Kagwada Follow-up Report
An email from Pastor Edward Dima (only slightly edited)
Close to one year and half in the field of mission in Kagwada in an attempt to reached Bari, the least of unreached people in South Suda. We have finally make a break through tick and thin, it was not easy to share the gospel in that location because of all the hostility of the local population which almost pushed our missionary away from the area. The area witnessed a huge Lord Resistance Army (LRA). This ia a Ugandan rebel group operating in South Sudan.Those years the place was the operational field for Kony but now the place is peaceful
Big Catch.
The secretary of Kagwada Paramount chief Mr Alison Loro gave his life to christ on 29th Jan 2010 at 8:00pm. This is unbelievably for a big man to have a personal conviction and to stand to confess Jesus Christ publicly. We thank God that the Lord has made it, Praise God. For a responsible man to reduce himself just to confess Jesus a midst the crowd is an awkward thing to do but God did it praise the Lord
28 baptized.
The team from First Baptist church Kajo-keji was led by the senior Pastor Mr. Edward Dima They went to Kagwada and had 28 believers baptized in Ganji stream. this was a big turning point in the community. One member from the crowd was surprised to see the biblical baptism being done in the stream. It looks like what we did was such a new thing. We did have a lot of questions which turn up to be positive.Some of the Episcopal church pastors were there watching on the Biblical Baptism and other guy gave them questions as to which baptism is right the one carried out by the Baptist or the one done the Episcopal?
Evangelism.
The person to person Evangelism was done with the approval of the local administrators in the area. We visited 25 homes, 57 heard the gospel and 32 accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior. The participants who attended the conference were 186 adults and 88 children. we too staged an open air crusade in Ganji Payam Headquarter in which 131 were drown to the ground by the Melody of our singing choirs.It was a history to have a big number of believers visiting Kagwada to strengthen the people there.It was surely a revival that has happen to the people of Kagwada
Big Challenge.
Big Challenge.
Health wise: Kagwada, Ganji probably with 200 people in the area has no Health services, a local NGO which was operating in the area ceased working, as I wrote now, there is no single paracetamol in the health center. when a community member is affected with a sickness then he/she has to prepare to die.as the last option, things are bad. the team gave out all the First Aid box to the community for treating malaria and warms. plus other minor diseases.
Education: UNICEF build a primary school in the area, but because the government is not paying teachers in the school for a year then there is no teaching in the school as i write now. Our baptist missionaries is right now helping in teaching the primary school in the area.There is no hope for the future of this country. In Kagwada there is no hope for the current generation because of no education in the entire area this so sad indeed i have no wards to tell the community as an answer to this matter i told them only to pray and God will see them throughPrayer requests:
1. Pray for drugs for Kagwada community and that health services should improve in the area
2. Pray for the support of the education in Kagwada especially financial aids for the teachers.Finally i would like to appreciate all those who stood with us in prayer for the success of the mission to Kagwada and i say God bless you guys many regards pr Edward Dima
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