What they said in Church last week.

Dec. 2016  I get excited when I see UPG on the screen each week in our church.   Every week we spotlight the ministry and church planting work of one of the families that sends their children to our school.   Many of our families work with unreached people groups, or UPGs.    Afrirca Inland Mission defines  an unreached people group as a group of people who have less than 2% as Evangelical Christians.  There are at least 600 unreached people groups on the continent of Africa.  Each week we get to hear from students, parents or representatives about the work that is happening in UPGs all over Africa. God is doing a great  work in Africa.  Please also realize that God uses his people and his church to reach the unreached. When you and your church partner with missionaries like us in Africa, you are a significant part of reaching unreached people.  

A few weeks ago, some of my students stood on the stage and shared how their parents have finally been able to baptize new believers in a UPG after years of work.   Another pair of my students shared 2 weeks before that of the dire need of mission work in a remote place in Uganda with a UPG   Until now, there has been no one working with the tribe that their parents are moving to work with.   This tribe is not only unreached but it is referred to as an "unengaged people group".  This means that there is no church planting work begun yet.   Since my students shared with our church/school congregation, 2 doctors and and another couple have come forward to commit to working with this people group.  Wow, an immediate answer to prayers.

Hopefully you read here just a bit of the significance of the body of Christ and your role.   We need to pray for workers to to go to a harvest that is ripe.  We need senders to equip those who are called to go.  We need others like Amanda and I to meet the educational, spiritual, physical and social  needs of the children of the workers.   We see that many of our students are graduating and still involved with a kingdom mind set and are working to reach unreached.      So keep praying for more workers, keep sending workers, keep your church involved, and keep us in your prayers.  PLEASE See the PRAYER  REQUEST SECTION of the Blog for specific request.