Yearly Archives: 2016

Thank You – Report on November Ministry

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by Rev. Isaac Peter Okayo

Dear Prayer Partner,

I owe you many thanks for your support. I am happy to report that I am now back home safely, after two intensive weeks of service in central Africa.

It is no doubt that God is sending me to this region at this time, most especially to Burundi. I have deep love and burden for Burundi. Burundi is one of the poorest countries of the World, with protracted tribal conflicts. but close to my heart.

Isaac travels to Burundi and Congo.

Isaac Peter Oyako boarding RwandAir to return home

I do not know exactly what God wants to accomplish through me in Burundi, but for now, I am running formal Bible Training in the capital City Bujumbura. I have a little more than two dozen in number who are eager to learn and make adjustments in their lives and ministries (Discipleship). I have successfully completed two course units; Doctrines of Redemption and the Church. I have tailored the course to accommodate people with little secular education, yet active in ministry.

In the first visit, my host made a wrong choice of the Hotel to accommodate me. This second time, I was placed in Anglican Community Center Guest House in the center of Bujumbura City. It is separated by fence from the President’s office on the East, and on the South, across the Street of the French Embassy. It is costly, but safety is paramount.

Read the whole Report: thank-you-nov-dec-2016

Burundi Bumps and Blessings

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3rd Quarter Report – 2016 – by Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako

Dear friends and payer partners,
Special greetings in the wonderful name our Lord Jesus Christ!

the blessing of a Bible class of 27 students

I am now enjoying a much deserved rest at home after a successful mission trip to Burundi, bumps and blessings, both experienced there. where a Bible School is fully initiated.

On my way to Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi, close fiends had requested that I do some work for them in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

I had also two trips to Kenya; Bungoma and Migori; where I spoke in a National Women’s Conference, and general regional meeting respectively. In Migori, I had the privilege to be accompanied by my wife, Christine.

students with certificates closing a successful teaching trip

You are all acquainted with the difficulties we had been going through; the difficulties of frequent accidents, financial hardships, persecutions etc. These were for a purpose, and I can now say as king David said, “It is good that I was afflicted that I may learn your Statutes.” (Psalms 119:71). Through these difficult times, we learned to rely on God, learned the value of human relation-ships and sought wisdom and discernment in all situations. These have been so helpful to me of late.

It is not safe in Burundi, as they say, “life is cheap in Burundi.” However, God kept me safe, and He will always do so. To appreciate God’s protections I would like to narrate one incident and also give you the security background of Burundi.

The first few hours was scary for me: Five minutes after checking into my hotel room, two gun men forced their way into my room, demanding for my pass-port and reasons as to why I was in Burundi. They ransacked my baggage and . . .

Please click here on the title to read the whole report (2 pages):3rd-quarter-2016-burundi-bumps-blessings

God’s Protection in Travel

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Today I am celebrating God’s goodness in the protection He gave my wife this past Tuesday. It was a near-deadly road accident again.

We had just returned from wonderful ministry abroad. We were in Kenya with Maranatha Faith Assemblies Church in Migori-Kenya doing ministry together. This is a rare opportunity because my wife is an employee of the Government of Uganda under the ministry of Tourism. She is the Principal Instructor in the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute in charge Academic and administration.

We had hardly rested before she saw me off for another seminar with Eagles Wings Church International Mbale.

I was just about to be picked for session from Hotel Eldima where I was residing, whem my phone rang. The call was from a good Samaritan named Topista. She notified me that my wife was involved in a road accident involving two motorcycle taxis, popularly known here as Boda Bodas. I was disrupted but calm.

I called my wife’s boss who rushed to the scene, picked her up and rushed her to a hospital. A number of scans were conducted and there no serious effects apart from the knee cap. She is unable to walk and is having a bed rest at home.

The Boda Boda cyclists collided in the middle of the highway causing her to fall off. Thank God the motorist following them was at a considerable distance and was able to stop in time. Otherwise, it would have been a disaster. We thank God for His grace!

