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Dear Friends, Greetings to you from the Christian Model Ministries Team. Here is our month report to give you an idea of how things are going on in the ministry.

PRISON /POLICE MINISTRY

a. CENTRAL POLICE STATION
We were able to visit the facility thrice and met around 150 suspects of which 123 gave their lives to Christ. We gave them 5 more bibles to help them in accessing the word of God.

b. NYAKEIZI POLICE STATION
We visited the facility twice in January and met 8 suspects and 1 gave his life to Christ. We gave them bibles to help to help with evangelism.

c. KATETE POLICE STATION
We were given the permission to visit the above facility at any time of our convenience. We have visited the facility twice and 6 people gave their lives to Christ.

d. KABULA PRISON
The above facility is found in Lyantonde district 102 km away from Mbarara city along Masaka-Mbarara road. we found 186 prisoners. We were able to preach to 45. We donated 24 bible to help them access the word of God.

Richard Byamugisha at the Various prison stations

FAMILY MINISTRY

We have ministered to families in the various categories as below;

a.) YOUTH CONFERENCE
We organized a conference in partnership with Karugangama church and surrounding churches that attracted 83 youth. The conference was under the THEME: EPHESIANS 4:1-. Many youth gave their lives to Christ and others recommitted their lives with their family.

b. DAD –SON TALK
We organized a retreat for dads and their sons to discuss issues of Christian importance. We had 2 facilitators who helped the youth open up to their dads. That same day, we saw dads and sons reconciling. The retreat brought 8 dads and 14 sons. We also agreed to have it twice a year.

c. MENS FELLOWSIP
We begun a rare but powerful ministry of men in Mbarara. By December, we had 18 men who registered to attend the fellowships every Saturday. The fellowship started in power that most men invited their friends. We began the year with preparatory meetings, a fellowship and a football match with our sons. All the programs have been well attended. As a result of the above initiative, one of the men had a wedding. We were even privileged to pray a blessing for the marriages.

Various groups in the family gathering events that impacted youth, men community at Large.

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BILICAL STUDIES ( C-TBS )

We are currently looking at three classes running at three different locations.

On the 26th /of February /2023,we passed out 13 Old Testament students. The graduation was very colorful and we received from the graduands very encouraging testimonies. This graduation ceremony took place at “God’s center of Blessings church Bweyogerere” .At the very same location, we shall be starting the New Testament class on the 12th March 2023.

The class at Mukono will be receiving their New Testament certificates on 26th March. This same class has already started their 2023 classes on the 20th March and will run up to December 2023.

Last year ,we started a bible training class with mostly younger men and women. They are all training in computer software skills with a company Odyssey Technologies but we were invited to run our Bible classes along side their computer training which too is going on very well.

Dan Muwanguzi at the Church Based Training in Biblical Studies C-TBS graduation Ceremony.

We are always grateful to God for such an opportunity to be part of what God is doing in this nation.

Thank you so much all our supporters. We appreciate all your prayers and all encouragement to us.

God bless.

CMM Team.

Happy New Year Our Beloved friends and partners in Christ Jesus. Below is our report for the month of December.

BUTALEJJA END OF YEAR MISSION OUTREACH

For 12 consecutive years, we have been having end of year out-door open air gospel meetings Butalleja region. Except for the last two years when we were hit by the COVID 19 pandemic and the whole country was on lockdown, this year, we resumed starting 0n 27^th as usual till the new year 2023. Below are the activities we had.

1. Daily evening Out door gospel meetings
2. Door to door ministry
3. Police ministry
4. Prison ministry
5. Children ministry
6. Pastors and Church Leaders’ equipping seminar

1.OPEN AIR OUT-DOOR GOSPEL MEETINGS

By God’s grace, we were allowed to use a mega football field managed by Butalejja District administration to hold evening open air gospel meetings. We began on 27^th December at 5pm and many people turned up to hear the Word of God. We had praise and worship sessions led by the CMM Team and other team from Kampala, then shared the word of God.

