Posts by Justin Hopkins
Things Start Heating Up
The Spring months evaporated almost as quickly as the moisture has with the climbing temperatures. March saw Stan Crowley, Leah, JD, and I traveling to Turkey and Portugal to follow up on last year’s work in Turkey and Ukraine. One of the Ukrainian families that we had studied with last year was in the process…
Read MoreModelle School of Preaching Summer 2022 Update
During a recent Gospel campaign Sister Emilia Kadi was restored back to Christ after backsliding for Four years. So many people came as we did door-to-door evangelism on daily basis. Many good questions were asked during the lectureship and Bible answers were provided. Kindly put Sister Emilia in your daily prayers and also the Lord’s…
Read MoreTalawanda School of Preaching Update Summer 2022
Things are going very well at Talawanda. During our visit next month one student will be graduating. The other sixteen students are now halfway through their two-year commitment. Weekly evangelism has been continuing with good success. One of the congregations that have benefited from these efforts is Pingo, where Alex (2021 graduate) is working. One…
Read MoreRwenzori School of Preaching Update Summer 2022
In April Gregg and I were able to visit Uganda for the first time in twenty-seven months! It was great to be back with our friends and brethren there. The school has been running as well as one would expect during Uganda’s record-setting COVID lockdowns. The students there have been with us for just over…
Read MoreWorker Spotlight
Musisale Tom has been preaching for the Kitoko church of Christ for several years. As he has worked to evangelize the mountains around Kitoko he set about to train a team of other men who could carry the evangelism further than he could alone (2 Timothy 2:2). With their combined efforts the church there at…
Read MoreUpcoming Dates
It looks like things are back in full swing as far as travel is concerned. Next week Gregg and I are headed back to Tanzania. This will be our first trip in two and a half years that does not require a mask or a COVID test. We have one student who started a year…
Read MoreWorker Spotlight: Alex Tunda
Alex Tunda was sent to us at Talawanda by a Fire Gospel Pentecostal church. His father is the preacher for this church. They wanted him to learn the Bible and were happy to find that there is no charge for students to enroll at Talawanda School of Preaching. During his two years at Talawanda, Alex…
Read MoreTalawanda School of Preaching Update
The new intake of students is doing well. We are finishing up the second academic quarter. Beginning with the third quarter we will be able to use more teachers from other places through live video instruction. The livestock is doing very well. Our chickens and ducks are increasing in number. It will soon be time…
Read MoreModelle School of Preaching Update
Our current group of students has two quarters left before graduation. We are presently in the dry season and in a few months from now, the rain will start. But we had a good harvest of beans and some few piglets. We are also starting to raise chickens for egg production. Using the fish trap…
Read MoreRwenzori School of Preaching Update
The school is doing well, we are extending the gospel to other places in Uganda and Congo. The people of Congo are currently facing civil war. The rebels have started attacking and killing the civilians and they have crossed to Uganda where they can get peace. We are doing mission work at the border with…
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