tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540348796188773172024-02-07T18:36:35.622-08:00Orphans and Widows need your helpDon Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-50763202596190501382012-03-21T09:31:00.000-07:002012-03-21T09:31:00.419-07:00IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Maybe you’ve heard believers, and
maybe you’ve even been one who questioned whether God really meant “everything”
in this verse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Maybe He just meant give
thanks in most things; surely He wouldn’t ask me to give thanks in my tragedy,
would He?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consolet-Rwanda Genocide Survivor<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At our testimony time in Rwanda,
Consolet, a widow, stood and very politely shared her story of the horrors of
the 1994 genocide in her country where she was forced to watch her family being
slaughtered with machetes, then herself raped and thrown in the river to drown,
she now suffers from AIDS, an intentional extension of the humiliation
inflicted on women during this war that ravaged their country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also shared “our people thought genocide
was too big even for God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she went
on to state that in 2003 some people came through their area and told them
about Jesus and she was saved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the
end of her testimony, she made this profound statement:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“On the
days when I have nothing to eat, I thank God that this day I can declare as a
fast unto Him.” </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Did you hear it? “I thank God when I
have no food!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with that she was
also saying, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I thank God that He didn’t
stop genocide and now I am saved!”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every trip to Africa I come back having learned much more than I
taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even without a Bible, this dear
Sister really gets it – our circumstances in light of the cross are
nothing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without Christ Jesus though,
people will think their problems are too big even for God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But looking back with her new heart, Consolet
understood God used even genocide to bring her to His salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yes, the intention for all who believe is that we give thanks in our
“everything”, knowing that it is God’s will, and with a thankful heart, tell
others about Christ Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Term Missionary to Africa</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-80906061533942131522011-12-09T11:21:00.001-08:002012-03-21T09:47:58.956-07:00SHAKOSHI-AFRICAN PURSES<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-fQAc3dqDhTkOCfVtmWsSnbKI7ayt0aFiHFYd2wGAE4D2ztQgA0v_ZITscAe4PtY6i-5G0ipHcntwgbYkJDo5KsOyluPeis2XDSbejnVek_FgENO1akhoqILewcvQbBjSITx1B7o6iln/s1600/CIMG3020WIDOW.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-fQAc3dqDhTkOCfVtmWsSnbKI7ayt0aFiHFYd2wGAE4D2ztQgA0v_ZITscAe4PtY6i-5G0ipHcntwgbYkJDo5KsOyluPeis2XDSbejnVek_FgENO1akhoqILewcvQbBjSITx1B7o6iln/s320/CIMG3020WIDOW.JPG" width="135" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Yea, and if
I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy,
and rejoice with you all. Philippians 2:17</b></span><br />
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fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Psalm 68:5</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a great blessing to see the word of God and then,
through our Savior Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, participate in the family
business—the Kingdom of God! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The very character of our Abba Father, Savior Jesus, and
Holy Spirit is to Father and Husband over orphans and widows. It is such a
privilege to participate by helping them especially in places where they are
suffering like the Democratic Republic of Congo. Having said that, I am going
to introduce you to some special widows who have suffered under war, rape,
poverty, famine, and disease, yet they are our sisters in Jesus and have His
joy in their hearts! They are also providing a way for us to participate in the
family business. They have made purses that when sold help provide for them in
