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Opportunities Abound. Because of your generosity and faithful prayers, we served 238 students from 8 countries over the last academic year. With ten full-time lecturers and ten more adjuncts, we offered 214 courses to train East African leaders in evangelism, discipleship, and church planting. These students will return to their communities, or new ones God calls them to, to share Christ in recent months.
Join Us in Prayer:
A member of our team was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Please pray for her and her family as she undergoes treatment and begins the recovery process.
Light in the Darkness
Through the ups and downs of the COVID pandemic, God has allowed us to continue to share the gospel and His love, though not necessarily in the ways we had planned. Schools across Uganda closed in March 2020, only to reopen and reclose several times over the past two years. During that time, our students and graduates have continued to faithfully spread the good news to their families, friends and neighbors. They have brought unbelievers to Christ and discipled many new Christians. They have also sought to meet the physical and emotional needs of their corners of East Africa.
Feeding the Soul
Our team recognized that many students struggled to feed their families and needed help to get through these difficult days. UBS reached out to Send Relief, our Southern Baptist relief response organization (sendrelief.org). Through the generous donations of SBC churches, more than 60 families from UBS and a nearby village received much-needed food supplies for two months. Not only were people able to satisfy their physical hunger, but every time a family received food, we shared the gospel with them. We are excited to testify that seven people received salvation through Jesus and are now part of God’s kingdom because of the love that you enabled us to share through your generosity. Thank you! Truly, God’s Church is an international family working for His glory!
Retirement of a Precious Influence on our Students
After 17 years of helping UBS equip church leaders, Mrs. Florence Ekadu, known on campus as “Mama Flo,” retired at the end of January. Faculty, staff and students will all miss her humble spirit and guiding hand. She has done great work over the years.
Prayer Needs:
From the jagged Atlas Mountains to the vast Sahara Desert and the wildlife of the Serengeti, Africa is unrivaled for natural beauty and the hospitality of her people. Most Sub-Saharan Africans live hand-to-mouth, surviving on what they can harvest and herd, but regardless of status or wealth, most Africans share a common bond in community, family, and tribe.
Home to 2,500 ethnic groups, the region once characterized by sweeping poverty is redefining itself with bustling economies and technological enterprise. Eleven of the twenty-five fastest-growing global cities are in Sub-Saharan Africa. Whether urban-or-village dwellers, though, many Africans still try to manipulate spiritual powers through charms, sacrifices, and divination. The hope of the gospel is desperately needed.
African believers are catching a vision for sharing their faith. Sub-Saharan Africa is poised to become a tremendous missionary-sending force. Ask God to fan the flames of evangelism and cover Africa with his glory.