JESUS Christ Superhero

"It's a Bird, it's a Ghost! No, it's JESUS!" Noone can deny the Fact that JC - the Lion of Judah (aka XP in Greek), born in Bethlehem (Israel) had superhuman Abilities given to HIM by the Almighty GOD of the Universe through the Holy Spirit. JESUS is my Superhero! The Carpenter/ Rabbi (Teacher) was a Beacon on Debit Earth for HIS heavenly Father and Master before HE returned Home in the Sky. John 21:25 says: "JESUS did many other Things as well. If everyone of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole World would not have Room for the Books." The Quran writes about some Things HE did that are not in the 66 Book Bible like making a Bird from Clay (QURAN 5:110) though it is included in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (a Forbidden Book rejected by Bible Compilers). The Aquarian Gospel records HIS Quotes. JESUS will be back for HIS Bride (the Church) and to destroy Evil in a Final Battle! Blow the Trumpets, Engels! JESUS is for everybody! Below are some of the Elements of HIS Superhero Power:

1. Orphan: HE had no earthly Father and HIS Origins were from a Virgin. Even HIS Stepfather Joseph departed to Heaven before the Crucifixion...

3. Flight: JESUS ascended into Heaven at the End of HIS Mission...

6. Royalty: Magi (three Astrologers from the East) saw HIS Star in the Sky revealing that a great King had been born and set off to worship plus bring HIM Gifts; HE was labelled the "King of the Jews" by Pontius Pilate; JESUS triumphantly entered Jerusalem City as a King; HE actually descended from King David's Line...

7. Rich: He could afford HIS own Taxes and those of HIS Disciples...

9. Socialite: The Powerful, Rich and Famous invited HIM to their Homes, Weddings, etc...

17. Chemicals: HE turned Water into Wine...

18. Elemental: HE made a Figure of a Bird from Clay and breathed Life into it (according to the Quran). HE healed Bartimaeus, a blindman, using HIS own Spit mixed with Soil and told him to wash the Mud in his Eyes at the Pool named Shiloam...

22. Water Control: HE walked on Water and let Peter walk too for some Time...

25. Weaponry: He made a Whip and chased corrupt Businessmen from the Temple. When HE returns during HIS Second Coming, HE will vanquish Evil with a Sword from HIS Mouth...

33. Telepathy: HE could tell when the Crowd wanted to kill him and get lost...

37. Super Senses: HE sensed when a Woman with a 12-Year-long Blood Problem touched the Helm of HIS Garment and Power left HIM...

39. Healing: JESUS healed the Sick, Blind, Demon-possessed, Lame, Dead and Lepers. HE healed a Roman Centurion's paralysed Servant from a Distance and recreated the cut Ear of one of the Officials that had come to arrest him in the Garden of Gethsemane. JESUS also resurrected Jairus' Daughter plus Lazarus. As for HIMSELF: 39 Stripes, three Nails plus a Cross couldn't keep HIM down; GOD took JESUS up...

40. Weather Control: HE calmed a Storm with three little Words: "Peace, be still..."

44. Light Control: During the Transfiguration, HE glittered like the Sun...

52. Precognition: JESUS assured Peter that he would deny HIM three Times before the Cock crows three Times and it happened...

71. Intelligence: HE studied the Ancient Scriptures from as early as 12 Years of Age and was addressed as Rabbi (Teacher) when HE grew up; HE was always asked Questions which HE answered cleverly. HE also told several Stories...

73. Duplication: JESUS fed 5,000 Men beyond Satisfaction using only two Fish and five Loaves; 12 Baskets full remained. Another Time, HE fed 4,000 Men using only seven Loaves and a few small Fish, but seven Baskets full remained after Multiplication...