this wilderness of life in the DR Congo. Please read their story: </span></div>
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Swahili for purse, back-pack, sachel, bag-any-thing that carries your
things. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The women who make these bags, make them in primitive harsh
conditions in DR Congo with loving care on a treadle sewing machine, outside of
Bukavu in an area particularly hard hit by roving militias and the effects of
war and neglect. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She walked long distances five days-a-week for over a year to
learn how to sew, and is now continuing to work hard so she can support a
family and send her children to school. She's not looking back, she's
looking forward and she's trying to make a change.</span></div>
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are a tremendous encouragement to those around them. We're seeing three
groups of people benefited-the seamstresses, the cloth merchant mamas, and, the
women who make the batik and sell it to the cloth merchants mamas. Please
share this good news with your friends. Maybe they'll buy a shakoshi too,
help keep the ball moving forward, and come just a little bit closer to a world
a million miles away. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">For more information how to get your purse please go to </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="www.http://pofa.webs.com/purseshelpwidows.htm" target="_blank">www.http://pofa.webs.com/purseshelpwidows.htm</a></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">FORMER MUSLIM---NEW DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST IN PASTOR LEWI’S OWN WORDS! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“I will have to tell you about one student at Muslim school where my son is who was run out from Home because He chose to follow Jesus is hosted at my home this is Majyambere Hassan He is 20 years old He is from Gisenyi where do not have Father and Mother so I will letting you know on Him later as i get His photograph send to you. So my son David and I have done all of our best to see Him attending school as Christian and not back to Muslim I thank the Lord so much for that and all of these are the fruits of your works here in Rwanda and DRC.”</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6FxeLbtj3RlMLZc4is0h_PfgeE_YEZzg8weqgi993Y43WaabXsqSULKzSkzmnXTk9RdZwDCVhg_ftftPpTTU1hxt4niWpyt1paQRHZOt8UmWq6iZRgWI2kPCNrf9bxT64TQiPBO9icjR/s1600/DSC00963+croped.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6FxeLbtj3RlMLZc4is0h_PfgeE_YEZzg8weqgi993Y43WaabXsqSULKzSkzmnXTk9RdZwDCVhg_ftftPpTTU1hxt4niWpyt1paQRHZOt8UmWq6iZRgWI2kPCNrf9bxT64TQiPBO9icjR/s200/DSC00963+croped.JPG" width="200px" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please keep praying for Majyambere Hassan and for the harvest field in which we participate in Africa!</span><br />
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<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201105170138.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Click here: allAfrica.com: Kenya: Mayor Regrets Church Demolition</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been an amazing development in a story from one of the ministries we support in Kenya.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben Bahati is a great Pastor whose church was demolished and the brothers and sisters were heartbroken. The Lord has intervened and there is an article that explains.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please pray for this brother and the church. The work he does is truly KINGDOM and his testimony is authentic. He has planted many churches, preaches to thousands at outdoor events where people are saved and healed, feeds the poor, runs orphanages---he is an incredible dynamo for our Lord Jesus!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brother John and some of the brothers working with his ministry have sent Bibles, literature explaining Israel in Bible prophecy, and teachings on how to reach Muslims to Pastor Ben. Brother Ben has also done much work amongst the Muslims in Kenya.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We met with Pastor Ben last December in Kenya and spent some quality time working with him in our orphan ministry. Now we are rejoicing to see wrongs against him made right. Please pray that our Savior Jesus is lifted up and the church building is not only restored, but built back better than ever!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is an honor to serve with Pastor Ben and we will see the glory of the Lord in this I am quite sure!