How was your experience at the Bible Institute?
I joined Word of Life Africa Bible Institute [WOLABI] in 2016. By then I was a full time staff. Six months into my service, with the help of my discipler, I realized the need to enroll for studies at the Bible Institute. With a wife, a new born baby, two other kids and work, if I was to take on the rigorous nature of the course, I felt the need to doubly pray and deeply ponder the benefits of studying in relation to the cost of the study.
After consultations with Claire, I decided to take on the course. Since I had just graduated from a three year course in clinical medicine, I thought the Bible Institute would be a walk in the park. To my surprise, the course was quite challenging. At medical school, one did not have to ponder over what they were studying or find ways of applying it in one’s personal life. We studied what to apply to patients. This was not the case with the Bible course. I had to learn, internalize and apply personally what I was learning; a very tough but rewarding experience.
What impression did the professors have on you?
However, when it came to my study at WOLABI, almost every professor challenged me to make a conviction or create a certain form of world view in everything I learned; this was in itself a very good thing, but it made me go an extra mile with what I learnt in the class. The material and the character/testimony of the professors kept challenging me to live my life for the Lord. The professors by God’s grace walked their talk and didn’t brag about it; they constantly pointed us to God who is able to help one practice what is learnt in class. I learnt that the central goal of Christian education is to be an obedient disciple who makes obedient disciples who can in turn make obedient disciples [2 Tim 2:2]. This and many other disciplines have been pivotal in the way we minister and teach younger and older people in our community.
Where are you now?
My wife and I are currently serving and running a ministry in Mitiyana called Esuubi Community Outreach Ministry. We serve our community through free medical outreaches and using this as an opportunity to reach out to our patients with the gospel. We run children and teens camps, oversee a Christian school and as well as Pastoring at a local church we planted.
Our prayer is that by God’s grace Claire and I will continue to grow in our relationship with the Lord and with each other; so that we continue to be a centerpiece of God’s grace and a tool in God’s hand to minister grace and truth to all the people He has called us to serve. May He find us Faithful!