DEMONS IN THE BIBLE
The Fight against Evil never dies because Demons are very stubborn, so we have to fast and pray without ceasing:

Protection from the Destroyer by sprinkling of the Doorframe with the Blood of a Lamb... (Exodus 12:21-23)

Freeing from Sins by Means of a Scapegoat... (Leviticus 16:3-27)

GOD sent an evil Spirit between King Abimelech and the Men of Shechem that they dealt treacherously with the Ruler of Israel... (Judges 9:23 onwards)

An evil Spirit rushed upon King Saul as he sat in his House with a Spear in his Hand and he almost speared David to the Wall twice playing a Lyre... (1 Samuel 16:23 plus 18:10 and 19:9-10) 

The LORD allowed a lying Spirit in the Mouths of all the Prophets of Ahab so that he may go and fall in Battle at Ramoth-gilead... (1 Kings 22:19-23) 

Ritual Exorcisms revealed by an Angel... (Tobit 6:8 and 8:2)

Enduring in Righteousness denies Satan the Power over Man... (Zechariah 3:2)

Those who are unrighteous will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven even if they do free and heal in the Name of JESUS... (Matthew 7:21-23)

JESUS cast out an evil Spirit from a Pagan Woman's Daughter from a large Distance... (Mark 7:24-30 or Matthew 15:21-28)

JESUS freed Demoniacs and forced evil Spirits to enter Pigs... (Matthew 8:28-34 or Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39)

JESUS cast out an evil Spirit from a Mute, who then regained Speech. The Pharisees accuse HIM of achieving that through the Power of Beelzebub... (Matthew 9:32-38 or Mark 3:20-27)

The 12 Apostles are called upon by JESUS to cast out evil Spirits... (Matthew 10:1-8)

JESUS said that after being freed from an evil Spirit, the Person should purify the Soul from Sin, otherwise the evil Spirit might return with others and make the Person's State even worse... (Matthew 12:43-45 or Luke 11:24-26)

JESUS cast an evil spirit out of a Boy and said that freeing depends on Faith, Prayer and Fasting... (Matthew 17:14-21 or Mark 9:14-29 and Luke 9:37-49)

Indwelling Spirit can give superhuman Strength... (Mark 5:4)

JESUS cast out seven evil Spirits from Mary Magdalene... (Mark 16:9)

The Casting out of evil Spirits is the Sign of the Coming of the Kingdom of GOD... (Luke 11:14-20)

Epilepsy caused by a Demon... (Luke 9:39)

JESUS exorcises Spirit of Faintness on Shabbat. Verses describe a Woman who was unable to straighten her Back for almost two Decades because of an evil Spirit... (Luke 13:10-13)

Philip cast out evil Spirits in Samaria... (Acts 8:6-7)

Peter preached that JESUS came to free us from the Devil's Power... (Acts 10:38)

Paul cast out an evil Spirit "in the Name of JESUS" from a Slave Woman who had the Power of Divination that brought Profit to her Masters... (Acts 16:16-24)

Exorcisms conducted by those who do not believe in JESUS or are non-Christian result in Failure. Seven Sons of Sceva were beaten by an evil Spirit... (Acts 19:13-17)


200 Million Scorpion Locusts in the Smoke from Hell... (Revelation 9)

DEMONS (OR JINN) IN THE QURAN
"O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as he got your Parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their Raiment, to expose their Shame: for he and his Tribe watch you from a Position where you cannot see them..." - QURAN 7:27 (THE HEIGHTS)

"And if an evil Whisper comes to your Mind from Satan, then seek Refuge with ALLAH: for HE hears and knows (all Things)..." - QURAN 7:200 (THE HEIGHTS)

According to QURAN 15:26-27 (AL-HIJR) and 55:14-15 (MOST GRACIOUS), GOD made the Jinn (Word from Arabic Verb 'Janna' meaning 'hide' or 'conceal', like other spiritual Entities in Muslim Culture: Genie, Ghoul, Ghul) out of smokeless Flame of Fire before HE created Human Beings out of (dried) Clay of altered black smooth Mud. Like Humans though, Jinn can be Muslim - submitting to the Divine Will or they can be wilfully wicked. (Meanwhile, GOD made the good Angels from Light)...

