Jesus Saved Me From Becoming a Muslim
by Gaali Godfrey
(Uganda in East Africa.)
Pastor Gaali Godfrey
Hi Linda Pepin,
Praise be to God. Thank you for replying to me. I'm also happy that you are answering my questions that I'm sending to you.
My real story about how I got Saved
I was born in the year 23th / May / 1981. My daddy is called George Gaali, mammy called Harriet Suzan, and the Village is called Namalemba, in Iganga District,in the country called Uganda in East Africa.
Accidentally, my mammy died in 1996, in the year that I was 15 years old and I was in Primary six(6). At that time my father was a very a poor man. He couldn't get the school fees to allow me to go back to school. So I went in the hands of my Aunt called Mwaiduma, who is a Muslim woman. My Aunt married a Muslim man called Awali Sserujjongi. He is a very Muslim man up to today.
This man wanted me to be the same way with him. One day he wanted me to go with him in the Mosque and he wanted to circumcise me and also to be a Muslim.
It became a difficult time for me. No one helped at that time, but in my heart I did not feel it to be a Muslim. They started to have the war between me and my Aunt plus her husband started to say, why don't you be a Muslim man like us, we're going to chase you out of our home.
My friend, there are many, many, things that I want to tell you but to get to my salvation story...
THE TIME JESUS FOUND ME
Jesus found me in the year 2000. In that year, I was in a secondary school, senior one( S1), (the school was called Baitambogwe senior secondary school, SSS.)
In that year, there was one man who led a powerful crusade in the Trading Center where I live. On that day, I was at school. Then I came from school and found one preacher at the pulpit preaching the good news from God to the people.
He said that, "Jesus is the way, the truth and life," from the book John 14:6. From that again he said that; "Jesus said, Come to me, all you who labor," from the book of Matthew 11;28. I picked up the words immediately in my heart and started to hear inside my heart the smooth voice say to me that, "this is your time to make a decision for your life. Give your life to the devil or give your life to Jesus?" So the preacher started to call people to come and to confess Jesus in their hearts to be their Savior immediately.
My friend, the people started to move to go forward to the pulpit where the preacher was calling them to go to confess Jesus. Immediately at that time, the hand of the Lord came to me and touched me on my hand and started to pull me in front of the preacher. "Listen to me my friend," the preacher said that to me. "I see you in God's image, so I tell you or encourage you that you're the son of God, the servant of God. You're the mighty man of God, you're not the servant of Satan from now on."
Remember... there are many people around, attending this crusade, but the preacher prayed for me only. He prayed for me and I came back at my Aunts home. She heard that I confessed Jesus on the crusade. She said to me that from today I chase you out of our home. So go to your pastors to keep you from now on.
First, when I got saved, I was in Discipleship church in Bulanga Village. I had fellowship in that church from 2000 up to 2007. The pastor of the church is called Pastor George Williams Kabaale.
But from last year in 2008, I changed the ministry to Baptist, and now I am the pastor of the church called New Bute Baptist Church, which we planted in January 23th / 2008. As I speak now, it has about 40 church members.
There is more story coming. I know that I still have more to share with you. So my friend Linda Pepin, continue to teach me the other things. I'm ready for that.
I'm sending to you my photo's in this message.
May God bless you so much.
Yours in Christ,
Godfrey Gaali,
New Bute Baptist Church, from Uganda.
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