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don Schwarz - </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Executive Director/Missions Pastor </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/b-2N3_zX_CQ/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-2N3_zX_CQ?f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-2N3_zX_CQ?f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-8942712893287720032011-05-13T16:38:00.000-07:002011-05-13T17:10:13.669-07:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa - CLICK TO GO TO STORY<div align="justify">Philippians 2 : 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.<br /><br />Missions Pastor Don Schwarz<br /><br />Hello Dear Followers of our Savior Jesus!<br /><br />At the end of this report I will give a brief update and news article of our work in the DR Congo.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvygfL_p4QrQppUhSirI3Sy2D4q-pruKyZ9jGzTZmdRFhy8ECNmD03tsk5fMmh-O47YcCEIIOUHCnbwtXsiT5Fs4W9ZA2OcXStCEnKVqpHdzbyJonSpYst9AyRQgBxcXRApw51bNAYRW2/s1600/SANY0651a.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606355501934179410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvygfL_p4QrQppUhSirI3Sy2D4q-pruKyZ9jGzTZmdRFhy8ECNmD03tsk5fMmh-O47YcCEIIOUHCnbwtXsiT5Fs4W9ZA2OcXStCEnKVqpHdzbyJonSpYst9AyRQgBxcXRApw51bNAYRW2/s320/SANY0651a.JPG" /></a>He also will be sharing about his work with the Dorcas house—a place of refuge for women fleeing forced marriage to Muslim men.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />So, in their own words listen to Lassina and Ina, working among the Dogosse people in Burkina Faso, West Africa. <span style="font-family:courier new;">Dear friends,<br />«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.» </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">1 Corinthians 3:8-9.<br /><br />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. </span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTusIa42hGVas0T-nFO9LqJwO9DsemhRRomr-YEDRJzI2qlIl8zLAnDXeMvyp2sFeBIkL-3nnY0Mz-J9GmJ0h1TAcUr8aNg9vGtdQZzBp3JB1__s8sejrtpih8-bemKouV16G_tARsuWK/s1600/SANY0655a.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 242px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606354015620218354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTusIa42hGVas0T-nFO9LqJwO9DsemhRRomr-YEDRJzI2qlIl8zLAnDXeMvyp2sFeBIkL-3nnY0Mz-J9GmJ0h1TAcUr8aNg9vGtdQZzBp3JB1__s8sejrtpih8-bemKouV16G_tARsuWK/s320/SANY0655a.JPG" /></a>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">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.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLY62HPGLZbKpmNsms-PpTrsm5H8H0TKR1dwTBO2CDohitMSnI54K3IrQ45TksAJ6vOS6ZeukgsYZaWNaRefekf9CrOQyPDdlCxRQlIvDq9Sr5v25cNqRIq5jJV5H0mD2yL-c2laZUSm/s1600/AAMANDAS+PictureS+400.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606354824742160786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLY62HPGLZbKpmNsms-PpTrsm5H8H0TKR1dwTBO2CDohitMSnI54K3IrQ45TksAJ6vOS6ZeukgsYZaWNaRefekf9CrOQyPDdlCxRQlIvDq9Sr5v25cNqRIq5jJV5H0mD2yL-c2laZUSm/s320/AAMANDAS+PictureS+400.jpg" /></a>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.<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136213262">Click here: 48 Women Raped Every Hour In Congo, Study Finds : NPR</a><br /><br />I pray this report has blessed and refreshed you.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">To learn more about our work visit our web and blog at :<br /><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/">http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafricablogspot.com/">http://www.pouredoutforafricablogspot.com/</a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Glory to the name of King Messiah Jesus!<br />Don Schwarz<br />Mission Pastor, Executive Director<br />832-878-0756<br />pofa@earthlink.net </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-30258340924470390352011-04-29T14:21:00.000-07:002011-04-29T15:38:00.914-07:00CLICK HERE FOR LATEST NEWS ON CONGO - "A Country of Rape & Ruin" Poured Out For Africa<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"><strong>CLICK LINK ABOVE TO GET LATEST ON CONGO NEWS</strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhucP44e0yvMoM7FuvY_mz7kYpoair5RHP33U5mCfOUaWZ4Qc8TsE0e77188RDlGFGw8SOxoUOxxkJMngBIw6PKWerRM97ClSESDQ4ynwBu6mO0LxemJsS3NjUEjiIOEdPDJBDIN5UUea/s1600/DSC00954.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598160598641095618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhucP44e0yvMoM7FuvY_mz7kYpoair5RHP33U5mCfOUaWZ4Qc8TsE0e77188RDlGFGw8SOxoUOxxkJMngBIw6PKWerRM97ClSESDQ4ynwBu6mO0LxemJsS3NjUEjiIOEdPDJBDIN5UUea/s400/DSC00954.