Dec. 24

Ministry Partners,

It's early here, a warn Christmas Eve day. There is just something wrong with it being Christmas with men on the the streets selling artificial Christmas trees but it being hot and there being no snow anywhere.

Pastor's Aaron and Peace are at our rented storeroom loading Bibles, Discipleship Booklets, blankets, soap and products for women. Peace will travel with the truck stopping at 6 of the next prisons we will visit and dropping the items at each one preparation to our visit later this week. Then she will return late today with the truck that was she will not have to ride a motorbike back.

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It has been a very long day for Pastor Aaron and I as we left before breakfast to met with the Deputy Commissioner of Prisons to pick up some needed paperwork. It was so gracious of him to take holiday time to provide us what we needed. The we were off to the bank to retrieve the IRM funds that had been wired over. banking here is quite different and it took some time to get the funds then Aaron had to go to another place to get our dollars exchanged into schillings.

Finally we were on to the first prison and I was making our breakfast, a P.B.J. sandwich. But travel was a nightmare as it was a traffic jam of some magnitude. The time kept ticking away and the first of today's two prison was some distance away so we contacted Peace and had her tell the second prison were she was delivering bibles that we would not be able to make it there today but we would be there on Jan. 1st. in the morning before visiting Luzira Women's Prison in the afternoon.

The drive took us 4 hours with us arriving at 2:15. Prisons do not allow any visitors after 4 so I was concerned about getting our whole program. It was a small prison and the Officer in Charge had gone for lunch so we were greeted by a woman officer.

 Only God "fit" our  usual 3 hour program into 2 hours and caused the officer to allow us to go until 4:15. EVERY prisoner received Christ and then prayed the Forgiveness Prayer. Aaron and I know now why there were so many issues with us trying to get there today. There was one woman prisoner there so I blessed her with a donated head scarf as well as the 6 women guards. There was a different spirit about this prison, not sure what exactly but softer somehow, even Aaron commented on it.

The drive home was 3 hours so both Aaron and I are tired, I woke at three. Hoping I sleep well tonight. It's 8 pm and they are fixing our fish dinner as I write this so I will eat, bathe and hit the bed.

We have two prisons to visit tomorrow, Christmas Day, YAHOO, Merry Christmas to me. Thank you Jesus!!!

Merry Christmas to each or you and thank you for sending me into the harvest fields.

Pastor's Aaron, Peace and I appreciate you continuing prayer covering, we are in a battle with Satan.

That none would be lost,

Arlene