The Jesus Film

Jesus Film

Today marked the fourth full showing of the Jesus Film in its several different formats. I say full because our very first attempt did not go well. I knew there would be challenges showing the film in areas with no electricity. It took some searching but I was able to come up with a combination of mini battery operated projector and a back up battery pack, external speaker and enough cords and plugs to start my own electronics shop. I tested it out before I left home and thought I had the bugs worked out of it. But TIA (you’ll have to look back in previous posts to see definition of TIA).

The battery in the projector even with the battery pack would not power the unit long enough to watch a whole film. I was glad the first showing was to the children. We explained that this was the preview of what they would see tomorrow. The two next showings we hooked the projector up to a car battery through a  transformer. That seemed to work very well. We were able to show the children’s film and the women’s film with no problems.

The children’s film I have is only in English. For the children at the Emmaus Global Outreach school that is not so much of an issue because they are taught English, plus this is a good practice tool for they English lessons. But in the church we were in today the children did not speak much English so we are showing the regular Jesus Film in Kinyarwanda. And the women’s Film we showed in Swahili. I do wish the children’s film was in Kinyarwanda, that is their native language and it is what is spoken in the homes and around the village. So I believe they would get more out of it if it was in their native language.

When we showed the children’s film at the Emmaus Global Outreach primary school there were appropriately 300 children in attendance. That has been our largest crowd, and I think it may have been to large. The people in the back had a hard time seeing and hearing. For the women’s Film there were about 75 in attendance. I know there were a few, maybe a dozen of the children that raised hands to make a decision to follow Christ after the film. 

Today we had a mixed group of about 200 people but with more children than adults. So we started showing the children’s film in English. This was when we learned the children did not know English so we switched to the regular Jesus Film in Kinyarwanda. And again we had about 75 ladies for the women’s Film which we showed in Swahili.

An invitation was given but with speaking a different language I simply referred anyone wanting more information about being saved by faith in Christ to see one of their own pastors.

Water update. We need to build a fence around the well. We contacted a fencing contractor that works on the Settlement for a bid on the job. Our need is for a fairly small enclosure about 15m x 45m. We were amazed by the extremely high price for such a small job. It was way out of our price range. These contractors are used to doing business with large NGO’s that do not have the budget constraints that we have. We will now put up a block wall that we can do with local labor with a much smaller price tag. But it will still cost money that we do not have at this time.

That is where you can be an vital part of this ministry. These children need your help in getting them the water they desperately need and a fence is part of that need. The Bible tells us not to store up treasure houses here on earth. I know right now there are some of you that need to open your store houses and give to God’s work to these children in Uganda.

Remember that you cannot take it with you, but you can “SEND IT AHEAD”.

If you can help we have a way for you to donate to these children’s needs. Go to www.watchtherefore.tv click on the donate button at the top of the page and please make sure you designate your tax deductible donation to the “Send It Ahead” program. You can further designate your funds by adding; Water, Teachers, or Food. While you’re at the web site please click on the Send It Ahead button at the top of the page to look for more updates and photos from the school.