We Lived in the Church

Life is not always a bed of roses.  Sometime it is full of thorns. To survive we must bend with the wind; only dead ones are stiff and can not bend.  They break.

God called us to be lay missionaries in a place that we we did not know.  When we arrived, we found that there were lots of challenges in this new place including the following: a small house, it was very hot, the river has crocodiles, there are monkeys in the trees, there is no garden, and for crossing the river  it had to be done by canoe.  Even with all these challenges we knew God called us to serve Him in this location.

We lived in that small house that we rented for three months when the owner of the house came back and asked us to leave.  We didn’t know where to go.   With no other answers, we decided to move in the church hoping to be there only for a short time.   We ended up staying  for four months.
We made bricks to build a house but it took a long time to finish the house and to get it ready to live in. The biggest challenge was each Friday and Saturday.  People would come to the church for Sabbath opening and on Sabbath day.  We had to get out early in the morning to make the church clean and ready for services.  So all of our things we took out and put under the tree waiting to take them back in after the sunset.

God helped us to continue to work even though we had many trials.  Now God has moved us to a new location and we thank God that he worked through Kibidula to provide metal roofing sheets to finish a place so we could could have a place to live in the new location.
We thank God for his protection and caring for us.
 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. now working in Nyawenzi.

God Still Gives Miraculous Healings!

Alfonsi is a young man of 17 years of age. He is still living with his mother. This young man developed a bad problem from his feet to loin.  He was taken to the clinic for help but nothing was helping him with his problem.  After receiving care from doctors for a long time without any relief, he was taken to the witch-doctor.  Even with this, there was no improvement and they lost all hope.   They returned home to wait for his death.
Just after this time of losing hope, it happened that I started visiting the houses in that area.  When I started in that area, I didn’t know anything about their problem.  I believe God purposely brought me to that specific house at that time.
Alfonsi was unable to walk, so anytime that I wanted to do anything to help him, I had to come to the house since he could not go anywhere.
It was a very difficult time for his mother.   With Alfonsi laying nearby, I had a conversation with his mother.  She told me that nothing could be done to save the life of her son.
When I heard her say this, I told her of the stories in the Bible of how Jesus dealt the people of different circumstances if life.
When they heard about Jesus, their hope began to grow  and there were waiting for that miracle to come to them.  I asked the young man if he believe in Jesus and that will heal him. He said, "Yes, I believe."  We had a session of prayer session before I left.
The next day after these happenings when I arrived at his home, I saw him seated leaning against the wall of the house.
Then, the third day when I came,  I didn’t find him home at all.
I asked his mother, "What happened?"
She began by telling me that he had walked to go to river... by himself ...walking.
God still answers the prayers of faith and gives hope to those who seek Him.
This young man is now healed and continuing with his daily activities.
He and his family are really happy knowing that God is able to bring hope to people.
Now we are having good Bible studies with them and continue to pray with them.

Please pray for the work that is continuing in Ntungwa village.

  
Mr. &  Mrs. Erick S. in Ntungwa village.