We do not have a vehicle now, yet we need one urgently. Last year in August, I crashed in my Toyota Coarsa when I was hit from behind. I sold that vehicle for almost scrap.< ?p>

Two months ago, my Suzuki Escudo suffered a shot circuit and the engine was partly gutted by fire.

It has been tough time for me without a vehicle: It is dangerous and expensive especially when it comes to special hires while taking children to school. However, the Suzuki was taken to Kampala to specialist in Suzuki Engines. He has able to identify the problem. The total repairs, including wiring, panel beating and spaying in UGX, 3,000,000 (USD890) or GBP650). I know the mechanic and a principled Christian who is able to do a good job in the car

Please, pray with us for that provision as we need the car for ministry and domestic purposes.

I will away from tomorrow, First in Kampala, then Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. I am trying to set up a basic Bible and Ministry training program for church leaders in Burundi and DR Congo. I need your prayer support – for safety mainly.

I will be done with the international commitments on 3rd October 2017. God has already provided the fare I need. My prayer is for the repair of the vehicle.

Thank you,
Isaac Peter Oyako

July 2016 News-Report

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Revival Time Ministry, Uganda

Dearly Beloved Readers and Partners,

It is important to us that we update every one who is close to us and has shown interest in the work that we are doing. This provides knowledge for prayer basis for us and ministry in this location. Note: not necessarily to solicit help. We are delighted and honored when help comes as a result of God moving some one.

I had been reading, and even teaching, about Jesus feeding five thousand men (close to twelve thousand people in total) in Chapter fourteen in the book of Mathew, without practically understanding the emotional and compassionate background of the story. He was not doing this to demonstrate His divine capacity, but moved by His love and compassion for mankind – His very mission on earth. People who love Christ Jesus, share His emotion towards the suffering people who are the image of God.

Starving People Enjoying Breakfast provided by Pastor Oyako during a seminar.

Starving People Enjoying Breakfast provided by Pastor Oyako during a seminar.

I was speaking in a general church seminar in Kaberamaido, my home district, and recently and came face to face with a devastating famine among people. Several people had survived on wild fruits and roots for weeks. There was a moving story of how an old man, about 72, had a scuffle with a wild monkey over a mango fruit. He got bitten and badly injured. He had got a fruit, but a monkey jumped on him, bit him, and ran a way with the fruit.

Famine is widespread in the Teso Sub region due to double crop failure, due to EL-NINO, and prolonged drought. News on radio, television, and newspapers talk of people dying of famine, especially in Amuria district. There is no immediate hope till perhaps at the end of September.

A church deacon slaughtered, and is preparing meat for lunch. Donation came from Pastor Oyako

A church deacon slaughtered, and is preparing meat for lunch. Donation came from Pastor Oyako

I was in a teaching seminar, but was moved so much when people looked frail and weak due to hunger. They had not had a good meal for months. I felt I could even sell myself to help. I told the people go pick up their cups and plates so that they could eat food I provided. I was overwhelmed by compassion for the suffering people. I provided breakfast made of porridge and boiled mutton, and Posho, to about 100 people, on average for three days. At the start there were less, but the number kept increasing. I know some were coming just to eat something. If I had prolonged the seminar, the whole village would have come to the seminar.

God had just blessed me with consultancy service, . . . [to read whole report click to open or download: July-2016-News-Report.]

Kenya Womens Conference

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Kenya Womens Conference April 2016

Kenya Womens Conference April 2016

My wife were able to travel abroad, to Kenya, for a National Women’s Conference at the Maranatha Faith Assemblies. It was held April 18 to 22nd, 2016, and was very successful. We were speaking to more than two thousand women daily from Tuesday to Friday, and many women were blessed and did personal business with God as a result.

My theme was Wise and Foolish Women, based on the text, “The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.” (Proverbs 14.1).

