Dear Friends and Family, On August 20th Larry Nelson and I returned from a very blessed and prosperous journey to East Africa.  Before going any further I would like to thank you for your many prayers.  God gave wisdom, strength, resources, and protection when needed.  Please do not stop praying because we are home but increase your prayers to daily interceding for East Africa and the opportunities God is giving.  Let me share with you some specific prayer requests.      Joshua was involved with eight churches being planted in South Sudan.  Many of those believers are now in northern Uganda in refugee camps.  He and others he trained in their BI in South Sudan have established 10 churches in the camps.  A building was built while I was there, and the 11th church will be established with a BI there in the middle of these camps.  There are more than 1 million SS refugees in Uganda and more than 1800 new ones cross over into Uganda daily.  Joshua graduated from our UBBI in 1996 while he was a Sudanese refugee.  Pray for many to get saved and trained before they go back to South Sudan.  Pray for wisdom and resources for Joshua and the other pastors.      John Balijura is 45, married, and has 10 children that range in age from 10 months to 25 years.  He was saved in 1988 and graduated from UBBI in 1998.  He has been the pastor of Kyatiri Baptist Church since 2001.  He has just planted a second church.  John knows six languages besides English and can preach in five languages.    Pray for John to have strength and power as he preaches in his church, in villages and on New Life Radio.      I have been ministering with Gilbert Okecha and his wife Oliver for many years.  He is the director of UBBI in Masindi and is a circuit rider in the central part of western Uganda.  He works primarily with the Alur people helping develop pastors and young churches.  He teaches school to support his family but will leave that the first of the year to serve more effectively and also preach regularly on New Life Radio.  He has recently experienced fresh revival in his heart.  Pray it will not diminish.         If you read my prayer letters you know the names Alex and Denis.  Alex is the pastor of UBC in Buhimba.  Alex and Denis work together keeping New Life Radio in both Buhimba and Moyo on the air.  They are in the midst of expanding the outreach of NLR in Buhimba.  Both of them preach on the radio in Runyoro and have many listeners.  They have recently started a new church from radio listeners and are getting ready to start a second one from other listeners.  Pray for them as they train men who only speak Runyoro and as they start other churches.  They need funds, Bibles, songbooks and buildings as they respond to many listeners to New Life Radio.      I want to tell you about Bernard, Sadock and Ignace but have run out of room.  I have not been able to tell you about the burden, the plan and the strategy God has given me for reaching the country of Rwanda in 10 years.  It is from the Lord, and He is blessing and blessing.  I will write more soon.  If you are not getting my email updates send me an email message and I will add you to the list.  Pray for more laborers for South Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.  Pray for Kathy and me to have wisdom, strength, energy, and power in ministering.  Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.  Amen    Ephesians 3:20-21 Tony Stark

Tony Stark

Sep 10, 2018

God’s word tells us that we will run and not be weary, we shall walk and not be faint. I don’t know if a missionary travelling on deputation was in view when Isaiah penned that. (just kidding) but travelling can make for a long and tedious day. One thing that gives Liz and I a sense of joy about it is that we know that this is just one small step in a much bigger picture. We also have had the great joy to meet some of God’s finest as we travel to church after church. So many wonderful saints stop by our table and engage us. They take our cards and promise to pray for us, and they have no idea how much that encourages us. I think we have officially been in 46 churches thus far and we still have 4 Missions Conferences to attend and some 20 more churches to visit.   In the last few weeks, we have had several churches communicate they will be picking us up. We are blessed above measure. Just last week we had a church make a motion at the end of the service to take us up for support. It is humbling to hear folks speak favorably about you and their confidence that you will continue to be a good servant of Christ.   We have seen a few more folks saved along the way since our last update. God continually gives us opportunity to be a witness for Him and we try our best to be sensitive to the people around us. Although most of our time is spent in a church parking lot, we do get out and have moments to take advantage of.   A reminder to some of our fellow helpers in the truth, our support address is below. Open Door has still received some support for us, so we want to remind you that we are with Word for the World missions board.   Please send all support to: Word for the World PO Box 849 Rossville, GA 30741 – 0849   Make the checks out to Word for the World, so they can deposit them into our account. Make sure to make a note in the memo area of the check it is for the Mullers   Your prayers are effectual, and we are grateful for them   In Christ, Mitchell and Elizabeth  

Mitch Muller

Sep 10, 2018