Mustafa

Mustafa is a Muslim and a father to 7 children. He couldn't work because he was paralyzed on the left side of his body 4 years ago. Mustafa had to stay seated in front of his house (one small room) and babysit his baby as his wife works to keep the family alive.
Sometimes they went for weeks without food, depending on only water because there was no money to take care of his family. His wife earned 20,000 Uganda shillings every month ($7) and this money was meant to pay for rent, tuition for the children, and food.

Mustafa and his family was in a very hard place, like many other families in Uganda. But God brought Ezra and Peter the opportunity to meet this man as they were taking a short cut to make their was back to the highway on one of their ministry outing with a team from Idaho. When they came upon Mustafa, he was seated right where he had been seated for the past 4 years, in front of his home. I think Ezra and Peter felt God leading them to talk to this man. Right there they shared Christ with Mustafa. As they talked with him he repeated over and over that he had never heard these words before in his life. He couldn't believe someone LOVES him just the way he is and had given him the opportunity to be a part of this one big eternal family.

Over the past years that he had been paralyzed, Mustafa tried to commit suicide several times.
For about an hour Ezra, and those with him,  shared Jesus Christ with Mustafa. And later he accepted to receive Christ as his Lord and Savior.
Through Ezra, Peter, and the Team that was with them...God brought healing to Mustafa's life. He now walks, Praise God! And is able to work to earn money and provide for his family.


Brenna and I were blessed to join Ezra and Peter one Sunday evening as they went back to Mustafa's village to have bible study. To my surprise a large group of Mustafa's family and neighbors also came to hear what these Christians had to share.  God is doing great things in those people. And it was exciting to witness(:

Later at the end of our three weeks in Uganda, Papa Hunter asked Brenna and I if we would be willing to use some of the money that had been given us to buy food for Mustafa and his family. Brenna and I were overjoyed to bless this family in that way(: and they were even more joyous and thankful to receive the food.