"And when WE said to the Angels: Prostrate to Adam; they prostrated except Iblis. He was one of the Jinns, so he transgressed the Commandment of his LORD. What! Would you then take him and his Progeny for Friends rather than ME, and they are your Enemies? Evil is the Exchange for the Wrongdoers..." - QURAN 18:50 (THE CAVE)

"I did not create the Jinn and Mankind except to worship me..." - QURAN 51:56 (THE WINDS THAT SCATTER)

Christmas in UG
I was born in 1984, the same Year Wham! - a British Duo released their "Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart" Hit but I've never had to save myself from Tears during Xmas because JESUS, the Tear-remover takes Centre Stage. Instead, I learnt a valuable Lesson about Covetousness, Jealousy or Envy. One Christmas while at Spire Road (Jinja), new Shoes were bought for all my three Youngest Sisters but none was bought for me. From that Day onwards, I started respecting other People's Fortune instead of envying them. I hated the Greed or Gluttony in me for example we would be given small Cakes, then I would eat mine fast and beg my Youngest Sister for half of hers; it had to stop somewhere. For the next Year, I bounced in my old Pair till I got new Shoes and I did get many new plus second-hand ones after that, not only during Christmas. In addition, I later taught myself how to mend Footwear inspired by my Cousin Charles and Uncle Jad plus Dad; it helped me forget those Moments when the Shoes would get torn at the Front because of Soccer-playing and gape like a "Fish" hence the Slangname by Schoolmates. The only Songs that cultivated a distinct Christmas Feeling for me in the early 90s were from mainly Boney M, Philly Lutaaya, Church Christmas Carols and Jim Reeves (even though I did not hear him played much but just felt he was also a strong Christmas Flavour). Later many other Artistes produced Christmas Cheer, from Mariah Carey to Bebe Cool. I did not understand how some Chap from Faraway Israel had his Birthday celebrated World-over with lots of Fanfare. My Oldest Memory of Christ's Birthday was 1989 when me and my Favourite Peer Cousin at that Time Emmanuel Drabo ate so much that our Bellies bulged. We went and slept face down on the beds in the Boys Room while looking at the Bottom of each other's opposite Bed trying to press our Bellies on the Mattresses with our Body Weights. Our Demise was even mentioned on Radio Uganda's KK Boys Show; we showered to try and shrink the Stomach but it still did not work. I learnt to check my Eating during Christmas, only vomitted once after Xmas Lunch in Arua because of Mixed Oils. It used to be a Tradition in Jinja that we would take Photos on Christmas Day, nowadays that Tradition has waned. Christmas in Jinja was about Church, Family, Christmas Music, Decorations - Cypress Tree with Lights transplanted into a metallic Debe plastered outside with Newspapers and filled inside with Soil, Feasting, Rice, Cutting a Cake, Photos and Soda. The hilarious Kickboxer Moses Golola acts as King Herod in a Ugandan Flick about Christmas in Kampala. When we still had a Cypress Fence while our KLA Neighbours had Wall Fences, People would travel from far even in Cars during Christmas to chop our Fence, with or without Permission. In 2010, KLA became the first Place where I celebrated Xmas while my Parents were out of the Town I was in; I used to travel to Arua every Year from 2001 to celebrate with them. For others, Christmas is about Gifts (opened on Boxing Day) and Travels plus helping the Unfortunate...

Arua Water Chemistry

There is no human being on earth who doesn't use WATER. If there is any, then that person is definitely dehydrated, alien or already dead. Water is life, it is the basic chemical component of a human body making up about 70 percent. Even the Earth is more water than land, oceans are too big and deep. You can live without food for many days, but not water. So since we all require water as a primary element, we have to protect ourselves by protecting our H2O sources. Even JESUS used water: HE turned it into wine, fished in it, washed the Feet of HIS Disciples, healed blind Bartimaeus, asked for a drink of water from a Samaritan woman at the well and later walked on the sea. Even while on the Cross, JESUS was thirsty but instead of H2O, a soldier gave him vinegar which HE rejected. There is no water in hell, so we must be living in heaven on earth.

Sevo (by Aiko)

In November 2015 during his Presidential Campaigns, (incumbent Head-of-State and re-elected candidate) Yoweri Museveni promised Arua people City status for their town (established in 1914) when the 10th Parliament of Uganda resumes in May after the 18th February 2016 Elections. Rural villages cannot become cities overnight because a city is a large and permanent settlement. Distinguished from a town, a city generally has complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing and transportation. The dictionary definition of a city is a large, urban and important town especially with a cathedral. However, it must have enough water available for the entire population. In West Nile - the Most Northwestern Country Area of Uganda, Arua is the Biggest Demarcation extending from the South Sudan border to Madi Okollo near Ora River - a River Nile tributary with a small sized city named after Arua Hill in the centre. On top of the hill is the flat trapezoid 1,365 cubic metre National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) water reservoir. Arua water is sourced from River Enyau, also pumped from underground in Dadamu and in future might originate from the Albert Nile near Rhino Camp.

