About the Vision Bearer

Apostle Dr. Ruth Nakatudde

The Vision Bearer – Christ – IAM

A TESTIMONY TO MY CALLING

January 2016

Dedication

I dedicate this piece of work to my beloved Pastor, Imelda Namutebi Kula and the liberty family for having created the physical and spiritual environment that has nurtured this vision.

To my husband Mr. Isaac Galabuzi who has been so patient with me while I have been involved in the service ministry with Liberty worship center, he has endured my late coming at home and absence while serving.

To my children, Joel, Jemimah, Angel, Jordan and especially Kitibwa whom we have continually served together on almost every Sunday service.

To my friend pastors especially Pastor Teddy Senkindu, pastor Joseph Lukwago, pastor Joseph Kabuye, Pastor Florence Nakitende, through whom the Altar was revealed and initiated and it has managed to materialize in to the International Apostolic Ministry which is yet to be launched on the 23rd of January 2016.

1.0. INTRODUCTION

My names are Nakatudde Ruth Galabuzi born on the 6th of July 1978 to Mr. Sekanyo Livingstone of Kigalama Mityana and Mrs. Joyce Nambwere Sekanyo of Namutidde- Miytana (both deceased)

While at the age of one year my father had passed on, I was taken on by my Late Aunt Brandina Meme of Makindye who natured and educated me up to primary seven at Lusaka Primary school, Makindye.

I had my secondary level (both O& A) at Mackay College Natete under the care of my brothers and sisters, almost each class had a different caretaker or even staying in the house alone. I remember in 1993 while in senior two, my brother and his wife left me in the house, when they had a misunderstanding and I stayed in the house for over three months with no food and no care until the landlord pushed me out of the house due to lack of house rent. But God never left me; there were always some people who cared.

I loved the lord and spent almost all my free time in the bible reading and my brother (deceased) used to tease me that I was going to die because I read the bible too much and if one reads the entire bible “cover to cover”, you would die. But that did not stop me from reading the bible and loving Jesus who was always by my side and even whispering “I love you”. This could comfort me even when in tears.

2.0. LEVEL OF SERVICE

Since my childhood I have served the Lord in different levels at primary level I served in Sunday school, church choir and the cross bearer leading the clergy in ST. Luke’s Church in Makindye

At secondary level I served in the church Choir and cross bearer for Mackay Church of Uganda, Natete and also in the fellowship and scripture Union for Mackay College Natete in 1995-1998.

At University level, there was no particular church commitment until in the final year stage of the university when I gave my life to Jesus at the Lumumba Crusade in 2000. When I finished university I later felt a complete demand on my life to recommit myself to Jesus and serve him again and later joined St Francis Chapel and also joined their Choir, come alive ministry were I used to minister in the morning service under the stewardship of Uncle Ben.

After completing university level, life was hard not knowing where to go next after having been left by my friend Rebecca who used to house me in her hostel room and had gone back to her parents, but by the grace of God I got a two roomed house in Nansana. While there life was challenging and one day when I was watching Light Television, I saw Pastor Imelda Namutebi on Tv and I fell in love with her ministry and how she was ministering, I conspired within my heart to go to her church the following Sunday. The following Sunday I ministered in the morning service at ST Francis chapel and later run away to Mengo looking Liberty worship Center.

Since that day I never went to any other church and I made Liberty church my home church until this day…… since 2002 I have been a church goer but many prophecies coming along and dreams portraying ministry of God’s service upon my life until 18th of September 2011 a Wednesday when I got a black out while in office after receiving some keys from my colleague, I lost blood and was put on iron dextrose for some good time. They would put blood formation medicine but only felt dyeing slowly day by day.

On the 20th of September 2011 at mid day, in a dream, so many red top soldiers as those guarding the queen of England were surrounding the house where I was sleeping and when I woke up I saw all these soldiers, their captain came running towards me with his assistant and whisked me off and hid me guarding each seating besides me. I tried to tell them, let’s hide somewhere else they wouldn’t let me, so I sat in between the two soldiers and they told me, thank God that they have sent us other you were dyeing this moment, later on the enemy was caught.

I struggled with the sickness for some good time until the lord and recovering slowly until the Lord told me to go back and serve him in a dream, when Pastor Jessica Kayanja was coming to Liberty church and I was the one to take care of her, where she was going to sleep, what to eat etc..

I therefore started to serve by cleaning the church, mopping and I realized a great blessing there and my health improved greatly but I felt that was not enough and I approached Pastor Imelda Namutebi and requested her to let me serve under her anointing in early 2012. Since then I have been in several ministry positions including, cleaning, caretaking, Ushering and now in the treasury. In this journey I have endeavored by the grace of God to serve the Lord with my heart, and with what he blessed me with (the finances, property) for the glory of God.

Many servants of God always told me “ you are a servant of God” and I was like yes iam serving the Lord but what or who exactly “am I” and the answer they could give me is to be a supporter/giver and I did that with all my effort and I have supported various ministries and churches.

3.0. THE CALLING

However as time passed by many dreams came by involving, cars, shoes prepared and set apart for me, pastor talking to me over several issues, president among others. About one year and a half the dreams got more serious and now questioning me, “you have not done my job, you have not served,” like three times now, but in my heart I said but lord I’m serving you….

In August 2013 while in Stockholm, Sweden, I got a dream where a woman full of light from above piercing through the roof of the two roomed house came to me furiously almost slapping

me, “Don’t you know you are an Apostle and disappeared. Since then I started interesting myself in knowing who an Apostle is. Apostle Bunjo has been my center of focus and have been attending Devine Encounter for the last two years, (2014, 2015)

The thirst for the Lord has never quenched until in the late 2013, the Lord asked me to put an altar at home through Pastor Teddy Senkindu while we were at Prayer Mountain and I obeyed, started it but I was hesitant to call it altar after they told me of its implications and always suggested to call it fellowship.