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRULXT9MkQ6WqFMNBc_2e52D9n5iA5TRnphfSw2qJz0FA6yI-kyz3SRVnMTBbPzyoens6ya2xIvaPzfkpOEpmTnq8uGnZFKongSrTi7QMIeryEhUri1CUKZLakQh8PfZgQAeyDkVbuvaG/s1600/CIMG5297.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598160596162257570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRULXT9MkQ6WqFMNBc_2e52D9n5iA5TRnphfSw2qJz0FA6yI-kyz3SRVnMTBbPzyoens6ya2xIvaPzfkpOEpmTnq8uGnZFKongSrTi7QMIeryEhUri1CUKZLakQh8PfZgQAeyDkVbuvaG/s400/CIMG5297.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMoO77K6hr353UyvqGplTcYEhtqlsPQjvn67Y_YsSRfu9nPgziNMgK_TTxcrP624YDp4QF8BY-V6Kka7EmaA8xfAgretky7zGjO-OonGJTqK8lRt_q4HN3JOfWQyRhg8V7WYECgKfS03O/s1600/DSC00887.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598158856664852194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMoO77K6hr353UyvqGplTcYEhtqlsPQjvn67Y_YsSRfu9nPgziNMgK_TTxcrP624YDp4QF8BY-V6Kka7EmaA8xfAgretky7zGjO-OonGJTqK8lRt_q4HN3JOfWQyRhg8V7WYECgKfS03O/s400/DSC00887.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">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.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Ministry Of Jesus Christ:<br />Luke 4: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Approximately three years ago John McTernan came to Houston, TX to minister the Word of God. While there he came with a teaching that led to a breakthrough in a person’ life who is a very close friend. This stronghold caused a debilitating anger and frustration that literally controlled this dear soul in painful ways. Well, I began to study the passages above that are the scriptures for this powerful and chain-breaking teaching. You see, we must be reminded that satan came to steal, kill, and destroy. First he killed us all by tempting and enslaving Adam and Eve (Romans 5:12). Due to this historical reality all are born dying and on their way to hell. Next the devil uses this fallen world and its fallen people to break our hearts into splinters that no man except One can fix. Once someone has a shattered heart they are then the catalyst for demons’ service to break other hearts. It is this simple---HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE. That is why a sexually abused child often grows up to do the same to children. That is why angry hurt people marry angry hurt people and raise angry hurt children. This generation is one who has been so banged up by the devil and hurt people that they are easy prey for the jailers of souls---demon spirits. This is why so many in America are miserable even though they have more medication, money, houses, cars, etc. than most who have ever lived on planet earth. But there is a Man who lived that has the power to undo all of this destruction. Hence, the ministry of Jesus Christ! Messiah Jesus came with the gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) to save our souls from hell! But why do so many Christians still have broken hearts and strongholds? It is because they have yet to receive the rest of the ministry of Jesus Christ that comes after the gospel. Once saved we need to come to our Savior and ask Him to also be our Great Physician. We need Him to heal our broken hearts and deliver us from bondage. We must SIMPLY in faith ask Doctor Jesus Christ (He is our great Physician) to heal our broken hearts and guess what---HE WILL! Then the prison doors fly open and the demons flee! Here is where we begin to draw near to our Father in heaven and hear from the Holy Spirit! Here is where real life changing deliverance and a new season comes. Here are streams of life---the living waters of Jesus Christ! </span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Our Lord Jesus sent me with this teaching to Rwanda and the DR Congo and hundreds heard this life changing message and the miraculous results were glorious! Many came forward for prayer to ask that Dr. Jesus Christ would heal their broken hearts. Men and women came forward with testimonies of physical healing as well as the deliverance from the pain and struggles associated with unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, all stemming from a broken heart. He put their hearts back together, and they are better than new! When I got into our rental car our driver told me he was listening and gave testimony that his heart was healed from a horrible situation that took place years earlier. Dear One—man, woman, or child reading this message today, He wants to do this for you. You see, NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD---He is not in the grave---HE IS RISEN and ready to minister Luke 4 to you now! Simply ask Him to save you from your sins and commit to turn away from them---that is to repent. Believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you and rose again, and commit to follow Him! Contact myself or John McTernan for the next step. Ask our Lord Jesus to heal your broken heart and to set you free from your personal strong holds---anything that has a strong hold on you. And praise and thank our Lord Jesus for setting you free!!!