Karuma Falls on the River Nile (KLA City to Arua Highway) near the proposed site for a new City in East Africa

There are several River Nile tributaries that provide Arua water including Enyau (with its source in Vurra), Inve (or Enve), Oluffe as you enter Maracha and Ayi plus minor rivers. Underground rock fountains also provide water. There are plans to supply Arua water from the River Nile in Rhino Camp (East) and Giligili (West). Maracha, immediately north of Arua District pumps piped tap water from rocks. In Bundibugyo (Western Uganda), a River Semuliki Catchment Area, there are Water User Groups (WUGs) with relevant laws and regulations that help manage water resources like public taps, rivers and valley dams. They regulate defecation, rubbish disposal, washing of bikes, etc in water sources. Likewise in Arua, community members pay a couple thousand UgX per month to maintain the boreholes in their vicinity.

According to Arua District Water Officer Stephen Obitre, water sources contaminated by faecal matter must be closed to prevent diseases. Water sources need to be 30 metres away from settlements. Samples from water sources are tested for quality every three months because of low funds. However priority is always given to places with complaints and rampant diseases. Water is terribly contaminated even if it tastes sweet. Worm eggs in Arua water samples are unbelievably too many. Stephen suggests that urban poor should manage public taps collectively. Environmental Health Officers can be approached in the remotest villages for queries. NGOs also take samples from water points, for instance Worldvision in Offaka.  Some boreholes have worked for over 40 years. When people need new boreholes or wells in their locality, they can pick water interest forms from government subcounty offices and indicate how many people will use the water plus what kind of water source they want. Results are within less than two years. In Rakai (Southern Uganda next to Tanzania), boreholes are no longer drilled. Surface water is treated and used instead.  In 2010, Arua Municipal Council banned the consumption of borehole water because it was heavily contaminated with human waste. Many boreholes and water wells are constructed near toilets or latrines leading to Cholera, Typhoid, Dysentery and Diarrhea. Portable water used at home ought to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and be odourless, colourless, micro-organism free, solid waste free and chemical free. West Nile is near DR Congo which is blessed with so many minerals. That means the mineral belt extends to Arua and metal elements dissolve in underground water causing chemical reactions. Behaviours change slowly and open air defecation in bushes plus forests always follows people home through houseflies and runoff rain water. Therefore it must be discouraged for example in Vurra where vigilant youth arrest and fine people found defecating in the open. Latrine holes must be covered unless they are the VIP (Ventilated Improved Pit) type. Some people fix their whole hand inside the pot of drinking water instead of only a cup or container.

Engineer Roy Tiyo revealed that the two Tanks set up in Gili Gili will supply Arua City with abundant Water. Boreholes are not dug in every Village in every Subcounty every Year simply because of lack of Funds. A Subcounty might have 8, 9, 10 Parishes yet you can give Water for one of five Villages in a Parish. Water Tests are carried out at the National Water Lab near Enyau. Those that cannot be done in Arua are referred to Kampala. People complain that Borehole Maintenance is difficult but during one Community Meeting, Roy asked, "If I give you a Coat or Suit because your Clothes are torn and it gets dirty, do you want me to always go and wash it for you?" Some Mzee answered No, the Job of washing is his. "If we give People Water, they have Money for drinking Alcohol, Money for smoking but Water Money - only 1,000 UgX a Month is missing, then you cannot blame someone else. When you collect Money and it is not enough, it becomes easy for us because we see that these People are trying, let's go and rescue them! However without any Collections, all some want is to report: Water is spoilt, Water is spoilt!"

