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Friday, October 29, 2010

Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa

Pastor Muhoza Lewi & Pastor Don Schwarz-Rwanda
Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Pastor Don Schwarz

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…

I was introduced to Pastor Lewi during a season of prayer and revelation pertaining to the suffering of the DR Congo. Pastor Lewi is a Congolese Tutsi who left the Congo to help the orphans and widows in Rwanda after the genocide in 1994. Since 2006 we have been working with him in Rwanda and the Congo. He preaches the gospel, makes disciples, plants churches, and takes care of orphans and widows along with ministering to his family of many children and a precious wife. He also speaks five languages. His English is broken and somewhat difficult to discern, but I have left his words in tact and would recommend that you carefully read this glorious report he sends from Rwanda. Be blessed as you hear the Holy Spirit’s operation through this servant of Jesus Christ! I will add parenthesis to help.

Hi Pastor Don
Greetings to you in the mighty name of our Lord and God thank God for you daily, realy apprecaiting all the works that you do for the glory of the Lord, we too blessed by Jesus Christ our Savior and King thank Him for continue blessing you as we do pray daily for that I am sorry for delaying sending the updates as i needed it was that i was so busy with many works here as you know, As already told you in many e-mails we are so blessed to have people coming to Jesus Christ daily, in these two new Churches planted in Kigali (capital of Rwanda) many people are coming to Jesus as you know we did already baptizing them twice that last time we baptized 18 and now we have more than 20 who will be baptized soon in December when you will be here in Rwanda (my upcoming trip),thank the Lord that in these Churches we have been disciple them and are all doing well, thank the Lord for the Orohans whom were attending schools in Muslim schools and now are not due to the support that you have been sending to us that enable us to help them to attend the studies in Christians school this is much facilitating all the works that we do as Muslim were teaching them how to attend their religion and were not sure if will continue to have them or not and now we have them full time and the time that are not in our hands are in the Hands of others whom we are trusting their teachings in which we are much praying to have our own school where will be having them all days teaching, and disciple them to because good followers of Jesus Christ trusting the Lord to open that door for having Primary and Secondary school for the Orphans i Rwanda. (we have plans to plant a Christian orphan village—see our website-project page)

Concerning Widows we thanmk the Lord for them as we do teaching and discilpe them to teach them sound doctrine and teaching them how they can help others who are not yet knowing this way of salvation to become good followers of Jesus Christ as the Lord helps we also helping them financialy and more on spiritual matters, we also teaching them how to stand and work on themselves so that they may be able to feed their families and escape what others are dealing with those trying to sell their bodies to have their own provisions we thank the Lord for your prayers that will open more doors to have enough to help these widows, the Lord is always wonderful to us in every situation provides what we do need, through healing sick people whom I am also one of them in many times when I do feeling Headak, and many pains in my chest in which i am now much better. all of these the Lord did and yet do more I thank you so much for all of what you stand with us by supporting 5 Orphans fully and all of them are at their end of the school year 2010 so please continue praying for more opened doors for more to support others and the Lord is much able, I do not have words to express on all of these works that Pour Out for Africa does may the Lord continue blessings you in all of those greatest works ,through the support that you are supporting me I thank you so much for continue praying for me and my family as well as to stand with me because without this support not easy to do what i am doing for now I pray that the lord may continue realizing more that will meet all of what are needed. the Lord is always the provider

Dear on my behalf get thanks to all of those standing with them tell them that we thank them so much for their spiritual support and financial support.

pray that this will find you well and anything that you will need to know more or to tell you more about you will letting me know

Your brother in Him
Pastor Muhoza Lewi

All I can say is HALLELUJAH!!!

Come to our blog to see pictures of Pastor Lewi @ www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com. There are videos with Pastor Lewi on our website www.pouredoutforafrica.com.

Don Schwarz
Mission Pastor/Executive Director
Poured Out For Africa

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa


Philippians 2:17 “Yea, and if I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.”

Mission Pastor Don Schwarz
I am so grateful to our Lord Jesus to have such amazing ministry partners in Africa! One of them is Pastor Habimana in the DR Congo who has planted over 100 churches in the midst of killing, raping, poverty, AIDS, etc. I have posted this week his weekly update to me. It is completely unedited so you can hear his authentic gospel heart through his broken English. Pastor Habimana speaks many languages, while his primary languages are French and Swahili. Be blessed with this glorious report!!!
Don



Thank you for the funds for orphans you sent. Through this short e-mail, I would like to send to you the report of eight churches planted from january up to now which belong to Hekima Baptist church. In the following days the report will be weekly. Those planted churches are the following:
1. Baraka baptist church 27 members


2. Kayanja Baptist church 78 members


3. Kibumba city baptist church 47 members


4. Hermon Baptist church 120 members


5. Shalom Baptist church 30 members


6. Umoja Baptist church 72 members


7 Tchondo Baptist church 40 members


8. Rubaya Baptist church 150 members



During the 10 previous months the evangelism door to door brought many persons to Jesus, 560 persons were witnessed and 44 were baptised, and 37 will be baptised in december. Among those who wer baptised 4 muslims believed in Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior and was baptised, 3 widows and 9 orphans also were baptised.


