Engage the Nations

One of University of Rwanda Christian Choirs leads more than 2000 students in worship on Friday night. On Friday night, more than 2000 students gathered for the final campus outreach event at the University of Rwanda.  Throughout the week, we have been giving teachings at the University focused on equipping them in their calling as Rwanda's  new generation of leaders.  For the final message, I spoke on Joshua's call in Joshua 1:1-9.  I highlighted the fact that Joshua's journey was one that progressed from success to significance.  When we encounter him in Joshua 1:1, Joshua is described as Moses' servant.  But at the close of the book, he is described as the servant of Yahweh (Joshua 24:29).  Moments later, Sammy speaks, challenging the students to embrace God's new future of hope and healing for the nation of Rwanda Drawing from the openning verses to Joshua, I highlighted the fact that God's call to Joshua is three fold.  He is being called by God to

Several hundred of Residents in one of Butare neighborhoods respond to the altarcall for Salvation on Tuesday evening following Sammy's message.  Since Monday, about 8000 people have given their lives to Christ in different parts of the city. It is now our fifth day since we kicked off outreach efforts here in Huye, Rwanda.  God is doing wonderful things as our partners pray.  In just five days, nearly 30,000 people have been ministered to.  As many as 8,000 have prayed with our team to receive Jesus Christ into their lives as Lord and Savior.  The local follow-up teams are extremely busy gathering names, distributing booklets, assigning the 200 trained counselors to various groups of newly saved individuals.  It is now apparent that the 200 trained counsellors are too few for what God is doing here.  One pastor wondered how they are going to care for all the people who are coming to Christ, suggesting that maybe we should stop the work for now until those that have respon

  As you know by now, God is moving and doing great things as we continue with ministry here in Rwanda and Malawi next week. Over the last several days, already more than 5000 people have prayed to receive Christ into their lives as Lord and Savior. We are doing everything possible working with the churches here in Butare to make sure everyone is connected to a church. Thank you for continuing to pray. With a few more days of evangelistic outreach to go that will touch every segment of the society here in Butare, we are anticipating that as many as 10,000 people will have made decisions for Christ by Sunday evening. What a joy! Already 30,000 people have been ministered to here in Rwanda over the past four days. This is in addition to the large stadium events that are still to be held this weekend!  Besides continuing to pray for us, we are greatly in need of financial resources in order to complete this work successfully. I request you to consider a generous gift

Several hundred Rwandan University Students listen to the message of Christ August 23rd Gary joins in street dancing during an outreach in the Muslim neighborhood as hundreds of residents watch. It was another very fruitful day as our teams worked to multiply the impact around the city. In conjunction with Rwandan evangelists from around the country organized by African Evangelistic Enterprise Rwanda, we ministered in sixteen different venues around the city of Butare.  To the glory of God, we have received more than 2,500 names of people who gave their lives to Jesus Christ from all the sixteen sites.  Our team from the United States worked in two locations.  I spoke twice to University students at the University of Rwanda.   Several hundred kids pray with Sammy to receive Jesus Christ into their lives in the Muslim neighborhood Later in the evening, we preached at an open air in a muslim neighborhood. It is the main Muslim neighborhood here in Butare. To the glory of God,

At this church where Sammy ministered on Sunday  morning, 18 people prayed to receive Christ. More than 300 people prayed to receive Jesus Christ today during the openning events of Rwanda for Jesus Mission here in Huye Rwanda.  This morning during the service at one of city churches, eighteen people received Christ into their lives as Lord and Savior after our preaching.  I spoke from Revelation 5:1-5.  More than a thousand others sought prayer for healing and various other needs. City Pastors representing all of the churches of Butare stand to be acknowledged by the people at openning Rally. An estimated 5000 people attended the openning night. City Pastors representing Butare churches stand to be acknowledged by the people (left) at openning Festival. An estimated 5000 people attended openning Rally  Although Gary and Candie did not ask if there were any who wanted to receive Christ at their service which was at a Presbyterian church, participants reported being blessed by