Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this week's Connecting Clip of the Week, Paul and Pastor Peter Kasiravu talk about the

difficulties of ministry in a difficult place like Uganda.

To hear more of Pastor Peter's story, check out the Connecting Podcast episode 27, wherever you listen to podcasts.

You can also watch the video on Paul Tripp's YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Here's this week's Connecting clip of the week.

I want you to talk about ministry in a very hard place.

You have faced what seems like insurmountable things.

You faced hardship along the way.

How?

How do you keep going when it just seems like the needs are just overwhelming?

I would talk about me as a person, but I would talk about an average pastor back in the countryside.

It's, ministry is hard. You know, coming to visiting your country a few times, I found that ministry is difficult here, but it's more difficult back home.

Because what happens is, as I said, people are very responsive.

They respond when we speak.

But the challenge that we have, I have as a pastor,

is to live in a community where there is overwhelming need. There's so much need

that it crowds around you and you want to do something about it. And many times you don't know how

to do it. You don't know where to go and how to help. And so that can be very overwhelming.

So you go visit this home and they don't have food, the kids are not going to school.

Or someone is sick and they don't have the money to go. Now, many times I always tell my wife, if I have money to buy food, I cannot put it in my

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