Work in Gulu; June 15

-Morning spent evangelizing in the village near the church in Gulu. -Moved by one older woman who had turned away from the church when her husband and 2 or 4 children died. After one of the men shared his testimony of God's faithfulness when his father died and fiancee left him, she appeared to be open to encouragement.
I read from Revelation 21:3-4. "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Our hope is not in the things of this world, but in those things above. It is in God, our heavenly Father, and in his Son, who also died. The God who knows suffering and sorrow is the God of hope for such widows. God did not spare his own Son, because of his great love.
This woman appeared to take comfort and we prayed with her and invited her to the church. Maybe this was God using us to gather in one lost sheep. I look forward to seeing what faces are present at the openning of the church Sunday morning.
-Good to hear Dave Eby preach at the crusade meeting.
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9:58 PM in Gulu - just experienced an earthquake! Maybe 1 minute of shaking - not too severe, but enough to make me wonder if the hotel was going to crumble....