Dear Brothers and sisters, I would like to share with you this strange experience that happened to me in October 2012, maybe it will strengthen you as you serve the Lord. God called my wife to leave all her businesses in Kampala City, Uganda, and take the light of Jesus Christ back to her home village far away, near Kiwoko Town, Nakaseke District.
It was very difficult for her and our family but in the end she obeyed and started a wooden church in this area in May 2009. While I was building a house of residence for her near this church in early 2012 I realized that her house was more beautiful than the wooden church. Then I heard a voice, in my inner spirit, from heaven saying: “How can you build a beautiful house for your wife when my house is so ugly?” Then that night, in a dream, I actually saw that this wooden church looked like a very dirty stinking pig’s house. W
hen I woke up I firmly decided to build God a new House at the same location, no matter how much it would cost me. The problem was that most of the members in this church are from very low income homes. Total collections (tithes and offerings) from a well attended Sunday service average Uganda Shs. 20,000 (about US $10) only. So I told my wife not to make any collections for constructing the new church. I requested so because until God reveals it to someone, many Christians find building God’s house a great burden.
I did not want the house of God to be a house of pain to this young church. I said to myself: I will use my salary and any contributions from friends to do this work. The picture of the church before and soon after work started is indicated in figure
Figure 1: The wooden church (left) and the upcoming brick wall for the new Church (right)