God started screaming and moaning and the Pastors had to take him outside for deliverance so I know something was right there. The truth was being spoken and Satan didn’t like it. It was pushing me out of my comfort zone I had to do it afraid because first of all when Fran gave that to us last night I was too tired to practice last night and I thought Fran wanted me to teach on thoughts but then I found out after looking over thoughts at 7:00 AM the schedule said 11 lies that was the one with the least amount of practice. So I told them a little short testimony and I started so fast Fran had to tell me to slow down because they couldn’t understand it but I was excited and nervous all at the same time.
Told them a little bit about me growing up and me being a twin about our Mom dying and about our Dad and me getting saved and it flowed. At first I didn’t give the scriptures but they wanted the scriptures so they could write it down so I started giving the scriptures to them. It was really good. It went really well. I was getting so stretched since I had never really taught before and now I would be teaching 300 pastors. I was crying out to God.
I’m so glad I just went for it because fear would have held me back and fear would have said no don’t do it and I did it and God showed up. And it’s not about me but right when I walked in there I was at the end of myself because I had never taught before and I’m teaching pastors. I felt like the Lord spoke to my heart that he wanted his people to know that he loved them and if they already knew he wanted me to remind them. I felt a peace after that. I stayed at the pastor’s conference the whole day.
When I wasn’t teaching I interceded for Fran, Donna, and Jill. The presence of the Holy Spirit was so strong especially that morning in worship. Tears were streaming down my face. I felt God’s love and peace. After my teaching a Pastor in the front row gave me a huge smile and a thumbs up. I will not forget that. It felt so good. He encouraged me so much. Annette my translator and Pastor David’s wife said my teaching was an on time word. I had to stop my teaching when a man started manifesting. The truth was being spoken and the demons didn’t like itJ. Walk by faith not by sight. It has nothing to do with me. Jill did an awesome preaching.
After Jill’s preaching she called for anyone to come up who wanted prayer. Prayed for 3 or 4 people. I prayed for Anna for wisdom and a mother then she handed me her beautiful baby and I prayed for the baby. It was so touching. Such a sweet experience. I was holding the baby and praying for her and the baby was beautiful. I was honored to get to pray for a pastor at the conference. He knelt down with his arms lifted high and I knelt down too.
I didn’t have an interpreter all he said was pastor I’m a pastor. When I ran out of words to pray I prayed in the Spirit. Refreshing and all this other stuff it was an amazing experience. So much fun. I will never forget that. The experience stretched me to the core I was crying. I thought I was going to break down and cry this morning because I’ve never taught before but now it’s over God got me through. God showed up, He showed up. Thank you Jesus for showing up because without you there would be nothing but there was the anointing and power of Your Word and I thank you for it. It is truth that touched those lives and I pray it will not return void and it will go down deep in their hearts and they will feel your love.
Pastor David hugged me and prayed for me. That God would give me more revelation and that I would teach it and I can help people so that was another encouragement. Jeremiah 33 Last night healing crusade approximately 300 people there. 78 salvations not counting the children. Coming against condemnation in Jesus name.
The crusade got rained out. It rained so hard and lots of lightening so we had to cancel the crusade. Outside crusade it is very dangerous because of the electricity and lights. So that got rained out so we just had a great dinner. A lot of ant flies flying everywhere. It was funny. Because of the rain and they were attracted to the light. Because of the rain, there were ants flying everywhere. The ants scared Fran. We all laughed. So I just praise and thank Jesus. I’m not going to go back and look at what I could have done or what I should have done. I’m just going to move forward. Keep looking forward. I’m not going to beat myself up for what I could have done differently because it was a big step of faith for me to get out and do that speaking to 300 pastors. They seemed to receive me well and I was looking people in the face and eyes when I was telling them about God’s love. And of course I was looking at my notes and I read the scriptures but I later found out we might have offended some people at the hotel since we were taking pictures of the flying ants. I asked God for forgiveness I would never want to offend them.
The hotel is very nice and not even open yet. Took a cold shower this morning. It was COLD!!! I didn’t put conditioner in my hair because I couldn’t bear the coldness any longer. I did manage to shave my legsJ today. Pastor Godfrey still hasn’t gotten the money yet. His bank will not release it. We prayed and everybody at the conference prayed.
