Andrew and Jaclyn Stensaas

Meagan, Addison, BryAnna and Carter

PO Box 1761 Mbale Uganda 011-256-77-288-2263

PRAYER LETTERS

Feb—April 08

              Newest Family Member—We are happy to announce the birth  of our fourth child and FIRST son, Bryan Carter Stensaas.  He was born in the capital, Kampala, on April 17^th and weighed 8 ˝ pounds.  He is named after 2 special godly people in his life, both my father and father-in-law have the same first name - Bryan.  Thank you for praying for my wife and for our new little one.  If you would like to see more pictures of little Bryan and our family visit our website at www.stensaasmission.org. (Hey you're here, just scroll down to the bottom to see the pictures!) 

March News—Easter Sunday we had a good service with over 120 people in attendance, in spite of a downpour     outside!  Several of the church people put on a drama of the    crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.  They did a great job and even though none were saved many visitors were able to hear the gospel clearly that day.

Owino Peter, whom I spoke about in our last prayer    letter, was baptized the end of March along with 4 others.      Continue to pray for him as he grows in the Lord.

Salvation in a Muslim School—My wife had the privilege of leading a young lady to the Lord in a Muslim school a few weeks back.  Brenda, a new Christian with a desire to see her    family saved, wanted Jacky to visit her cousin Rita at her Muslim boarding school. This next part is in my wife’s own words.  “Brenda and I went to the school and asked permission for Rita to come out of classes to talk with us.  Rita came out to meet us in the full Muslim dress.  Even though she is not Muslim, she is required to wear the clothes.  Everyone inside the compound of the school wore the Muslim dress.  Everyone greeted each other with the typical Muslim greeting.  It was very intimidating being inside, surrounded by Muslims, and about to share the Gospel with this young girl.  We were given a bench in the schoolyard to sit and talk.  I knew we would never be able to share the gospel with Rita with all these Muslims walking around within hearing distance of us.  But the Lord was working ahead of us and the bench ‘happened’ to be broken!  We were then taken to a small room inside the school.  It was very quiet and private and there in that room Rita heard the Gospel and accepted Christ as her Saviour in a muslim school!”  Pray for Rita that she will grow in her Christian life.  She is never allowed to leave the school, but we are trying to get special permission for her to be able to come to church on Sundays.

Upcoming Events—The next few months will be full with special things going on. Pray for a Children’s Camp that will take place May 19-23.  Also on May 25-28, we will have our  annual Missions conference along with a preacher’s fellowship with all the Ugandan pastors from the Eastern side of Uganda.  We want to help these national pastors to see how they can have a part in supporting national missionaries.  The first of June I will be taking a trip down into Rwanda with our Asst. Director Eric Bohman to look at how open Rwanda is for missionaries to work in.  Pray with us for these upcoming events! 

                                        FAMILY PICTURES

        Baby Carter                                                        Four little munchkins                                                 The Babysitter

                                           Ministry Pictures

Easter drama acted by our church members

Mbale Independent Baptist Church

 Building Program

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