Zam regularly attends the Kaliro congregation. I noticed she had a little boy with her, around 10 years old at the time. Her son, Abasa, cannot walk or speak, but he always has a very sweet, though blank, smile on his face. Zam carried him with her every time I came, and I would watch her as she would carefully wipe the spittle from the corner of his mouth and take such loving care of him. One day, while headed to the congregation in Kaliro, we came upon Zam carrying her son and offered them a ride. It was then that Zam told me her story. Zam was one of three wives married to a Muslim. When Abasa was born, the other wives mocked her and claimed that she was cursed because she had given birth to a cripple. They were very cruel to her but Zam told me, “I KNOW the Lord has given Abasa to me.” Later, after Zam became a Christian, her husband abandoned her and her children.
Zam is so faithful to attend the congregation; she walks over a quarter of a mile carrying her son to each meeting so that he, too, can hear the Word of God preached. We were able to purchase 21 goats to help the Kaliro congregation become more self sufficient, and Zam was one of the women to receive a doe. Before I left Uganda in late November 2019, we had a sponsor to care for Zam and her family. She is so grateful to have been sponsored and can now feed her family and will even be able to send her eldest son to school when it reopens. She is just one of the many people the Lord is using to show His hand. Because of her changed heart, the people in her community see the difference and they are asking questions. They want to know who this God is that He cares for widows and cripples; that loves those considered unlovely. Yahweh is using her to spread His gospel and I cannot wait to see where He leads next.