Ministry
One gift The Lord blessed me with through The World
Race was the relationships that I still
have with some of the people we met. I asked Paul Nyabagaka to send us an
update on how things are going in their community and church. It’s not much,
but it’s great to hear from a brother in Christ writing all the way from
Mwanza, Tanzania (keep in mind his first language is Swahili):
“Thank indeed my
friend
All the time we keep
you in our prayer
Pass my greetings to
the all team
Here at Kilimahewa,
Mwanza we are doing fine
Please keep us in your
prayer we are still building the church and we are expecting to receive another
team in March”
Pastor Paul and brother Jonathon Bisanga are two absolutely
amazing men of God. They did everything they could to welcome us into their
home, community, and church. Paul and his family were incredibly hospitable in
opening two of their rooms up for us to sleep in and feeding us! Their five
children are wonderful, fun, and friendly, and you can tell their parents pray
for them every day that God would reveal Himself to them. Paul loves and cares for
people on such a strong and passionate level that people are just drawn to him
and his ministry. Please pray for his
family, that they would continue to be blessed, healthy, and active in their
community.
Jonathon is a wonderful brother and disciple of Jesus
Christ. He has such a servants heart and always desires to learn something new
about God. Jonathon was a great translator for us when we preached in church
and open air services. By the end of the month, when I preached for an hour in
a different church, he was able to stick right with me, and the words just
flowed between us. Amazing! He also has dreams of starting some big ministries
in the Mwanza area, but needs lots of help and lots of support in seeing these
dreams come to life. Please pray for
Jonathon and his family, that he would continue to be provided for, that he
would be given more opportunities to serve, and that he would step up into his
role as an apostle alongside Pastor Paul.
The church we worked with was the Assemblies of God Church
of Kilimahewa (the community/neighborhood in Mwanza). They are located on top
of a mountain overlooking Lake Victoria. This is also where our house is
located. Even though it was a workout to get up and down the mountain to the
church, we would fill the chairs at church every Sunday and Wednesday nights! 
The
whole church building would be packed with men, women, and children dancing,
jumping, and singing! I loved the music that we would make to praise God
throughout the church services. And one of my favorite parts of the church was
that they meet every Friday night, from 10pm to 3am to pray for the community,
church, church leaders, congregants, etc. Everyone would show up, we would pray
for something, have some praise and worship, have a teaching, pray some more,
and repeat! So good! This church is absolutely anointed and blessed, ordained for
the work of The Kingdom of God!
month in Tanzania, working with a boy with only one leg, praying for many sick
people in the hospital, going door-to-door telling people about Jesus, and
dancing away with all of the church folks! Though John and I had to leave early
to meet up with the other men on the squad for “man-istry,” we had a blast in
Mwanza with our new family.
Please be praying for
the continued blessings and anointing on our family in Tanzania, and for the
Lord to have His hand over their communities and churches. Pray protection,
life, and abundance over their lives.
Thanks for reading.
