A South African who recently travelled to Uganda relates his experience:
“While in Uganda on other business, I received an impromptu invitation to preach at an Anglican church in the village of Nasuti, in the Iganga region. It was easily one of the most memorable parts of my trip!
It was the 11am Sunday service in the village – the one that was compulsory for the high schoolers from the nearby boarding school to attend. As I approached the church, I could hear the singing and dancing of the 300 teenagers inside. I definitely had a good warm up as I joined them in worship. Given the impromptu nature of my visit, I certainly didn’t have a sermon ready for this vibrant and energetic group. It was also of note that this was a mixed group with backgrounds in different faiths.
I was so grateful for my training as an otLIVE instructor…
With otLIVE, I could immediately start teaching them the big picture of God’s story in an interactive way. And they soon got into it! I definitely got their attention when I told them that they didn’t need to be taking notes and started engaging them with handsigns and questions and movement! Many commented to me afterwards that they had never seen anything like this before.
As we got to the Old Testament story of the Passover, I was able to explain to them how Jesus came to be our Passover lamb and give a clear Gospel presentation. Praise God that 50% of the teenagers accepted Jesus as their Saviour!
I also had the opprtunity after the service to meet with the head boy from the school and the associate pastor from the church – both of whom were moved by what had transpired. They commented specifically about the authenticity of the salvation decision taken by so many of the teenagers. The head boy reflected on the ‘genuineness’ of the moment and that his peers didn’t just do things to please people. I was so encouraged by this and also excited to hear about their plans to disciple these new believers.
I was humbled to realize how God had prepared this opportunity in advance and grateful that I was able to respond with otLIVE – a tool that can be used anywhere in any context, with or without props, be it in a rural African village or a first world context.
There is indeed much fertile ground in Uganda – and by God’s providence, several new otLIVE instructors have been trained in Uganda, just this year. May they have much favour and open doors to teach in many schools and churches throughout the country.”
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