Hippo Lakes Day Three

We got to sleep in a bit today as we didn't need to be at breakfast until 9:30. We walked from our tent to the lodge and were met on the way by Bob Williamson6. I sat by Bob W. at breakfast and learned a bit more about him. I am hoping that we will be able to connect with him and his wife in Phoenix at some point.

Martin Deacon, President of TEN, opened this morning's session by highlightening TEN's mission. He indicated that TEN's goal is transformed lives. They emphasize not just making disciples but equipping them so they become mature in their faith.

After Martin's introduction, we had a heard a session by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson on Releasing God's Blessing of an Enlarged Territory, The Prayer An Enlarged Territory based on the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chron 4:10b.

The first part of this session dealt with the components of Jabez's prayer.

The second part of this session dealt with misconceptions related to an enlarged territory.

Bob and I found this session to be extremely personal and challenging. God is using this material to change our hearts. We are praying for wisdom as to the direction He wants us to go.

During break, Bob met a couple that had actually lived in Palouse Washington. Palouse is a VERY small town in eastern Washington where we once owned an apartment building. It is so surprising to meet aomeone who lived in Palouse all the way in South Africa! We decided to have lunch with them and learn more about their journey that lead them to TEN.

At lunch, we were joined by Samuel from Uganda. He is the National Director of Scripture Union. Scripture Union has an excellent reputation in Uganda. The schools in Uganda look to Scripture Union for material and workers to help establish Christian principles in the schools. Scripture Union teaches the Bible to junior high and high school students all throughout Uganda. This humble man has the ear of many politicians.

We were also joined by Brian from Uganda. He is a very charismatic young man who took it upon himself to start teaching the TEN material to both students and members of Samuel's organization just to see how the material was recieved. After students and teachers were loving the material, Brian decided he needed to approach Samuel because he was infringing a bit on Samuel's territory. Brian met with Samuel and gave him the material. Samuel loved the material. They are now partnering together to reach the nation of Uganda for Christ.

The beauty of the TEN material is that it points people first to Christ; secondly, to the Bible; and thirdly, to practical ways to live out the Word

After lunch, we walked back to our tent discussing all the God is doing in Uganda.

I had some work to get done and then I worked on the blog until I got a message that we could go on a game drive. I quickly put on my shoes, grabbed my pack. Bob and I were off to meet MJ, one of the rangers.

MJ drove us back to the lodge where we picked up Jenni. It was just the three of us in the range rover. MJ is a very knowledgeable guide and we learned a lot.

We saw wilderbeasts, ostriches, guinea fowl, wart hogs, springbok, impalas, cape buffalo, nyalas, zebras and blesboks.

I should add at this point that I am only posting pictures from my phone. I am also taking photos with my camera. I just do not have time to process the pictures right now. I am hoping to be able to process them on our very long flight home. I will then repost better photos-well, I hope they will be better.

We got back from the game drive a bit late (the rangers love their jobs so much and love being out in the bush that they-and us as well-loose all track of time. Consequently, we were a little late to dinner.

After dinner, Martin had the official opening of the conference session. We watched the Podcast again about how God led Dr. Bruce Wilkinson to begin TEN.

We then headed back to our tent with our hearts and minds being very challenged.Read more