NWSC Arua Branch Area Engineer Lambert Tabu advises people to use water pumped from Arua Water Supply through their taps. When piped water stops, you have to look for alternatives if you do not have a tank nor enough storage containers. NWSC Arua Area supplies water to over 5,638 customer accounts which represents about 80 percent of the target population. The service area includes the Municipality divisions of Arua Hill and River Oli. It stretches to Oluko and Onzivu parishes in the east, Pajulu in the west, Ombachi and Onduparaka in the north plus Muni in the south. Water has also been extended to the small town centres of Giligili, Ewuata and Kuluva. Since Arua is a Business and Refugee Hub strategically located between Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the East African Community, developments like schools, hotels, offices, health centres and apartments need services from NWSC. The World Bank Water and Sanitation Project aimed at upgrading the Water Supply System and installation of sanitation facilities will create opportunities of realising more customers connected to the NWSC services.

Gloria Kisa, the director of MACCO (Mayang Anti-Corruption Coalition) says that her organisation monitors water usage by assessing whether girls (or even boys) dance recklessly while pumping water at the borehole. Civilians must maintain the services government gave us. Money is usually collected at water sources, so MACCO asks for accountability. They also ensure that spoilt water sources are repaired by the technical people involved. One of their main focus areas is Arua Hill Division.

Irrigation on East African agricultural centres like Abi Farm on Rhino Camp Road as you head to Terego County is another use of off-season water in Arua. Edison, a Government Official ingeniously uses drip irrigation to water his young trees. Besides a watering can and pipes, he also ties water-filled mineral water bottles (with tiny cracks) to sticks fixed next to the growing trees and they constantly keep dripping water.

Some people move a distance from their homes to get drinkable water which they use for cooking, either from a borehole or public water tap because the surface well water, rivers or springs near their homes are reserved for washing clothes, bathing and making bricks. Rainwater is abundant and unless people maximise it through domestic collection, it just sips underground. Normally, iron sheet roofs help in the collection and adding a gutter directs the flow to a specific trapping point. People with grass thatched houses may find this difficult. Tiles and asbestos sheets can also help but they have their own impurity run-off issues. Spring rain in Arua starts around March and reduces in June (Summer) but September brings the colours of Fall while October rains also fall without apology. December considered a dry Winter is usually rainless. The BBC Website posts a 7 Day Weather Forecast for Arua everyday. Emmanuel, a Doctor is thankful that rainwater reduces the water bill paid to NWSC during the rainy periods in a Davis & Shirtliff type of way.

Rusted borehole interiors add metal particles in water which cause skin irritations when used for bathing. The body also itches when you drink the water plus iron smells in your respiratory and digestive systems. You might scratch yourself until you see the white matter in your skin creating patches. A Student Teacher from Arua confessed that because of using borehole water, she even itches in her Most Intimate Parts and cannot avoid scratching. Too much chlorine or other elements in water may cause itchy reactions, red skin or hives (itchy bumps) by clogging skin pores. Ultraviolet (UV) treatment is one of the safest ways to disinfect water, the rays are a natural component of sunlight. Groundwater care is necessary for long term water purity which benefits everyone. Filtration technologies like a PUR packet or WaterGuard also purify water. Disinfectant powders clean dirty water. P&G Water Purification Technology is a simple way to clean water. It eliminates disease-causing microorganisms, dirt, pollutants and 99 percent of common waterborne bacteria (Cholera, Hepatitis A and Diarrhea - dreaded diseases in Arua). Bottled mineral water like Sunshine (from Adriko's), Malaika, Mandela Water plus others from outside Arua like Rwenzori also offer relief from thirst. Unfortunately, some people bravely drink unboiled water from a direct tap or rainwater tank without worrying about illness. People are always advised to wash their hands with soap after visiting the latrine or toilet.

Abundant Arua mangoes

Having lived full time in Arua since December 2013, I contracted Typhoid twice in 12 months. The first time was before the World Cup in Brazil (June 2014) and then June 2015 (when I vomited at midnight after my first drug doze for acute Typhoid + Malaria). The doctor told me I looked strong on the surface but in my (reddish black) blood, I was "two days away from running mad". It was amazingly not easy to point out why the disease attacked me only during summertime but I blamed the water I was using to wash mangoes. So many mangoes ripen annually from around May onwards that some just go to waste. Maybe I need to wash them with boiled water because untreated water can be very dangerous.