Let God give them visas, prays Uganda’s passport pastor focus 04/28/2010

Let God give them visas, prays Uganda’s passport pastor

focus 04/28/2010 KAMPALA — A Ugandan Pentecostal pastor who blesses his congregants’ passports to help them get visas for the industrialized world first became fascinated by rich nations thanks to McDonald’s and Burger King. “The thing is that whenever somebody goes abroad, things change. You go abroad when you are tiny-teeny, and you begin eating fast food and you gain weight,” Joshua Magezi told AFP on a bench outside his church in a dingy Kampala suburb. At Magezi’s church, a box-like structure of wooden planks and iron sheets, the faithful are encouraged to bring their passports each Sunday so the pastor, through prayer, can expedite their visa applications. “‘Go in power in the name of Jesus. Find favor with the counselor. Let all your paperwork work out in Jesus’ name.’ That is the usual prayer,” he said..... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100428com7.html

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