Communigy leaders Seminar Komelsland, Tanzania
They had two afternoons reserved for sports (Jokku  the rules are similar to volley ball, but uses foot instead of hand) to build friendship with the seminar attendees:  Monday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon.  I convinced them that they did not need the second friendship building game on Wednesday but they need something regarding the basic theology.   I ended up taking the slack and I taught Church Leaders Seminar Wednesday afternoon.  I decided to tell them about God, and covered the subjects of Trinity, Jesus Christ  God-man  a fully God and a fully man, and the works of Holy Spirit.  They had a graduation ceremony Friday morning, handing out the certificates.

Women Leaders s leaders Seminar Komelsland, Tanzania

  Three ladies, , Mrs. (Hannah) Hai-Ja Jo, and Mrs. Sarah U. Chun, taught this seminar.  Mrs. Oak-Hyun Shin led the seminar and they covered the subjects of Abundant Life, Power of Salvation, Purpose Driven Life, Christian Parenting, Repentance, Forgiveness, Suffering, Christian Life, Prayer, QT Life, Christian Home, Health, and Nutrition.   They prepared well and received well by women leaders.  They prepared many class decorations, and many other teaching aids needed for the class. They had a graduation ceremony Friday morning, handing out the certificates.

 We woke up at 5:30 AM and were waiting for the Land Rover, but the Land Rover never showed up even at 7 AM.  They found out that the same one used by three ladies and Mr. Kim supposed to come back, but it missed the ferry schedule and could not arrive on time.  Pastor Patrick went toward Sengerema to get another Land Rover, but he was not likely to return soon.  Pastor Muheta suggested that we rent a small fishing boat that is equipped with a motor and Pastor Megembe found one.  Now our plan is to use a fishing boat to arrive at Sengerema, and rent a Land Rover there to Mwanza.  Following this plan, we did not have to wait for a ferry to cross from Kome Island to Sengerema.  Because we did not have to wait for a ferry to Sengerema, this actually saved time for us. Riding on a dingy, a small fishing boat, on Lake Victoria was an experience I can not easily forget. Also because of this, we could not say a final farewell to Pastor Patrick.

Retuurn to Uganda, and Special Outreach Kamuil, Uganda
When five of us, Pastors Muheta and Magembe, Messrs. John Son and Hanchul Do and myself, arrived at Sengerema, the boat just arrived on the rocky shore and we had to wade through to land on a dry land.  It was some operation with all our luggage, a generator , and other equipment for showing movies.  Pastor Muheta talked to one of the Land Rover, and we all boarded on the vehicle at about 10 AM, and Pastor Muheta told the driver how to get to Mwanza in a shortest possible way.  We arrived at the ferry station a little after 1 PM.  We had to wait for a long time for a ferry to arrive, but eventually we made to Mwanza.  Mr. Patrick, an assistant for Pastor Apolonary came out to greet us.  The Land Rover driver demanded 150,000 schillings and I only had 120,000 schillings.  Mr. Patrick, after calling Pastor Apolonary, gave me 30,000 schillings so that we could settle the matter.  When part of our team (three ladies and Mr. Kim) left Kome Island the day before, they paid only 100,000 schillings from Kome Island to Mwanza.  They said that their fare was one way fare because it was pre-arranged, but we just hired the vehicle on the spot and we thanked Pastors Muheta and Magembe for all they had done.  Mr. Patrick took three of us, Messrs. John Son and Hanchul Do and myself, to Mwanza Christian Center at about 4 PM.  We met three ladies and Mr. Kim who left a day earlier, and also met the team that went to Ukelewe Island.  We also atteneded the crusade at Mwanza.  A team New York was ministering the adult seminars at Mwanza.
We went back to Nsangi, Uganda by the way we came to Mwanza at the end of the day on August 2, Monday.  We had one day of mission evaluation on August 3, and we were asked to go out to towns that had not been covered by the previous mission teams.  This was a two day outreach.  Our team consisted of Evangelist Jay Lee and his wife Jane Lee, Mrs. Shin-Young Ro, Mrs. Soon-Ja Cho, Mrs. Mankeum M. Tuggle, Mr. Melbin Kim and my self.  Our team visited a town called Kamuli that is located east of Nile River.   This is where Nile River starts at the northern end of Lake Victoria.  In this region, Ugandan is not understood and Kamuli dialect is used.  Pastor Kayogera Godfrey from the region came to Nsangi and was leading us to Kamuli.  On the way to Kamuli, we visited an orphanage to deliver to the children there some of the leftover gifts such as pens, pencil sharpeners, calculators, etc.  At the orphanage, I was asked to give them a sermon and gave them a short one based on four spiritual laws.   It took about three hour to get to Kamuli.  As part of the protocol, we met many government leaders, such as the governor of the district and a special presidential advisor.  When we arrived at the local church, the people in the church were waiting for us, singing and dancing.  They also served us their own food.  The food was simple and was not the best we could find in American restaurants, but I saw their love for us in the simple food they served us and I enjoyed it greatly.  Evangelist Lee taught Romans to church leaders, and the ladies taught the African ladies a short version of Women Leaders seminar.  Mr. Melbin Kim and I talked to the community leaders about the essence of Saemaul campaign.  We had a lot of questions from them and tried to answer them as best we can.  The desire to have a better material life was as strong in Kamuli as in Kome Island.  On the night we arrived, Evangelist Lee showed a Jesus film after a great difficulty getting the right AC power.  We only had about four hours in the afternoon on August 4 and about four hours in the morning on August 5, and could not give them as detailed information as we did for a week long seminar.  We rode back to Nsangi in the afternoon on August 5. I left Entebbe air port on August 6, Friday.  I  had been in Africa for five weeks, and was finally heading for home. 

Conclusions
Every time I go on a short term mission like the one I just  completed, I feel that I get more blessed than I helped any one in the mission field.  Maybe this is the way it works, because the Lord said, ¡°it is more blessed to give than to receive(Acts 20:35).¡± I also praise what Missionary Paul Kim did in the last ten years in central Africa.  He started in Rwanda in 1994, and now he has a tremendous influence not only in Rwanda but also in Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo.  I pray that the Lord's blessing would continue to be upon his ministry and on his household. 

The target people in the mission field get an encouragement by the simple fact that someone they do not know come and help them.  But the people who go on a mission, either short term or long term, receive a greater blessing, because these experiences change their lives as ones they can offer for the Lord.

I felt such closeness to African brothers and sisters simply because they were Christians.  When God blessed Abraham, He did this so that ¡°all peoples on earth will be blessed through you (Abraham)[Genesis 12:3].¡±  God loves all the peoples of the world.  They are our brothers and sisters.

Father in the heaven had only one Son, but He sent His one and only Son as a missionary from the heaven to the earth, and the Son, our Lord says, ¡°As Father has sent me, so I am sending you(John 20:21).¡±    We are all sent to spread the Gospel until the end comes (Matthew 24:14).
                           (THE END)