The outdoor open air gospel meetings was held for 5 days, around 450 people gave their lives to Christ. These were the recorded ones, but we also had those who were listening the gospel for their homes and shops. We bless God for the bounty harvest.

The CMM Team ( Dan Muwanguzi, Florence Wanaswa, Richard Byamugisha, Racheal Kalembe ) During the Butalejja Outdoor Evangelism meeting and the people that came to the field to attend.

2.DOOR TO DOOR EVANGELISM

We decided to partner with local churches in those communities to reach the people in their homes and gardens. Around 12 of us went and ministered to these souls. Around 85 souls came to Christ in the 3 day door to door ministry. We visited Hisega, Nanyuru and Rujehi villages which are found in the outskirts of Butalejja Town council.

3.POLICE MINISTRY

Police ministry has been one of the pillars of our calling and we love doing it. we visited the CENTRAL POLICE STATION OF BUTALEJJA and were welcomed by the OFFICER IN CHARGE AND THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER.

We were ushered in the cells where we met 23 suspects of which 2 were women. Among them were 4 murder suspects, 1 rape case and the rest were petty cases of debts and land wrangles.

We preached about hope and 18 of them accepted Jesus as their personal saviour. We also shared with them drinks and cakes but were not allowed to take photos since they are currently under various attacks.  

4.PRISON MINISTRY

we visited the Butalejja main prison which is found near the District headquarters. We were welcomed by the OFFICER IN CHARGE who is new in the area but loves Christ so much.

He allowed to meet the prisoners . We shared with them the word of God, food (beef and rice) and drinks (soda and water)

We met 58 prisoners (all men) and 23 of them accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior.

Richard Byamugisha with the team during the police and prisons visit

5.CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

We carried out a children’s ministry, we dedicated some time and resources to reach to the children. we had 3 sessions with children teaching them the word of God through Bible stories ,giving them clothes ,snacks and drinks. The team for the children was headed by Racheal Kalembe and Debbie Wanaswa.

Racheal Kalembe giving out some clothes and supplies to the mothers and their children

6.PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS’ EQUIPING MEETING

We met the pastors and church leaders and had a fellowship with them. We encouraged them and equipped them in the word of God to continue doing the work of God. we thanked them for accepting to work with us in evangelism and the crusade, look forward to working with them next time. The session was led by Dan Muwanguzi, Florence Wanaswa and Richard Byamugisha.

Dan Muwanguzi, Florence Wanaswa and Richard Byamugisha during the Pastors and church leaders meeting

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BIBLICAL STUDIES ( C-TBS)

The C-TBS classes Old Testament and New Testament that completed last year will be graduating in February 2023.

Meanwhile the C-TBS staff are already planning for the 2023 classes which will start in early March.

We already have 17members from 3 different churches that have registered for the New Testament course that will be run at Bweyogerere God’s Centre of Blessings church.

We look forward to another fruitful year of ministry and sharing the love of Christ with the people of Uganda.

Happy New Year 2023

God bless you

CMM Team

We greet you all our dear friends and thank you for your partnership with Christian Model Ministries. Here is our November / December report

KOTIDO VISIT WITH DIVINE CARE MINISTRIES

We partnered with “Divine Care Ministries” to visit Kotido district. There was a lot of insecurity in the region due to cattle raiding but we thank God who kept us safe. We visited Lengeni Hospital where we talked to mothers with malnourished children.

Most of these women were coming from the recently raided villages where they had no access to food, water and other basic needs. Their homes, crops and food were destroyed by raiders. Most of them are widows because their husbands were killed during raids.

The next day, we preached to old men who have remained in the villages. Most of the young men have become warriors.
Another big challenge is that most of the children don’t go to school.

