Discipleship Training

By the grace of God we did it!  We finished our Discipleship Training tonight and it was an amazing experience and opportunity!  We started setting up our tent in the front yard early Friday afternoon.  By around 4:30 we had a good enough group of students to get started.  One of the most exciting things about this weekend was seeing 7 different churches and organizations represented. 

We had a great time walking through discipleship truths in the scripture from the Great Commission to the Thessalonian legacy.  Each of our guys, Cassidy, Robert, and PD, did a great job sharing what God had put on his heart.  The students were so focused and grateful for the opportunity and it was such a privilege to share with them. 

We started early Saturday morning and many of them were waiting for us at 9am!  We spent the entire day teaching through different biblical and practical lessons on discipleship.  We enjoyed another traditional Ugandan meal with all of the students at lunch and continued the training that afternoon.  We wrapped up at 5pm and heard some great responses from the students.  Many of them had written down 10 names on an oikos card that they had committed to pray for and begin to reach out to.

Our goal and hope was to set the foundation and urge these students to take up the mantle of discipleship themselves.  Now, after we leave, the pastors of the local churches as well as the Skinners and their team will do the job of follow up and holding these students accountable to live out a life of discipleship. 

So, keep praying for these students as they start their semester.  Pray God would give them boldness to make disciples.  Pray God would bring other students into their life to be discipled.  Pray the leaders of churches, ministries, and missions would be able to make disciples of their students and hold them accountable.