Thursday 11/06/08
Devo, breakfast, communion. Going to the hospital. At the hospital we prayed for the sick. Pregnant Moms-6-15 were saved. Aids ward-some saved not sure how many. General ward- approximately 30 or more saved. E cube Last two rooms-some saved not sure how many. Prayed for all the sick. After lunch we went to another school. I had my line of kids that I was praying for. Everyone was standing. I got to a shorter kid and I knelt down to pray when I finished praying I opened my eyes and my line of kids were all kneeling down just like me. I continued to pray kneeling down. Most all the kids wanted wisdom and knowledge. Before we left all of the kids wanted to shake my hand. That made me feel so good.
Went to see a grass hut at the jail. Anna taught Fran and I an African dance. I thought she was kidding when she said we were going to have to dance on stage with them that night at the conference. They called us up on stage and added new steps. It was a great experience. Prayed for approximately 20 people.
Friday 11/07/08
Conference that morning. After lunch went to the school. Older kids. 24 got saved! Took a list of names of the kids who needed Bibles. Pastor also did the HIV cube while I walked around the class showing the kids the cube. Healing Crusade-Prayed for people in the rain. Approximately 10-20 people. Had a very nice dinner.
Sat 11/08/08
Breakfast at 6:00. Plantains and Tripe were served. I didn’t feel very well that morning but I wanted to at least try the Tripe and Plantains. I did I was out of juice when I did and it was so chewy it wasn’t going down. Thankfully Fay left her juice and I quickly drank and swallowed the piece of tripe. We will drive 4 hours back to Kampala. Back in Kampala now. We have been waiting in the van for a long time now. Pastor Godfrey is still trying to get the money out of the bank. I’m thirstyJ. We prayed that the money would be released.
I was getting home sick a little bit on the drive over here. 7 more days. We will go with Imelda the rest of the time. Group separated for a couple days. Fran, Fay, and I are going with Imelda. Van kept breaking down. Fran bought me a coke at the gas station. It was so good. Pit Latrine experience at the gas station. Finally the van was fixed. Fran said the van seemed happier now. Everyone laughedJ. Traffic is crazy there are no traffic lights in the smaller towns.
Sunday11/09/08
Stayed at Imelda’s house. I finally learned how to flush the toilet. Have to pull the cord it 3 times. I was so happy when it flushedJ. I later found out that it wasn’t me that it took a while for the toilet to fill up with water. We worked out a system where we would fill a bucket up with water and pour it down the toilet fast due to the gravity it would flush. Shared testimony twice at World of Faith Ministries. Fay preached. Patrick went with us. Pastor Andrew’s son Joey right when we sat down he was close to me. Then he held my hand. He was 3 years old I think. I felt like God was showing me that he was right there with me holding my hand. Joey was such a blessing! What a cutie. Then after the services I told Joey that I missed him. He started saying I missed you over and over and dancing. He was so cute.
Judith got Fay, Patrick, and I cokes with straws. What a treat! Pastor Andrew introduced us and said we were from Obama landJ. Pastor Andrew had been to the US before he likes KFC and Popeye’s J. We had lunch at an Indian restaurant. The food was so good and there was 80’s music playing in the background. Shared testimony at Imelda’s church at the evening service. Imelda ran out of gas. Pastor came and got us to take us to the radio station. Fran, Fay, Elise, Imelda, Pastor Elisha. I was so S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D!! Fran shared her testimony .God came through I was so tired. I could barely focus. Fran, Fay, Fay and I each took turn praying for callers. We had to take our shoes off before entering the radio station. Pastor Elisha would take 3 calls and then we would each pray. Over 1 million listeners. This radio station was broad cast to 3 districts. I was too tired to practice my teaching. I finally realized not to worry God gives me grace for today not tomorrow. When tomorrow comes He will give me the grace I need to teach. Major growing experience. This is an incredible trip with so much going on. Pastor Godfrey still hasn’t gotten the money yet.
