wsf newsletter no.11

8/3/2019 WSF Newsletter No.11

1/4Designed by Aspire Concepts www.aspireconcepts.co.uk World Shine Foundation is a recognised Scottish Charity SCO36750

Preparing the Church to shine for Christ for the healing of the nations (Rev. 22:2)

News rom World Shine Foundation

This is the condence we have in approaching God: that if we

ask anything according to his will he hears us. (1 John 5:14 NIV)

At the AGM of World Shine Foundation, held on 22 January

2011, our Chairperson Aidan Burn-Murdoch gave thanks

for another successful year. This was Aidans last AGM as

Chairperson, although he will continue as a trustee. We

would like to thank him for his gracous leadership of the

trustees since the formation of World Shine Foundation. We

are pleased that we will continue to have the benet of his

wisdom and experience. We welcome Vicki Shaver as our

new Chairperson from August. You will nd a statement of

accounts prepared by our long suffering and hard working

Treasurer Ron Hockey later in this issue. Thank you to our

wonderful supporters.

this issue, the focus is on the healing ministry of World

Shine Ministries. David Coates report gives an overview

of the different facets of this ministry. In Uganda medical

care is scarce and out of reach of many. We cannot fail to

be impressed by the self-sacrice and tireless dedication

of those who voluntarily

give their lives in prayer

and caring for those in

need.

We are pleased to have

Rev. Medad Birungi in

the U.K. during June,July and August to

promote his new book

Tombstones and Banana

Trees. This book, co-

authored by Medad and

Craig Borlase, tells the

amazing story of his

turbulent and distressing

childhood and young

adulthood, and how hislife was transformed by Gods grace.

The book, subtitled A True Story of Revolutionary

Forgiveness spells out how the Holy Spirit took a young

life blighted by hatred, anger, and a thirst for revenge

and replaced it with one dedicated to love, humility and a

desire for reconciliation. The book is launched in the UK

in July and is available on Amazon.com and from most

Christian booksellers. There will be an opportunity to hear

Medad speak at different locations in the UK this Summer,

including the New Wine and Soul Survivor conferences.

Flora Mackenzie

WSF Secretary

Prayer, Praise and Parliament in Uganda

One of the trustees of World Shine Foundation, David Coates

and his daughter Hannah and a church friend Nana Fynn-Garbrah went to Uganda from 17th September to 3rd October

2010. Here is his report:

The three of us went to visit some projects that World Shine

supports and to attend a prayer conference in Kampala.

Two months I had recently broken my back in three places

in a boat accident in Greece, so was nding some daily

tasks quite tricky! Nevertheless, the Lord answered our

prayers and provided Cowboy to help me get out of bed,

tie my shoelaces and many more practical things without

which I could not have managed!

On arrival at Entebbe on Saturday morning, we wasted no

time resting, but raced up to Kabale to preach on Sunday

Newsletter No. 11 email enquiries to [email protected] July 2011

Rev. Birungi & David Coates at the Prayer Conference

Medads extraordinary life storyavailable now!



morning at Lydia Balores home church. She and her

assistant Johnson run a healing house just outside Kabale

and they were very pleased to see us again. The work was

very busy with typically twenty people coming to the house

for prayer every day. Lydia is getting older and has had some

ailments herself but through Gods grace she has kept up

the busy work. Johnson and Moreen have been growing in

spiritual stature and were also were blessed this year with

a baby boy.

The Church of Uganda Bishop George has been singing

their praises and endorsing their ministry and encouragingpeople with persistent health problems to go and see Lydia

and Johnson. Since then they have been even busier! The

intercessory support team has grown to 50 on a Wednesday

night and 150 once a month when people from all over the

diocese come and meet in Johnsons house (the bigger

of the two) to pray for the work and join in praying for

sick people who are there at the time. This is a wonderful

way for people who have a desire to learn more about the

healing and deliverance ministry to be taught and receive

practical instruction and demonstration. Many peoplewho are now in this ministry have been members of Lydias

prayer group.

One of the problems of such intense ministry is never having

a break or holiday, or being able to get away and talk and

plan for the future, as you are so busy with everyday chores.

We invited Lydia and Johnson to the prayer conference in

Kampala and stopped on the way at the game reserve at

Lake Mburo. We trusted the Lord that they would have

enough room for our vehicle load of people and they had

the exact number of spare beds for us, praise the Lord.

We had a lovely supper by the lake with the hippos, and in

the morning did a walking safari among the Impala, Zebra

and er, buffalo - oops! Good job we had a gun if we had

needed it!

Lydia is nding it difcult to climb the large hill to get to

the village church nowadays, and Johnson said a motorbike

(1,500) would be a perfect solution. She could then ride

on the back while Johnson drives. The motorbike wouldbe useful for getting supplies from town, such as sacks

of beans, rice and matoke bananas for the ever growing

household. All the sick people there need constant feeding,

but rarely bring food with them! Lydia also needs to rebuild

a commercial property which was left to her when her

husband died. If 12,000 was spend on it, it could generate

enough income to run the healing centre and make them

self sufcient and provide her grandsons with somewhere

to live and an inheritance after she has gone to be with the

Lord. That would enable the current land and property tocontinue in the Lords work with Johnson and Moreen. In

the meantime, World Shine supports the work with regular

payments to help with their food and running costs. We took

with us a Yamaha Keyboard with a car battery attachment

to enable it to be played by Johnson at evening prayer and

worship times. This was a much needed piece of equipment

and they were absolutely delighted to have it. Currently

Hannah Coates with Lydia and Johnson at the Prayer Con-ference In Kampala

Rev. Birungi & David Coates at the Prayer Conference



there is no electricity at

their house but they have

the opportunity now

to have it installed for

400 as a new cable is

being laid through their

village.

