Living Rays

09/23/2010 Vol. 15 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ We send to you all greetings yet again from Kampala. We thank you for your continued persistence in prayer with us for our brother Joseph Irwaat. God is good all time, yesterday Joseph was discharged from Nsambya hospital at 2 pm. No referral has been confirmed as yet. We were told to take him back at the hospital on 10/05/2010 for a medical examination. Joseph is able to walk now, his voice sounds even more stronger than previously. We took him to his home but on our way, he made us stop so that he could show us where he was attacked from. It was a very emotional situation as he tried to show us how he was beaten, how he was left laying down in-between two blocks of houses, how he tried to knock on some ones door for help and how he got a harsh reply from the inhabitant. A number of people from the neighborhood gathered around us as Joseph was narrating what happened to him. Several of these people were sympathetic with him. It ...

09/16/2010 Vol. 011 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Today has been one of those days that we all thought was going to be normal but turned out abnormal and a shock. One of our church leaders, Joseph Irwaat was today morning mugged by thugs on his way to work. It was just a ten minutes walk from his home when he was attacked by four thugs and severely beaten. He got a serious neck and forehead injury. I was called by his wife at around 8 am today informing me about what had happened. The attack according to Joseph happened at around 5:30 am in the morning. That is the time he usually sets off for work to beat the early morning traffic jam. Joseph lives in Bweyogere which is about a 20 minutes drive into the city. Apparently, three other people were mugged up by thugs today in the same area. Annet, Joseph’s wife says, two of the victims have died today morning. We praise God because Joseph is alive. We took Joseph to Mulago hospital in the morning. Mulago is the biggest hospit...

9/17/2010 Vol. 012 Joseph Irwaat, 49( a leader at the Kampala Church of Christ) was yesterday among four other people that were ambushed by thugs on their way to work in the early morning hours at 5 am on Thursday 16th September 2010. Joseph’s story has featured in today’s leading Luganda local News paper Bukedde. It has been confirmed that four people were ambushed, two have died so far and the other two are hospitalized. We praise God because Joseph is alive. When I visited him today morning in the hospital, Joseph was encouraged to read all your messages, concern and prayers. Joseph went on to say that it had to be the mercy of God that he is alive. According to Bukedde, the four ambushed people were all beaten up using small iron bars locally known as “Katayimbwa”. The intension seems clear enough that the thugs attacked with a goal to kill. Please continue to pray for Joseph and the other survivor. I will be sending you more updates as I get them. One of the doctors has advised ...

9/10/2010 Vol.010 We send to you all greetings in the mighty of Name of our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our hope and prayer is that this finds you all doing great. There are several things that have happened at the Kampala church and elsewhere in Uganda over the last couple of Months. The Churches of Christ under the umbrella of New Testament Churches of Christ (NTCC), in Uganda have an Annual Meeting that brings all of them together in one place. The meetings rotate among the five major towns of Kampala (Central), Mbale (East), Fortportal (West), Mbarara (West) and Jinja town. On the 3rd through the 5th of September 2010, the Churches of Christ gathered in Mbale for this year’s National Meeting. The Theme for the meeting was “United with Christ”. It was a timely Theme at such a time as this when Unity is all that the Church of Christ needs to defeat the attacks and schemes of the Evil one. The guest speaker was Henry Buregea from the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was an eventful...

It has been a time of year that has been mixed with a number of events that have brought both joy and sadness as we continue in our quest to serve God. At the end of July this year, Kampala bid farewell to a friend, sister and missionary. Darla Bennett was the last of the missionaries to leave Kampala on July 29th 2010. A send off party was done in her honor, several people attended. Gifts were given to her and a number of good words were shared by those who know and worked with Darla. We will continue to miss Darla in Kampala. Our prayer is for God to continue to use her wherever she is and in whatever she does. Just a few weeks from then, Kampala was struck by terrorist bomb blasts in two public places in the city during the just concluded world cup finals in South Africa. A number of people lost their lives and several are admitted in hospitals. Mzee Mbazira one of our most committed members in church has a daughter that fell victim of the blasts. Her head was injured but ...

Greetings from Kampala Uganda. I hope that this finds you all doing great. This serves to give you all an update of the bomb attacks that hit Kampala a few days ago. Two places in Kampala were struck by terrorist bomb attacks. Several people have lost their loved and dear ones. A number of the injured are in hospitals. It has been confirmed that the strikes were masterminded by Somali warlords in Somalia. The reason given for their attack is that Uganda must remove their peace keeping forces in Somalia. The situation is kind of tense but we are all getting by. Several bombs have been found and detonated by the police around Kampala. Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. Mzee Mbazira, one of our committed church members has a daughter who is hospitalized in Mulago hospital. This is the biggest hospital in the country. Her head was injured by the blasts during the world cup finals at the Rugby Club in Kampala. She had two friends with her. One of her friends died on...