Rachel Kalembe ministering to the mothers and children during the Kotido visit.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MISSION

We visited Eastern DRC THE DISTRICT OF KISIMBIRI to do evangelism in that country. We arrived at midday and were welcomed by the Congolese team led by Pastor Nora. We checked in and went through the process of learning what was required of us to stay in Congo. We visited 5 detention centers where we met close to 200 prisoners. We gave each detention centers bibles and some to police officers. Many of the prisoners were facing hard crimes but we preached to them a message of hope and forgiveness. We had a special session with officers who also opened up to us their challenges. We realized that the residents in that particular area had run away from wars and instability in this region .We thank God who gave us the ability to reach to the friends and family in Congo.

Richard Byamugisha with the During the visit in Congo

POLICE MINISTRY

1.Ruti police station.
We have visited this police/prison four times and each time we have seen many souls coming to Christ. Each time of the visit, we share with the suspects tea, snacks and water . This month we reached 174 suspects and around 130 gave their lives to Christ.

2. Central police station Mbarara
CPS has also been visited 4 times and around 280 suspects shared the word of God with the suspects. During that period close to 200 souls came to Christ.

BODA-BODA MINISTRY

As a way of bringing men to Christ, We decided to bring them closer to Christ through a FOOTBALL MATCH. We launched the MATCH on 4th November and 2 teams played a friendly match. During the launch, close to 80 cyclists witnessed the game. We did evangelism and led 18 of them to Christ.

Richard during the Police/Prisons visit and at the football match with the Boda Boda cyclists

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BIBLICAL STUDIES (C-TBS)

By the 17th December,all our bible training both Old and Testament will be closing. Both Gradustions will take place early 2023. The New Testament is now studying the book of revelations and the Old Testamnet have Zachariah and Malachi to complete.

It has been such a long Journey since we started but very interesting and encouraging. Our students have shared encouraging testimonies (results) coming out of their Bible training studies .

We thank all our co-workers/prayer partners for standing with using all the CMM work.

Dan Muwanguzi and Joseph Kamya conducting a C-TBS class sessions.

Wishing you a merry Christmas and we pray for a Blessed 2023 to all our friends.

God Bless.

CMM Team

Dear friends and co-workers in Christ Jesus, Below are our activities for the month of September

KARAMOJA VISIT

We visited the Karamoja CMM kids to help them return to school and check on their welfare. During our visit, we discovered that the whole region is insecure and people were restricted from moving. This instability has been fueled by the prolonged draught, famine and the availability of guns and cattle theft. We however did our best and reached our CMM kids preached and prayed for them, gave them some school materials and food. We pray and request for your continous prayers for Karamoja.

Richard Byamugisha and Racheal Kalembe visiting the CMM Karamoja children both in Karamoja and Kampala

POLICE MINISTRY

RUTI POLICE MINISTRY

We ministered to the suspects in the police custody at the Central Police Station and Ruti police station. Both stations are located in Mbarara city and usually keep the youth who are below 30yrs. During our visits, we preached and prayed to close to 200 suspects of which 90% are men. We shared with the suspects tea, water and snacks.

More suspects gave their lives to Christ. We pray that they keep in the Grace of salvation.

FAMILY / MARRIAGE MINISTRY.

In Mbarara we were given an opportunity to speak to the marrieds and men. This helped us to expand our boundaries to the area. In the same spirit, we engaged in the following;

1. Setting up prayer family altars
2. Organizing men and women fellowships
3. Facilitating married seminars in churches
4. Promoting legalizing marriages(weddings)

MARRIEDS SEMINAR

We organized a marrieds’ seminar at Karugangama church in Mbarara South Mbarara city. It was attended by 34 couples. The facilitators were coming from Namugongo – Ssonde Fellowship under St. Francis chapel Makerere. with the following topics; Intimacy, Faithfulness, Developments, Transparency , Righteousness.

