Kasese Mission

In 2004 Muhindo Paul, received his first Bible. He started searching for the Truth and was on a journey to seek and understand the scriptures and the life God was calling him to. He found and became part of a Church in Kasese, Uganda. During his instruction, Muhindo Paul learned God's word and passionately started to evangelize throughout Uganda and the bordering towns in the Congo and Rwanda. He continued his quest to study and preach the gospel. 

In 2016 Muhindo started praying to find the Kingdom of God. Through his study of the scriptures, he realized the fellowship he was a part of was not teaching and practicing all that the scriptures taught and were doctrinally incorrect. Muhindo started a congregation in Kasese, and in some of the villages, he evangelized with the members totaling 60 adults and 40 children. 

In April 2020, Muhindo persistently reached out through an internet Facebook connection to Mark Harmon. Mark is a member of the Caledonia Church of Christ in Galion, Ohio. Mark started doing online Bible studies with Muhindo. He then became connected with Johnson Namei, the leader of the Kampala ICOC church, and Richard Ahenda, the leader of several East African ICOC churches. God heard Muhindo's prayers and connected him to men who would help him learn the scriptures and get connected to the Kingdom of God. 

"What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe as the Lord assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow" (1 Corinthians 3:5-6) 

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body. So it is with Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:12)

Gods' orchestration and plan used many servants in His Kingdom to do their part and work together, and God would make it grow. In January of 2018, Tracey Camier, a disciple in the DFW Church, created a vision board. As God placed it on her heart to start praying for Africa, she had a vision to serve with her family there one day. In January 2021, she shared this vision with her Bible Talk. Within days Tracey saw a post on the ICOC Facebook page with photos of flooding in rural areas of Kasese Uganda, affecting children and those in need. Tracey and her husband Jacques reached out to Juliet Nyongoma and her husband, Muhindo Paul. They needed resources and support to help the poor and needy affected by the flood and the pandemic. Jacques began to study the Bible with Muhindo and some of his church members over Google Meet. Tracey and Jacques built a close friendship with Muhindo and Juliet and were in contact almost daily. They spent much time praying and petitioning God for the specific requests of poor families and children in need in their community. They also prayed that they would meet with the brothers and Sisters in the Ugandan ICOC Churches.

Meanwhile, in February 2021, our Sister Dolores Tilton, a Pediatric Nurse from the Chicago Church of Christ, was intrigued by a Facebook post of a cute little boy holding a big Bible. Dolores started a conversation with Juliet. She found out about the many needs of poor and orphaned children in Kasese and was inspired to fundraise for these children. In Mid-March, Dolores and her husband, Todd, prayed and wrote a letter that Muhindo delivered to the Disciples of the Kampala Church, connecting them with Martin Mpanga, a director working with vulnerable children/orphans. God answered Dolores and Todd's prayers. Kasese was not on the radar for planting a church there by the ICOC church in Kampala, Uganda. As we know, God sometimes works in mysterious and unexpected ways. In early March 2021, Martin and his wife Flavia visited the Kasese region for the family business and posted a picture on the church forum, "The Beauty of Kasese Hills." That ignited Richard Ahenda to share about Muhindo, whom he had been in contact with for nearly a year. Martin and Flavia visited Muhindo and some of the members of his church. These members, including Paul, had not studied repentance and baptism. In the months that followed, God orchestrated the American disciples and the Disciples in Uganda to provide funding, Bible studies, and training for a Mission team of ten Ugandan disciples to journey to Kasese. The group of disciples would study the Bible with Muhindo and Juliet and many others with open hearts hungry to learn the Word of God. Over the weekend of May 22nd and 23rd, 2021, five Kasesian men: Muhindo Paul, Venesiyo Bwambale, Silven Bwambale, Jairus Bwambale, Bright Kuule, and one Kasesian woman: Claudina Masika, repented and were baptized, making Jesus Lord of their lives. As of June 2021 sixteen, more souls are studying the Bible learning the Truth and seeking to become part of God's Kingdom.

Open, eager, earnest hearts continue to search for the Kingdom of God and His Truth. The Holy Spirit brought together men and women on two continents and different cities in the United States and Africa to answer prayers of faith and fulfill the desires of the hearts of those seeking Him. Glory Be to God!