Tuesday 11/10/08
Shared my teaching on thoughts. Fran said it was good and joked with me about my rocking back and forth. She said by the end of my teaching even the interpreter was rockingJ. I will try to do better next time. Later, Imelda said I did “o-key”! She said she took notes. I mentioned something about my rocking and Imelda said something like the rocking was part of who I was and represented power of GodJ. Others said I did good. I know that was God encouraging me. Pastor Elisha said I did well, thank you! Someone else called me a “preacher” Measurement for African Outfits! No water lights went out we ate and talked. It was so much fun. Pastor Tom and Elisha were there and didn’t miss a beat when the lights went out. They just kept talking. Fortunately, Donna had some good flash lights to light up the room. We had African Tea and bisquits. The electricity came back on after we had went to bed so did the light that had been left on. Fran got up and turned it off. We were happy to have the fan on again.
Tuesday 11/11/08
Interceded for Fran and Fay while they preached at Imelda’s church. Mbale city church. Holly, Phil, and Donna showed up. I was happy to see them! 14 kids got saved. Kids E cube,Stickers,Bubbles,Shaving cream Godfrey puppets. Prayed with people at the end of the service. Some people got delivered from demons.
Wednesday 11/12/08
Kabwangasi Aglow Taught on the Father’s heart. Last day of ministering except for the last orphanage tomorrow. It was funny because I had to go to the bathroom before I got up to speak. 4 hours later no one had moved. They kept saying one more song until lunch. Finally Fay and I were able to go to the bathroom. It was a long walk and it was a hole in the ground but it didn’t matter to me I just needed to goJ. I did have to pray before I went, Lord help me. It was hot in the place we were teaching but I soon forgot about the heat as God’s anointing and power fell on us. Prayed for approximately 10-20 people. Some needed healing from aids, fever, venereal disease, needed wisdom and finances for school. 19 Churches represented, 250 men and women there. Everyone there came down for prayer. Power of God moved mightily. Someone gave Fran an African outfit and Fay got a live chicken. We prayed at Catherine’s church. We went to Pastor Rose’s house. She gave us a tour of her house shared her testimony and we ate snacks and drank juice. We also prayed for Catherine and Pastor Rose’s sister and another women. Donna washed our feet. We prayed for each other. Richard rededicated his life to the Lord. He immediately looked different. He had joy.
Thursday 11/13/08
Went up on the mountain. 1 hour to get up the mountain and coming down it was pretty bumpy. Saw 3 waterfalls. Children taking baths in springs. Lots of trees and vegetation. Very beautiful. Donna blew the chofar. This decrees and declares the land for God. Disperses angels and expels demons. Prayed, worshiped, did communion. Had cokes and bisquits. Pit latrine. Fran called me over and Led 5 kids to the Lord using Kids E cube. Had to rush going to rain. We had a fish dinner at Pastor Elisha’s house. We visited the Bugema Orphanage. Evangecube a lot of kids raised their hands. Welcome song. Kids were so cute. I was so tired I was stretched but it was so good!! Beads, balloons, stickers. Gave my clothes and left over stickers to the orphanage. Celebration Dinner at a very nice restaurant. They had chicken, fried fish, cokes, tortillas, mashed potatoes. Imelda presented us our African Outfits.
Friday 11/14
Electricity off and on for the last two days Hot water bucket bath was so very good!! Chicken for breakfast, YUM. Bisquits for the road. Driving 5 hours back to Kampala Ugandan sayings: Most Welcome Nice You look smart It’s okay Gain weight so they will say Uganda is good and they will come. Ah ha You’re free Amina They say Hallelujah we say Amen Talk with lifting up of eyebrows Very animated filled with passion. African tea, passion juice, watermelon juice, pineapple, matake, bananas, peanut sauce, spaghetti, chicken for breakfast, bisquits. Bread with peanut butter at Imelda’s house, eggs, French toast. The sugar was very good. Stoney, Crest. Annette Pastor David’s wife
(the ones with the orphanage with the sewing machines)said our team so encouraged them and gave them hope. The girls that were prayed for said everything that was prayed was right on and what was on their heart. They had never experienced anything like that.
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