PRAYERS NEEDED FOR OUR UGANDAN FAMILY!

Please take a moment when you get see this to lift the precious people of Mbale to the Lord in prayer!  The rains that should have come in late February were over a month late and the planting of the first crops were delayed causing a severe food shortage.  The crops were finally able to be planted and have just begun blooming and now the rains are causing massive flooding and are so torrential that there is a great risk that the blooms will be damaged.  As a result, the first season of beans, maize, and potatoes which are staple foods for so many in the Mbale are at risk of being lost and there is a severe food shortage in the village and among the membership of Ebenezer Baptist Church.

The floods have also cut off the roads to Namabasa where Ebenezer Christian School is located and therefore has disrupted classes for many of the students who ride the bus daily from the church in Namatala. BUT, ministry goes on as the feeding of the children each day continues and as food is available, food bags are put together to pass out to those who are suffering in the villages surrounding the church as the pictures below will show. And ALL the time God is good!

The following email from Julius, the executive pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, details the plight that the people are encountering as a result of the current conditions there.  Please pray with us and if you feel led to donate to help with the feeding of the people that Ebenezer is doing, both children and adults, you can follow the PayPal link on the webpage and just enter in the "Special Instructions" link the words: "FOR FAMINE RELIEF". You can also mail your tax deductible gift to Mission Mbale to P.O. Box 73975, Newnan GA 30271 One hundred percent of the money designated in this way will be wired to Ebenezer Baptist to help underwrite the costs of filling the emergency food bags that the members have been preparing for those suffering from hunger in the villages of Namatala and Namabasa. 

God bless you as you stand with us in prayer for the people of Ebenezer and the Namatala Slum!

ALL FOR HIS GLORY,

Warren and Mary Faye

 

Greetings Papa Warren,

I write this email to;

#1. officially put on record that the people of Namatala in particular  ( and members of Ebenezer Baptist Church inclusive) are seriously hit by famine at the moment;

#2. Seek for your prayers for the people of Namatala - Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Famine is very common in Uganda at a time like this especially in slum areas and in Semi - arid areas of  Karamoja and Teso regions. At this period of time, the prices of food are high. Worse for this year, the rains delayed meaning the planting time was delayed and so will the harvest time. Usually at this time some people begin harvesting beans. However, in most gardens, beans are just flowering. It will take about 3 to 4 weeks from now for the food to come to the market and the prices to start dropping.

Our people in Namatala we know are sleeping without meals even some members of the church. The children too are affected including those attending Ebenezer Christian School. Most times they end up with the food they eat at the school for lunch. When they reach their homes, they sleep hungry until the following day.

We are also praying that it will not continue to rain the way it is now as too much rain will destroy crops in the gardens especially when they are flowering.

And prayers are much more coveted for our people in Bududa who are displaced by the mudslides. Some of them have died and others can not be traced.

Thank you so much,

Julius