We proceeded on to

Kampala where we

stayed in a hotel near

the Church of Uganda

prayer conference. It

was very comfortable,

and I enjoyed immensely

having a week to share

and pray with Lydia,Johnson and another

prayer team member

Kibedi Jackson. Cowboy

and I shared a room

where he looked after

me with great patience.

Hannah and Nana stayed with Rev Christine Shimanya

who was hosting the conference. We prayed powerfully for

the nation of Uganda, and also for the UK. The Intercessors

for Uganda asked me to introduce the night when theyprayed for our nation. The highlight of the conference was

to hold a service in the Parliament Chambers where the

Government and M.P.s meet. A worship group sang for an

hour before a visiting speaker from Nigeria talked about

Biblical Government and Integrity versus corruption.

We then prayed for the up and coming elections that they

would result in godly men being elected. A Bishop gave a

closing address on what sort of men Uganda wanted to see

running the country! We were greeted by two government

ministers who are Christians and were part of the prayerconference. These were the Minister for Integrity and

the Minister for Planning and Development. This was an

amazing meeting to be held in the House of Commons

of Uganda, and moreover, we were there to take part in it!

Lydia and Johnson were also there and it was as much a

treat and honour for them as it was for us. May God hear

those prayers, and may such meetings take place in or own

parliament assemblies in the UK!

At the Prayer Conference, Rev. Medad Birungi, a muchsought after speaker, gave a couple of powerful messages

on healing and asked Lydia to receive commendation for

the work she was doing in Kabale district. We left feeling

there would be more conferences like this.

Several nights during the week I was at the conference I

awoke in the early hours of the morning hearing loud and

intense prayer in the local language. I repeatedly heard my

name being mentioned, and realised that Lydia, Johnson

and Kibedi Jackson were praying for me and my back to be

healed from nearby rooms. A very humbling experience!

Opening o Francis Prayer House

The last Port of Call in the Rukungiri Area was to visit

Francis Musoke who visited the UK three or four years ago.

Francis Musoke (next to David Coates) & the Prayer Fellowship at the New Prayer Centre at Rukungiri

The Glory of God Fell at the Dedication of the Prayer Centre



You may remember his testimony of healing after a spear

was thrown at him by the local community and entered his

belly at the front and came out of his back! Ugandan spears

have blades a foot long attached to a stout wooden shaft!

You can imagine the damage that injury would cause! It

would be fatal in normal circumstances. He was attacked

because he became a drunken terrorist to the locals and

broke into their houses and beat them up in their own homes

and robbed them. In African society, because the police

force can be bribed, locals agree to remove troublesome

criminals by mob violence where no single person can

be accused of killing the person. If the elders say to the

police that somebody died through mob violence, they walk

away and think there must have been good reason. No one

expected Francis to live, after the community took matters

into their own hands. However, local Christians found him

bleeding and dying like the man on the Jericho road. Like

good Samaritans, they took him to the hospital and paid for

treatment and laid hands on him and prayed! Miraculously,

he survived, gave his life to Jesus and became an evangelist!

If you meet him you can ask to see the massive scars where

the spear entered and exited his body at that time.

On recovery, Francis attached himself to Lydias prayer and

healing centre in Kabale, and learned a lot about the healing

and deliverance ministry. He then went to Rukungiri district

and started a similar ministry there in his own home. Sincethen, over sixty cell groups have been started in the North

Kigezi area and many hundreds of people have been healed

through prayer.

Since we were near Francis, I had asked if we could call by

and visit him. It turned out that he had bought a new plot

of land on which to build a much larger prayer centre as

there had been local complaints from neighbours about

noise and singing through the night from his other house

and he had been arrested by police and put in prison for a

few days a couple of times! He needed a place away from

close proximity to other homes where locals would not be

disturbed by overnight praise and worship.

When I arrived with Rev Medad, there was a gathering of

a hundred or more people to meet us, and I was asked to

preach and ofcially dedicate the house for prayer ministry

and declare it open! As we prayed afterwards, it seemed

like the glory of the Lord had come down and everyone fell

on their knees before the throne of God.

I preached on Psalm 18 and also on the story of Bethel

where Jacob discovered that there was an altar to God set

up by his grandfather Abraham (Gen. 12 v. 7) but he knew

it not! We prayed that angels would descend and ascend to

the throne of God in this place just as Jacob saw them doing

so at Bethel. Jacob had said, How awesome is this place!

This is none other than the house of God and this is the gate

of Heaven! (Genesis 28 v. 17). We were not disappointed!

God heard our prayers! May that place be the gateway of

Heaven to many that need healing in future. Amen.

As you can see, the prayer centre has only got the framework

in place and tarpaulins on the roof. About 12,000 is

needed to nish the property. Please pray for this need to

be supplied!

Davids report will be continued in the next issue.

News rom World Shine Ministries

Appeal or Land or the Secondary School

After a promising start where 3800 came in, the appeal

has not yet raised the required money to meet the necessarydeposit to secure the land. We ask for urgent prayer that

sufcient money will come in to meet the new deadline set

by the land owner.

WSF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT 2010

Statement o Account or the year ending 30th June 2010

Receipts 2009 2010

General Donations 54,335 50,482

Git Aid tax recovered 11,219 8,604

Bank interest 8 5

Total Receipts 65,562 59,091

Payments

Payments or charitable activities

Funding or projects WSM Uganda 55,102 55,355

Printing/Postage 829 1,523

Travel 2,612 100

Bank charges 187 -

Expenses - Missionary Coordinator 783 500

Website 104 -

Fundraising Expenses 476 366

Total Payments 60,093 57,844

(Defcit) Surplus or the year 5,469 1,247

A ull copy o the Annual Report and Accounts can

be obtained on request rom the Secretary.

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