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

Missions Pastor Don Schwarz

Hello Dear Followers of our Savior Jesus!

At the end of this report I will give a brief update and news article of our work in the DR Congo.

But mostly I will present a report from our ministry partner Lassina who works in the Lord’s field in Burkina Faso, a mostly Animast/Muslim country. It is a blend of witchcraft and Islam. He is a brilliant brother who is trained in Bible translation and is teaching the people to read by using the books of the Bible he and his team have translated into their tribal language.

He also will be sharing about his work with the Dorcas house—a place of refuge for women fleeing forced marriage to Muslim men.

Additionally, one of the big problems we have been addressing in Muslim areas is the deception of calling Jehovah by the name of Allah in Bible translation and teaching, The American Bible translators and missionaries have done much damage in this area.

So, in their own words listen to Lassina and Ina, working among the Dogosse people in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Dear friends,
«The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.»
1 Corinthians 3:8-9.

My wife and I, are grateful to God for our Dorcas’ home project. We already have a big ground, 4 hectares ( 10 acres). We were able to buy this ground last months with your contribution. I started this report with 1 Corinthians 3:8-9, I would like to tell you that God will reward you for your donation.

I asked an architect to make a plan that will be ready soon. With this plan, the builder will evaluate the cost of the building. You will receive the plan of Dorcas’ home next report.

Let me share with you what I done this last term. I visited six ethnics groups where Bible translation is doing. As I am a National Bible translation coordinator with Burkina faso Wycliffe, I visited six Bible translation projects in order to help and encourage Bible translators to go ahead. These project are doing literacy and Bible translation. This work will impact the ethnic group and we are sure that many people will receive Christ through this work. I already got an opportunity to share with some pastors who are using Dioula Bible in the church. So we talked about the word ‘Allah’ which is inappropriated word for God. Some pastors said that heard about this word, they are trying to call God, the Creator but it is not easy as they do it out of habit. They need prayers.

Our visits also offered us an opportunity to visit literacy classes where people are learning how to read and write in their own language. It is amazing to see how enthousiasm women are ready to know how to write and read in their own language.

As those literacy learners are smiling, we hope with our Dorca’s home project for which we praying to be able to build soon if we gather means for that. This is a plan of Dorcas home and this house will be built among Dogosse people where we count around 100 christians (adults and children). We use to share Gospel with Dogosse people but their heart is still tough. We have to continue in sowing the Word of God. Go has a plan for Dogosse people, it is like the parable of Sower in Luke 8.5-15. In Dogosse area, there are some people who heard about Jesus but they don’t accept Him. There are some who said, it is good news and they said Jesus is a good way unfortunately they don’t take a good decision to follow him forever as their Savior. There some dogosse people who accept Jesus as a Savior, they believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away and abandon. There are other Dogosse people around 100 persons who accept Jesus retain the Word, by persevering produce a crop. Dogosse people needs your prayers.

I remarked that Dogosse non christians allow their children to attend Sunday service. Maybe because their children are still young. I ask prayers for Dogosse children as they are hearing about Jesus. Pray also for Dogosse adults for salvation.

Regarding the Congo: we are praying about a stadium event. We may see over a hundred thousand people come to this event and hear the Gospel. Please pray that we may be able to do this in 2012. Here is an article that reminds us of the suffering of the precious souls in the Congo.
Click here: 48 Women Raped Every Hour In Congo, Study Finds : NPR

I pray this report has blessed and refreshed you.

To learn more about our work visit our web and blog at :
http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/
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Glory to the name of King Messiah Jesus!
Don Schwarz
Mission Pastor, Executive Director
832-878-0756
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