Editor’s note: This article was written following an interview in June 2015 with Pastor Bethuel Dongo of Uganda while he was visiting in the U.S. On Oct. 10, 2015, Pastor Dongo went home to be with the Lord. We honor Pastor Dongo, and the legacy he leaves behind as a Kingdom builder and a great man of faith.
Hope for the Hopeless
by Melanie Hemry
In November 1984, death seemed to hover over Uganda, seeping into its pores like a disease. Bethuel Dongo sat in the dark inside a two-room house in a suburb of Kampala, hoping his wife, Florence, could sleep. He could not.
Evil lurked in the streets, of that he was certain. Every day, citizens of Uganda watched as government officials murdered innocent people for their meager belongings. While the days were filled with violence, during the night, it escalated into a fevered pitch.
Dongo dared not allow even the light from a small candle. It would draw them.
In the distance, an animal howled. The earth seemed to groan from the blood of so many innocents soaking into the soil. Death had stalked Uganda almost as long as he could remember.
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