In early 2014 is met Pastor Odoi of grace church and revealed to me the mystery of my life and made it more clearer, when he told me, that whatever was happening to me was the fact that I was meant to serve the Lord under the Apostolic anointing, prophesy and other three gifts, and he said, “at the right time ( God’s own time) God himself will commission you”. He gave me a study bible which I had to purpose to read every day.

In 2015, the “why question” came out so prominently in my dreams, why are you not serving me, you are not doing my job and this disturbed me so much and got confused. He brought back a dream that appeared to me about 5 years ago” when we were a bodaboda me – Ruth and my Pastor ( Pastor Imelda Namutebi Kula) and a gentleman was riding the Bodaboda for some distance and stopped, He said you cannot both be on this same Boda, one of you leave, and he told Pastor Namutbi to remain on that same boda and told me to go in the opposite direction to find my own Bodaboda”, but by that time I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t tell my pastor but later shared it with Pastor Florence and she told me you have to leave and start you own ministry to which I didn’t believe and continued serving in my church.

As all these things were unfolding, many prophecies were being given to me by my Pastors, Visiting preachers and pastors about the great new job that God was giving me. To me this sounded very exciting because the challenges that I was going through at my place of were enormous that I wanted to leave the job immediately as I get the new one.
I later landed on a job opening in the World Bank Group, Africa Recruitment drive and this seemed as if God had answered my prayers. I applied for the job and even sowed a seed of faith of USD 600 trusting God to give that very job. Interviews were to be conducted in Washington D.C. in the first week of November 2015; I approached a good friend of mine, a second ranking personality in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek for his recommendation.
However hours later I received an update saying: 500,000 applications for the Position of Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank have been received from around the world and only 5 applicants have been shortlisted for interviews. This was a shock to me but still believed God had a good plan for me
On the 6th of December 2015, I had several dreams, but one of them was when I went climbing the mountain and found people praying so I joined in prayer with others and a voice gave me the scripture of Isaiah 49 and on reading the entire scripture, it was headed, “ The Lords Servant Commissioned”. The scripture was so awesome to me and please me a lot especially verses 1-4. It says:

“1 Listen to me, all you distant lands!

Pay attention, you who are far away!

The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name.

2He made my words of judgement as sharp as a sword.

He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. Iam like a sharp arrow in his quiver.

3He said to me, “You are my servant, Isreal, and you will bring me glory”.

4I replied, “But my work seems so useless!

I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.

Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand;

I will trust God for my reward

After reading this I realized that I got so obsessed by the assignments and forgot all about the PURPOSE as to why I was created, as rightly said by Pastor Robert Kayanja in his book: PUPOSE, “ For this purpose I was born Chapt………… page…………… I have served in church ministries since childhood, but possibly not serving in the right position hence not fulfilling my purpose, so for this reason , International Apostolic Ministries is born,(IAM).

After all this I had to tell pastor what is going on but it was really a great trouble to me, whether she would really believe me, so I prayed to God to make it possible and easy for me. On the 7th of December, a Monday at around 10.30 in the morning at Liberty Worship Center church in the Pastor’s parking yard, an opportunity presented itself with no appointment when Pastor Imelda chose to give me a push to me car and was ready to talk me at ease and I broke the news to her to which she conceded. She advised me to register the given ministry under my names through the legal processes.

On the 11th of December 2015 God showed me a small golden car parked at a place similar to the ministry site along sissa-ebony villa road and the car was too small like a toy car but the voice me to fit in my left feet and the small car enlarged into a big five seater car.

On the 14th of December 2015, in dream, Pastor Robert Kayanja nicely dressed in a light blue suit, he came to my office and gave me a personal invitation to his function and told me, “Nze nkwekimide/ nkwenonedde

( meaning I have personally come for you), to make sure you come, I send people to you but you don’t come. I replied; I’m humbled and honored and I will come. He went away.

On the day of the function, I almost failed to make it but I thank God that finally made it to the function and on reaching the function while dressed in a purple dress, Pastor Kayanja was seriously looking around for me until when he saw me and came to me, he said thank you for coming and he shook my hands, he said, “Go and the Job”.

On following My Pastor’s advise to register the ministry in my names while I still serve at Liberty worship center. I got a dream on the 19th of December 2015, I went to register the name of the ministry and moved around town and found this dust gold building with some blue painting and blue glasses known to be the National Fellowship for Born again, I found a lady at the reception whom I requested to register my ministry and she said, you need to be serious, “First start to work and then you will register after.

However, the question was… work on what, start what…. But I thank the spirit of the Lord that on the 21 of December 2015, in a dream, a voice came saying it’s a church, it’s a church, and the voice was trying to explain why it was a church……

Therefore dear ladies and gentlemen, my beloved friends the journey has been long, but today the 23rd of January 2016, I invite you to share this vision / purpose and the great assignment that the lord God has bestowed or did bestow on me even before I was put in my mother’s womb to become a reality and also to request you walk with me this journey as we spread the gospel of the lord.

The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is at hand, therefore AIM, is a voice to call on to the people of the lord to clear the way, revert from their sinful ways and clear the way for the lord’s coming, prepare the church, the Lord’s bride as she prepares to receive Him.

I just request you to support me, pray for me to see that the purpose of this ministry and my creation comes to pass. My purpose therefore is to obey God’s purpose to preach the gospel.

I Thank you:

Apostle Nakatudde Ruth Galabuzi.