ANSWERED PRAYERSMuslims fighted Hekima church believers and leaders because of 4 muslims saved and being baptised. God our protector answered our prayers-Major (soldier) Benjamin Mugabo was poisoned, we prayed God to heal him and he was healed. Glory to God-The person at the name of Bisimwa Alex, his son was possessed by spirits, we prayed for him and he was healed.

TESTIMONY of a muslim woman who believed in Jesus Christ and being baptised.My name is Furaha Esther who was called FATUMA when I was muslim.When I was muslim everytime when pregnant, before deliver I had surgical intervention. When talking my problem with christian women, they adviced me to attend prayer group and they will be praying for me and that problem will not occur again. I do that secretly so that my husband and muslim could not know, I begin going there, and when I was pregnant I had a baby without surgical intervention. I thaked God for it. Sooner my children got sick I took them in prayers, in road I meet my husband who asked me where I came from with his children, without fearing I told him that I am coming from prayers. He told me to do not come again in his house. He told the whole history to his family and to my family and both families cursted me. I went to the pastor, telling him what happened to me , and he said to me: This is a right time for you to believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He prayed to me and after one week they baptised me. From that time I had peace in my heart, but muslims continued to attack me with their spirits, but they didn't succeed. Sure I was aprisoner in Islam religion but after being saved by Jesus christ I have peace in my heart and free from Islam slavery. Today I am a servant of God witnessing my brothers and sisters in Islam religion.



PRAYER REQUESTS


1 Pray for the Gospel to muslims


2 Pray for our believers to be commited to evangelise muslims


3 Pray for the total peace in the DRCongo especially in Eastern


4.Pray for the servant of God to have support in the ministry


5 Pray for the new planted churches to have their own lands and churches building


6 Pray for the saved muslims to grow spiritually


7 Pray for widows and orphans in goma



I could send to you photographs, but today they are not available.



For the money you send I bought school materials and payed little money as the school fee. You will have them nextly.

SincerelyPastor Habimana Athanase

To see a picture of Pastor Habimana and other pictures and videos of our work in Africa see our blog at www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com and our web at www.pouredoutforafrica.com

Praise King Jesus!Don Schwarz
Executive Director
Poured Out For Africa

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Africa Report-Poured Out For Africa

Preaching The Gospel In Africa!





Congolese Military Leading a Worship Song to Jesus!

"She took off her headscrarf and told me she was going to follow
Jesus and leave Islam!"


Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Preaching the Gospel in Africa!

About two years ago we held a small stadium event in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Now, I have historically been somewhat skeptical of stadium events in that I am concerned that people leave after holding up their hands, saying a prayer, and simply going back to their old lost lives without truly becoming disciples of Jesus Christ. However, before this event hundreds of pastors agreed with our ministry to help in gathering them in after they prayed to receive Jesus. They were very organized and after each of three days of the event they faithfully brought those who came forward to a designated location, broke them into groups and ministered to them and arranged for follow up. It was so very exciting to see thousands of poverty stricken, civil war trodden, weary people come to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ!

A believing officer of the Congolese military headed up the security for this event. There has been such wrong done by so many different militias in the DRC, that it was refreshing to see a remnant of believers stand for righteousness during this event. Some of the soldiers even appeared on stage and sang a song that basically said this: “We have guns and bullets, but only Jesus can bring peace to the Congo!” The musicians and dancers ushered in the presence of the Lord as they ministered to Him and the people. The last day of the conference they gave me a new translator as our other one was detained and arrived late. I asked him if he had a loud enough voice and that I was preaching on John 3: “You must be born again.” He then told me that when he was finished preaching with me that they would be born again in their houses across the street from the stadium! And the Holy Spirit certainly did not let us down! After three days about 30,000 Congolese heard the gospel of Jesus Christ! When I preach the gospel I do not give a message with the main goal of bringing people forward so I can report great numbers. No, I preach sin-deadly, hell-hot and forever, the cross of Jesus and His glorious resurrection, repentance of sin, and full faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. I tell them that it is hard to follow Jesus and He promises us forgiveness of sins and suffering to follow Him. I believe the Holy Spirit coupled by the preaching of the word brought a dear Muslim lady forward to talk with me afterward. She took off her headscarf and told me she was going to follow Jesus and leave Islam!

Over three days we had about 1,500 come forward to pray to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord. Then after the Pastors took them for initial discipleship we waited for reports from our primary pastor contacts. Since the event nine new churches have been planted and I have personally visited one of them. In that church and some of the others that already existed I have met many who came to Jesus in that gospel stadium event! Many really are today following Jesus---Hallelujah! We are praying to have another stadium event in 2011 or early 2012.

It takes a lot of prayer, time, organization, and money for such an effort so we plan them with much lead time. Please pray for us to incorporate another event according to the Lord’s timing along with our other gospel and orphan outreaches in Rwanda and the DRC. You can see some pictures of this event. There is even a picture of the former Muslim lady. Go to our blog:
www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com. From there you can also link to our website. We have a new website coming very soon.

Praise King Jesus!
Don Schwarz
Missions/Evangelism Pastor
Poured Out For Africa
Cell: 832-878-0756
email: pofa@earthlink.net