The East African Missionary Society Blog
A blog dedicated to what we’re doing in Uganda.
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Uganda Blog by David Olusanya

I have been in Uganda for just over a week now. There has been plenty going on with me personally. I am a lay minister of the word of God in every area of my life and minister into the lives of others in the UK and Africa. I am [...]

Allow, Recognise & Follow
Allow, Recognise & Follow

Following on with the theme of unpacking and rebuilding, as I was washing my hair last night, the Holy Spirit reminded me of how Jesus washed the disciples’ feet (John 13). In those days, people tended to wear sandals so the mud and dirt would be easily brushed on to [...]

Commitment
Commitment

This year was all about reflecting on my character and allowing God to enter in and mould and rebuild internally.

The focus for myself was all about rebuilding and unpacking.

Psalm 37 verse 5

"Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass"

What does [...]

Surrender
Surrender

For the last few days, God has been speaking to me about surrender and what it actually means to do so. Today I decided to speak about this topic surrender for my devotionals to Romans 12:1.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies [...]

Unpacking & Rebuilding
Unpacking & Rebuilding

This year for the mission there has been a spiritual theme of unpacking and rebuilding. Today I was led to speak on Nehemiah 4:17-18. It details how the people of Israel rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem together as a team, each looking out for one another. This shows that as [...]

Signs, Wonders, Miracles!
Signs, Wonders, Miracles!

I have been in Uganda for two weeks now and just as the rest of the team have arrived from the UK there has been plenty going on personally. As a board member I have been overseeing TEAMS church and the GL12 ministry since January 2015 and that has required [...]

Retracing my steps reflectively…

Returning to UK on Wednesday 27th August, stepping back onto British concrete and seeing the familiar sites in Terminal 3, there was no mistake that we were home. After saying our goodbyes we departed to our individual journeys home. Although, we corporately journeyed to Uganda together, individually our life journey [...]