As I promised the women, my notes for my messages are going up on my blog now, so that they and others can review them again and again, as necessary. Because this is offered here as a PDF file, you can also right-click on the file link, and then click on “Save As…” on the little menu that pops up. This allows you to save it to your computer.

Here then is the link for the 16 pages of notes: Kenya-Womens-Conference-April-2016

First Quarter Report – 2016 – by Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako

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I’m excited to share this first quarter report for 2016. A lot of wonderful ministry opportunities came our way during these three months. Please read my First-Quarter-Report-2016 for all the details.

After you have absorbed all our victory after victory in our ministry just past, I seem to be hit by a backlash of trials. Just recently, I was stopped in the middle of the street with car trouble.

When the mechanic came, the car had moved some – by a miracle. But he assessed the repairs to cost me UGX 590,000, just to to able to get back on the road.

As I mentioned in the report, this coming week I have a mission to take care of, and am scheduled to go on a mission trip further a field the week after that.

I would plead for your constant prayer support. Well, financial too, if you are able and willing to help us out, God would be glad to use you that way.

Special Workshop on Evangelism

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Evangelism Workshop participating

Evangelism Workshop participating

A week ago, on February 27th, 2016, Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako conducted a special workshop on Evangelism, focusing on university students. They met at the Sunset Hotel in Jinja, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. One full day studying the Mission of a Disciple of Jesus Christ.

The Handout – SPECIAL-WORKSHOP-ON-EVANGELISM-2 which allowed the participating students to make notes is being shared here with you. It is obvious from the number of objections and questions that the students submitted, either for themselves, or for the benefit of answering questions from those they should be evangelizing.

Here are a few photos to imagine the settings as you read the Workshop Outline.

Evangelism Workshop-participants having lunch

Evangelism Workshop-participants having lunch

Universities and Tertiary Institution Evangelism Program 2016

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We are launching Universities and Tertiary Institution Evangelism Program 2016 code named, “University Reach” on 27th February 2016 at Sunset Hotel in Jinja. The aim of this program is to enable Christian Students in universities and tertiary institutions reach out to their fellow students with the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ and effectively disciple the newly born again students.

Our role as a ministry is to equip them through motivation and training to build confidence, and arm them with information and back up material which is specifically tailored to meet the spiritual needs of our youths in African Universities and tertiary institutions.

Medical students of Mbarara University of Science and Technology with Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako in February 2015.

Medical students of Mbarara University of Science and Technology with Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako in February 2015.

The meeting on 27th February at Sunset Hotel, Jinja, is the beginning. It will involve Christian leaders from four institutions within Jinja, and will focus mainly on the Great Commission, factors that inhibit personal evangelism, the true gospel, approach , frequently asked questions, and basic discipleship. During this meeting, a 27 page evangelism kit, a Bible and a note book will be given to each Participant. The kit is not new, just slightly edited after it had been effectively used for over 10 years in Revival Time Ministry “Schools of Discipleship Ministry “ SDM (1993-2005).

This is yet another faith venture, having heard clearly from the Lord, who wants us to help our younger generation in high Institutions of learning. We have no sponsor nor partner to stand with us in this program. Therefore we need your prayers, and financial support. Our need on 27th February is UGX 1,300,000 (USD 385 or GBP 260). Already we have UGX 400,000 locally donated for this program. We do expect that God provides the balance in time.

We can receive any size of donation via Mobile Money both in Uganda and from abroad. It is now possible to receive any amount instantly into my mobile phone. Sister Ruth from Canada tested this successfully last week. She sent a couple of small gifts, and I was able to cash it instantly. This is made possible though WorldRemit.com. It is less expensive than money wire, MoneyGram, or Western Union.

My mobile phone service provider is MTN Uganda. And My Tel Contact is +256 (0) 772 475 720. My Registered name is Oyako Isaac Peter. Thanks.

Rev. Isaac Peter Oyako