Various couples who turned up for the meeting and training sessions

MENS ENCOUNTER

We had a men’s encounter in Kampala in partnership with St. Francis Chapel Makerere. We shared the great word of God to them. It was held in LWEZA along Entebbe road under the THEME: HOPE BEYOND AFFLICTION.

Richard Byamugisha teaching and preaching to the men during one of the sessions

SCRIPTURE UNION LEADERSHIP HANDOVER AT MATUGGA HILLSTONE SCHOOL

We were invited to officiate the leadership handover of the scripture union at Hillstone school matugga. On this day we prayed for the candidate classes who were about to sit for their final exams. We taught the word of God and encouraged students to have their trust in God for he is the source of everything.

Racheal Kalembe at the Leadership Hand over ceremony with our very own CMM karamoja child Esther Nakong who was a worship leader of the scripture union Club

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BIBLICAL STUDIES ( C-TBS)

The Old Testament and the New Testament class are going on well.

Both Classes are coming near the end of their 2022 Studies. They will be finishing around 17th December and we shall pass them out, give them Certificates (Graduations) Early next year 2023.

Pastor kamya Joseph C-TBS staff teaching the C-TBS Old Testament Class

Thank you to all friends/co workers for your prayers and support in all the CMM work.

God Bless.

CMM TEAM

Dear Friends and Co-workers in Christ. Here is our Latest Monthly report.

KAMPALA EVANGELISM JOINT MISSION

  We joined the ALL SAINTS CHURCH KAMPALA to celebrate their golden jubilee. As part of the jubilee celebrations, we went out with them to the streets of Kampala suburbs for evangelism. We visited Katanga slums a Kampala city suburb which hosts close to 60,000 people. There is high crime rate in this region because its a slum housing drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves and a lot of lawlessness . Many souls came to Christ. We were led by Archbishop Dr. Steven Kazimba Mugalu the Archbishop of the Anglican church of Uganda.

Richard Byamugisha with the All saints team and ArchBishop Kazimba Mugalu

VULNERABLE FAMILIES

We visited 8 families with Vulnerable, Elderly and sick people. We donated groceries, food and other essential Items to their care takers to help them with their lives for nutrition, hygiene and health items included maize flour, sugar, rice, beans, salt, bread, soap and basins. All the families that received the above items were so excited and very grateful. We also preached and taught them the word of God. Many gave their lives to Jesus.

Food and supplies donations to the vulnerable and the Elderly

POLICE MINISTRY

We visited 2 police stations four times where preached to 127 suspects in custody. During the visits, we were allowed to fellowship with them, preach the word of God and 89 persons gave their lives to Jesus during the ministry sessions. We thank God.

Evangelism to Bodaboda (Motor cycle riders).

This is the term used to refer to commercial motorcycle riders in Uganda. We preached to around 300 motorcycle riders whom we found on their stages and many accepted Jesus Christ and got born again.

Some of the Boda Boda motorcyclists during the evangelism moment

YOUTH MINISTRY

  We ministered to the youth in Mbarara city by organizing a seminar for them. We carried out counselling and preached to them the word of God. Other activities we did was bible quiz, played games and group discussions. They turned up in large numbers.

SCRIPTURE UNION VISIT

We were invited to fellowship with the scripture union at Matugga Hills School. We taught scripture union members the word of God and life skills of environment conservation and protection such as reuse of plastic bottles to make garbage/refuse collection bins. We carried out counselling, prayed for the students and donated bibles to them.

Racheal Kalembe with some of the students teaching them how to make a garbage bin

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BIBLICAL STUDIES (C-TBS)

Both the New Testament and the Old Testament classes are nearing the climax of their studies and each class has been sharing many encouraging testimonies in relation to their studies.

We have had many good testimonies coming from studying the Book of Joshua. Some of our students as we study the book, they too pullout passages from that book and share with their congregations during Bible Studies and Church services.

