A Few Highlights from the Scripture Union Uganda Annual Mission

             (Some excerpts from the official report which we received this week)

The love of God for the people of this [Northern] region has been evident in the positive way they continue to recover from a time of war by the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that came to be known all over the world for its brutal acts in Northern Uganda. With peace in the region, a new generation is already visible in some of the children, while those who were affected by the war have recovered or continue on their journey to recovery.

The 2017 Annual mission held from 17th to 28th June came 9 years after the last major SU Annual mission to Northern Uganda. The mission team visited 135 rural and urban based schools in the districts of Agago, Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo, Omoro and Pader. The majority of the schools visited were rural based. It was clear that many of the region’s young people are still affected by poverty, poor education standards and the lack of opportunities to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

God enabled us reach 43868 children, 15119 youth and 847 adults with the good news of Jesus Christ, a program that also involved life skills sessions on sexual purity, career guidance and counseling. The mission teams experienced God opening doors in schools founded by various denominations and with various affiliations, a clear testimony of how God is able to work in all schools.

We bless God that 22469 children, 4565 youth and 169 teachers indicated that they trusted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour during the mission.

Through the life skills sessions on sexual purity, 6533 commitment cards were signed by young people as a sign of a commitment to God to remain sexually pure till marriage.

In 2012, Scripture Union launched a values program, which seeks to equip churches to teach Godly Values in nearby school classrooms. This program is called VOICE (Values Orientation In Classroom Education). Under the program, a high quality and easy to use values curriculum is developed for this purpose. The mission team saw a great need to reach out to the districts visited with this program. Our prayer is that God will open doors of partnership and provision to enable us start the program in some of the districts reached. This way, we will support these commitments

Raymond’s Story

Okot Raymond, a Volunteer with Scripture Union in the northern region felt un-loved for many years by his father, who lived a polygamous lifestyle. He had been praying for his father and had shared with other people to pray for him. Raymond was surprised that during a mission visit by one of the teams to a school where his father is the head teacher, the good news was shared and his father was the first to come forward to trust Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour. Raymond is thankful to God for this answered prayer which he believes will bring about transformation in his family. Raymond says today, “I still confirm that this mission visit was meant for me, and to bring a change in my family.”