Engage the Nations

World Evangelist Sammy Wanyonyi preaching in Adiedo, Kenya Orphaned by HIV/AIDS, she rarely speaks, not even to her visiting school sponsor Pam Craig who traveled as part of our team to Adiedo from Spokane Washington.  But last Saturday afternoon in the closing moments of the evangelistic festival, Everline walked over to Pam and asked if she could be introduced to the preacher (me).   For once, she had a smile on her face.  The eleven year-old had just asked Jesus Christ into her heart as Lord and Savior.   Several hundreds of people respond to the invitation to follow Christ on day two of Adiedo Festival All across the soccer-field were stories like Everline's.  I cannot forget a ten year-old young man named Ochieng.  On Friday night, he waited backstage patiently for me to leave the stage and then boldly walked up to me extending his hand to greet me.  Although his clothes were torn here and there, I could tell ...

Preaching to residents of Adiedo village From the village headmen, the area chief, the inspector of police, the district commandant of police,  to the District Commissioner, the highest official representing the provincial administration, the message is the same:  "Thank you for bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to our community!" The young rejoice The last four days we have held leadership conferences that targetted church and community leaders as well as toured various development projects that our ministry partners sponsor.  The work that SWIM's partner, Spring of Hope International, has done in the community has openned the hearts and minds of the residents of this quiet village.  Hundreds respond to follow Christ Today we kick off the two-day evangelistic festival.  I am eager to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  For it is the power of God to salvation.  The festival will feature local choirs, testimonies, a guest arti...

Don't give me a church at the gates of vale, give me a mission at the gates of hell. Let me be a fork in the road that humanity must turn one way or the other on encounter with me. Some languish in the luxury of sin. Others starve under it. They both share the tragic end. Who will help the cause of Christ to stop the multitudes from discending in the pit? My Lord and my God, here I am in your presence. Guide me in the way evarlasting. Cause your star to be ever in sight and to lead the way. Your sword I bear in my hand. Though alone sometimes it might seem.  As a soldier for the Cross I face the dragon.  I am not ashamed of your Gospel, the power of God unto salvation.  Satan must surrender the nations. The cause of Christ has triumped forever.  Today as I head to Homa Bay, Kenya, it is in your power and for your glory, Lord!

Excited Residents of Adiedo stand with a banner announcing next week's Evangelistic Crusade The small village near the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya has seen its share of  dark days.  But not anymore as the Light of Jesus Christ comes beaming through starting this weekend and all through next week.  David Opap who grew up here and now serves as executive director of Spring of Hope International, a partner organization with SWIM in bringing the gospel to the residents of Adiedo next week reminisces: "We faced water borne diseases and death daily from contaminated water and a good dose of ignorance due to iliteracy.  We had no source of clean water.   The only water to drink was the infested pond water that the animals would drink from and urinate in.  Many died from drinking the water, including my siblings and eventually my mother. My young brother and I both got sick at the same time.  He died.  When I ...

 Hundreds match for Jesus through the streets of Pietermaritzburg Flying into Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, last month, the view over the snow-covered Drukensburg mountains surrounded by lush evergreen forests was breath-taking.  It was winter and just a week earlier, they had received a fresh coating of snow.   Several youth pray to receive Christ in a township It had cleared off the streets of Pietermaritzburg by the time we arrived to commense the mission organized by our partners Africa Evangelistic Enterprise (AEE).   Not withstanding, the evenings and nights were brutally cold even for a cold-hardened Minnesotan like me.  This woman who I was told was a sangoma (witchdoctor) received Christ However, it wasn't the cold that caught my attention.  No, it was the hoards of people that braved the cold in the evenings to come and hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the unheated tents that we ha...

Pastor Nsengumuremyi Theonest during the closing rally : Several thousand residents of Ruzizi, Rwanda listen to the gospel as Sammy Wanyonyi presents a clear  and concise message of Hope through Christ during the closing rally August 12th 2012 "It has been a year since i have been pastoring a church in Mururu Sector. My church has never exceeded 50 members. During Rusizi Mission, I was one of the active pastors in Rusizi 11 preaching site. This last Sunday on 12 th /8/2012 I received 70 new members which means my church has now over 120 members. I praise God for the impactful results of Rusizi Mission. I can assure you that other fellow churches have experienced the same positive results too ." Later, hundreds respond to the call of Salvation. Mayor of the City during Top Leaders Dinner: "Since 1946 when the first protestant churches (ADEPR) were planted in Rusizi, its our first time to have such kind of mission where all different deno...

Rwandan believers declare Rwanda as God's territory during a past prayer walk.  Thousands will be doing the same this week. All the stories are by Sammy Wanyonyi.  Team member pictures do not correspond in any way to the stories. ----------------------------------- This past Sunday I noticed that I was developing several canker soars in my mouth.  I didn't think much of them until when I started to preach and I noticed that I could not speak clearly.  They were painful and uncomfortable.  By Monday they had gotten much more worse and new ones were coming up.  My wife prayed for me and then consulted "Dr. Google" for some advice which we began to follow.  Stanton Petersen- Children Evangelist, www.stantonpetersen.com Come Wednesday morning when I was packing and ready to head out to Rwanda, they were still soar and not much improved.  I sent out an SOS to a few friends as well as our traveling team asking for...