Uganda is commonly reffered as the "Pearl of Africa".Its a landlocked country in the northern shores of lake Victoria. Its most famous for being the source of River Nile that serves Sudan, Kenya and Northe Africa. It has strong culure which has been preserved for generation thrrough King Mutesa, Kabaka and the famous Buganda kingdom. At the invitation of AMG-Uganda our paths met at Kampala for the remarkable conference.
Uganda has the largest percentage of professed Christians of
any nation in Africa.Uganda is known for being a spiritually rich country in East and Central Africa. And
this can be traced back to 1877 when the Church Missionary Society through the
invitation of British explorer Henry Stanley deployed the missionary to serve
Mutesa, and Kabaka(king) of Buganda. Uganda serves as host to the famous engendered mountainous gorilla.
It has the Martyrs shrines which serves as reminder of how costly did the 22 young men had to pay for their salvation.They choose to obey their Savior than mere kings of the earth.They are commemorated June 3rd every year for their courage, honesty and allegiance to their saviour even to death.

And it was so refreshing and encouraging to join pastors and other church leaders from east Africa region for this exception conference whose
theme was” If you have seen me, You have seen the father”.
In small groups we
were united together with common concern, common faith and common savior and a
deeper desire to further the establishment of God’s kingdom through in-depth
biblical studies and conversation of who God is and the significance of Him as
the father in our lives. In the picture is me, Casey(USA) and Pst Solomon that we have been working together in nomadic ministries.
I had an opportunity to visit the graveyard for these
martyrs and my heart was broken apart as locals narrate to us how these men of
courage chose death over life and indeed God’s kingdom has come again and it was
time for deeper reflection on the issues of persecution, suffering and pain.
We had plenary sessions where we engage and seek to grow our own understanding of
God as the Alpha and Omega during the conference in Kampala. It was insightful to have the speakers dialogue in heart to heart conversation.
And what a beauty and significance again to be in Uganda-the
home and origin of the East-Africa revival movement which reignited the region
in 1936. The revival produced deep desire for spiritual transformation of
countries such as Zaire, Tanzania and Kenya among others
One of the graves that struck me was that one of first
Anglican Bishop James Hannington of the Church of Uganda. He was killed on
October 1885 and true to his faith in Christ he chose to die so that Uganda can
have opportunity to be liberated from all evils for through the blood of Our
savior Jesus Christ.
While on a visit to his grave in Namirembe Cathedral these
words “Tell the Kabaka that I die for Uganda” in described on his grave tell
its all. This was followed by the other martyrs.
The king(Mwanga) became
increasingly uncomfortable when he realized that some of his servants were
putting their loyalty to Christ and pay little to the traditional royalty and
unfortunately on 3rd June 1886 he ordered the killing of twenty six
of his servants-thirteen Anglicans and twelve Catholics.
And to hundreds of us this was just a memorable moment that
brings back the memories of these men who demonstrated courage, sacrifice for
what they firmly believed and testimony of a fight faithfully fought even unto
lake of fire.
The retired Bishop Dr Edward Muhima of the Church of Uganda who is not only leading community and church
figure in Uganda and East Africa but a very symbol of simplicity and humility emphasized
during the conference that we must have faith to believe God’s word, truth in
what is written and humility in understanding both that God is and can be
known.
A very remarkable and God fearing servant alluded that
indeed God IS and HE may be KNOWN. From my years as a student of theology- I
would have expected a person of his caliber to be very philosophical and
complicated in the presentation of his sermon. The Rtd Bishop taught with much
humility and clarity. Our understanding of God as ALPHA and OMEGA continues to
provide moral strength and courage even in the face of challenges that are
enormous in the service to God and Humanity

We were blessed at the conference to hear profound teachings
and preaching from other notable men of God from Uganda and beyond. There were seminars on the Righteousness of
God, the Just and loving God, the place of our family and the concept of all
powerful and creator God.
And throughout the plenary session I struggled with
equating these amazing attributes of God with historical realities and current
challenges facing Christians globally.My heart and head were challenged and i saw the sovereignty of God as creator, righteous who will punish sin justly.
Carl Willis who was one of the invited speakers amazed us at how God is not just the creator of heaven and earth but also the All Powerful God.He emphasized on His love and righteousness.
This conference brought together church leaders from
East-Africa for a time of fellowship and sharing. We relearn again and again,
we relate to each other in the spirit of togetherness and rest for spiritual
renewal and transformation.
And after the end of week conference it was clear from faces
of church leaders that indeed we came alongside to share our faith, our deepest
concern, our hopes, our suffering, our victory and tremendous stories of courage
and resilience in the ministry.
I saw Jesus Christ and I was satisfied that
indeed I have met with a loving. Just, all powerful, alpha and omega God as
described in his word. We renew our energy and passion for evangelism and
intentional discipleship of the African-Church and beyond. I now return back to the ministry of serving the nomads with new energy and insgights learned from that gathering of church leaders from East Africa and beyond