My first three days here in Uganda are in Iganga. This was one of the towns I came to on my first trip to Uganda, back in 2010. At that time Pastor David was running a school here. The building was very rough and far from the building standard, so the local authorities stepped in and tore it down. They have since changed the location of the school to a nearby village where they have been able to get enough land to have gardens and livestock to help feed the children.
These are some of the children in the original school at Iganga. Of course, they would all be young men and women now.
Iganga is a large town (population around 54,000) in the eastern region of Uganda. Typically African, it has heaps of markets along the road, and (sadly) also piles of rubbish at the roadside. The roads themselves, even those that are sealed, are in appallingly bad condition, and are heavily congested.
The church where I am ministering is on the same site as the old school, and is not in much better shape than the school was. They are in the process of raising a new building, but finance is limited so progress is slow. At the moment it stands about five bricks high.
I am speaking at a three-day conference, again primarily to pastors and leaders. I so love that I get to do this! The responses for the first two days have been great, and I am believing for the Holy Spirit to do something really special here tomorrow.
The spiritual atmosphere here in Uganda is quite oppressive, and I have been under some heavy attack, but I am holding on to my victory in Christ. The attack just tells me that God has something good planned.