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It was not easy thinking to yourself what may happen in the coming days as
you travel to a religiously restricted area. This was my first thought to myself as I traveled up to a religious district of Uganda, North of Arua. I was quite nervous and did not know what to expect, but on the very first day, God granted me peace I needed. 
By the second day, I was already pumped and began to see a light in my heart that I need to reach out to these people, or at least empower the youths to reach out to the people. 
After the third day being here, I was very much pumped and expressed my concern to the youths we were training of how important it is to reach out to them. I tell you, my fear was completely gone.
It was honestly a tiring week and today was the final session that I had to teach. It's not easy when you look at how crammed the schedule is and knowing that everyday, you are requested to do two lessons, one-two hours each.
At the end of the teaching, we commissioned the youths to be the light of this dark dark area. It was not only an encouragement to them, but for myself, personally it was a great encouragement.
I would like to encourage you about a comment that a friend of mine made while I reported to him of the things I witnessed. These were his exact words:
"My friend, your calling is much greater than your fear." --Isaac ______. Due to security reasons, I will not give the full name. When he said that to me, boy did my heart jump and once again, it was another reminder from God that I should not fear in these circumstances.
Now that the door is opened partially, it's time to think of how we can push the door so that it is fully open. Only time will tell, only time will tell......
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
It makes perfect sense. Isn't that the mission Jesus left behind for us as His disciples? If you read the Great Commission carefully, you make disciples that those you make would obey the words of Christ, and one of the commandments is to make disciples. Neat!
Mission Rises Out Of Discipleship.
I just wanted to share this graphic with you. Keep looking and tell God what you believe that He's been saying to you as of late.
Have you dug before? Well yesterday I had a very tiring day digging. What do I mean by digging? Basically farming and digging out the bad from the soil and keeping the good. The good in this case was maize. 
On Thursday, a good friend of mine, Dennis, asked if I was available for Martyrs' Day (June 3) and that he wanted to bring me to go digging. It was already an adventure walking to his village/garden to dig because you would have many Ugandans ask in Lugbara "Can the white man manage?" or "Is the white man serious about digging?" or "What's the white man doing with a hoe?"
We were at the garden, began digging at 9:00am and ended around 1:00pm.
The last time I dug was using a pick-axe to dig a septic tank in Bolivia. Even that, you cannot consider it digging compared to the farming type of digging. For us in Canada, we are too used to convenience and used to having only the farmers do the work with their tractors, not with a hoe. Here in Africa, everybody digs! The young ones are trained early in their age and continue on until they can no longer pick up a hoe.
I tell you, it's one tiring yet fun experience since I had a group of individuals to talk, laugh and joke around. 
Would I do it again? DEFINITELY! I would do it every weekend if there's something for me to dig.
By the second day, I was already pumped and began to see a light in my heart that I need to reach out to these people, or at least empower the youths to reach out to the people. 
After the third day being here, I was very much pumped and expressed my concern to the youths we were training of how important it is to reach out to them. I tell you, my fear was completely gone.
It was honestly a tiring week and today was the final session that I had to teach. It's not easy when you look at how crammed the schedule is and knowing that everyday, you are requested to do two lessons, one-two hours each.
At the end of the teaching, we commissioned the youths to be the light of this dark dark area. It was not only an encouragement to them, but for myself, personally it was a great encouragement.
