2. CONNECTED CHURCH
PAG, Uganda

3. TRANSFORMED INSIDE AND OUT
Summer 2017

4. What gifts do you give to God?
Notes to leader: Use this question as a way to get people engaged in the update. Ask people to talk to the person next to them, and then feedback to you.

5. Vincent and Jackline go to Ihunga Church.
Life used to be very difficult for them.
They struggled to make ends meet in their small shop, and couldn’t see the blessings God had given them.

6. Then their church began running the PEP course.
They began learning that God loves them and has blessed them in many ways. They saw that they could use those blessings to change their lives with God’s help.

7. They decided to grow some banana and coffee plants on a spare plot of land. They then used the profits from this to rebuild and improve their shop.
Today the business is thriving.

8. The change in their business was exciting
The change in their business was exciting. But the most important transformation was to Vincent and Jackline’s faith.

9. In gratitude to God, they dedicated a part of their banana plantation to him.
Now every banana that grows there is offered to God as a tithe.

10. ‘PEP helped us to know God better and transform ourselves
‘PEP helped us to know God better and transform ourselves. Now our family sets aside every Friday to be a day of prayer and fasting. On this day we close our business and go to church. We have seen God at work and His protection has carried us through the hardships’
Vincent

11. ‘Our plans for the future are to further expand the shop and use our extra income to support the ministry of the church and vulnerable people in our community. We thank God for this opportunity to share our story and ask for prayer as we continue on in this journey of transformation.’
Vincent

12. PRAYER
Thank God for the transformation that he has brought about in Vincent and Jackline’s lives.

13. PRAYER
Pray that they will continue to trust and serve him in all that they do.
Pray that through their business and actions, they would continue to bless those around them.