Most of the Testimonies have been to do with victories of Joshua and Israel amidst strong resistance, opposition and attacks from professional, numerous and strong nations that occupied the promised land.

The book of Joshua to many has been a call to engage more in spiritual warfare for our students and their church congregations and the Nation at Large.

Uganda is currently experiencing an economic crisis, the cost of living has doubled, prices of fuel and essential commodities going so high. School fees and maintaining kids in school is becoming a bigger challenge to many parents. It has been so good when our students look to all this from the Bible point of view, encourage themselves and their congregations to keep praying and trusting God.

We thank God so much that we have hope in such situations that look like crisis. We thank God for such an opportunity to be studying and teaching the word of God to the church.

Pastor Mayinja Charles teaching the Old Testament Class.

We thank God and you our friends for standing with us, encouraging and supporting us in the mission. Thank you so much, we pray that the Lord will continue to keep you all well and growing in HIM.

God bless

CMM Team.

To all our our friends and co-workers/supporters,here is our July report to give you an idea of what has been happening with us.( CMM ministry).

PRISON MINISTRY

We have visited the following facilities;
a. Sanga Prison
This month we have visited the above facility once and shared with them the love of Christ. We visited them on 19th July and preached to 48 prisoners. 8 gave their lives to Christ. We shared with them drinks. We bless the Lord for the grace

b. Central Police Station
We have been given the green card to visit the facility at any time of our convenience. We have visited the above facility thrice meeting over 100 inmates. 54 gave their lives to Christ.
c. Ruti Police station.
We have visited the above facility thrice meeting around 45 suspects. Around 18 gave their lives to Christ. It’s been a great pleasure seeing Muslims turn to Christ.

Richard Byamugisha at the prison facilities

HOME VISITS

This month we visited 3 elderly families whom we fellowshipped with and shared with them food and home supplies especially the poor elderly in our community .

SCHOOL VISITS

We visited a school called Ryakasinga CHE found in Sheema District in South western Uganda
48km from Mbarara city. It is a public school under the Anglican foundation. We were invited to
preach and counsel the students. The school has an enrolment of 2000 students both boys and
girls.

Richard with the students during the visit



KARAMOJA VISIT

We teamed with Divine Care Ministries and visited karamoja in Nabilatuk region . We went to 5 villages Losimit,cucu,Lonyangatur and Naupala ministering to women and children. we prayed with them and gave out donations such as clothes and food supplies to some elderly and children.

Kalembe Racheal praying for the children in karamoja

CHURCH BASED TRAINING IN BIBLICAL STUDIES (C-TBS)

The Old Testament class is studying the book of Deutronomy and The New Testament class is studying the book of Acts.

Most of our students are either pastors or ministers in different churches. The most outstanding testimony of recent is how the course has simplified their preaching and teaching work, and also brought more motivation in their famiy and personnal devotional programmes. Such and many other encouraging testimonies have been of much encouragement to me as i read them when checking the students work,mostly in the morning hours.( Dan Muwanguzi)

We are very grateful to the lord for such an opportunity to be able to minister to the churches and communities in Uganda.

BIG FAMILY LOSS

Sarah Tulina passed on “Dan Muwanguzi” our family recieved the biggest blow ever when our youngest sister Sarah Tulina who had been working at Mbarara with the National Agricultural Research Center (NARO) passed on as she was travelling on a motorbike on the July 26th. please keep praying for us especially both our mom and Dad in this healing process.

ELIZABETH CENTRE

Elizabeth Centre is a home for Disabled Children ( Children with speech and other disabilities ),A ministry started by the late David and Valerie K. CMM is associated to the Elizabeth ministry. Recently, Dan Muwanguzi visited the Elizabeth Center and found the kids and care takers in good mood and doing well. Please keep praying for the staff and the children at the centre.

Dan Muwanguzi visiting the Elizabeth Centre

Thank you so much all our friends for praying with us and supporting us in all these activities

God Bless.

CMM TEAM