</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Praise our King Messiah Jesus! </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Don Schwarz<br />Executive Director/Missions Pastor<br />Poured Out For Africa<br /></span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />pofa@earthlink.net</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-77046763313707631372011-04-15T12:39:00.000-07:002011-04-15T12:52:24.119-07:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh83WBNCJa9oArHi7FT-mIqpbEnec2AZ4w7vtZowifTEmFQhgNLSmNjAJHYpjZ-9tPmIUwo6f2SPjM0DmUtuT_CEfPkpDuGZvK7wiC0o-lZKLAGi6A325HyI2HW4Taysl_rUe4Him0iQW/s1600/AMANDAS+PictureS+533aaa.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595900175064987458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh83WBNCJa9oArHi7FT-mIqpbEnec2AZ4w7vtZowifTEmFQhgNLSmNjAJHYpjZ-9tPmIUwo6f2SPjM0DmUtuT_CEfPkpDuGZvK7wiC0o-lZKLAGi6A325HyI2HW4Taysl_rUe4Him0iQW/s400/AMANDAS+PictureS+533aaa.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">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. </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><div align="justify">Greetings and Praise King Jesus, </div><br /><div align="justify">The purpose of this article is to give glory to our great God and Savior Jesus Christ for all He did in Rwanda and the DR Congo March 12-26 during our mission trip! The Holy Spirit sent by our gracious Father was working so effectively that I have broken the testimony into a few parts. This one is to explain the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the distribution of His glorious and Holy Word! His word is so powerful and that is why satan does not want it in people’s hands. There were so many who prayed to receive the Savior in the churches and streets during this Kingdom advancing effort! Children to adults, men and women, and mostly those who are in extreme and painful poverty, hunger, and struggling day to day for survival. Yet this Savior is revealing our Father in heaven to them in greater measure that they may feed upon His faithfulness! We saw approximately 200 pray to receive the Savior on this trip, most of whom (Lord willing) will come into fellowship in these churches under the Pastors with whom we work.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Bible Distribution: The women in these countries are often so badly treated including rape and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CSxXV8mnuLRG31a5q-GI4tyzEJhB9Bl7X7d_opbFUHy82zvy6yZ4YMMopzZrJiDFXgWsgDxwwKkB9QXPZ9GH4rpb-ysgbOtIzg43QFiqjYVc3EvWRTJt1pr3A-L_yPTdncZIDqQ7UIE6/s1600/DSC00968.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595899150862272850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CSxXV8mnuLRG31a5q-GI4tyzEJhB9Bl7X7d_opbFUHy82zvy6yZ4YMMopzZrJiDFXgWsgDxwwKkB9QXPZ9GH4rpb-ysgbOtIzg43QFiqjYVc3EvWRTJt1pr3A-L_yPTdncZIDqQ7UIE6/s320/DSC00968.JPG" /></a>servitude. Some have told us that they have been told they are worthless and are treated like property not precious souls. Well, it is true these precious daughters of the Lord are property---property of King Messiah Jesus as they have been bought by His precious and spotless blood! So, six ladies who went with us ministered life to them and distributed about 250 Bibles to the daughters of Zion! They were so happy they clapped their hands and rejoiced with voices of triumph collectively in such a manner that I believe demons may have been trembling at the prospect of these lady prisoners of war becoming unshackled to go forth and plunder the Kingdom of darkness for the King of Light—Jesus Christ! </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><div align="justify">Please pray for those who have been saved to pursue true discipleship and for the ladies to be set free to serve the Lord in His mighty power! Please pray that they hunger and thirst for righteousness so they may be filled with the Holy Spirit who will freely give them good gifts from our Abba Father! Lord willing, next week I will post about the ministry of Jesus Christ in Luke 4:18 first shown to me by John McTernan and how the Lord anointed this teaching to save the lost, heal the broken hearted, and set many captives free in the churches in Africa in March. </div><br /><div align="justify">Praise His Holy Name---Jesus! </div><br /><div align="justify">Don Schwarz </div><br /><div align="justify">Poured Out For Africa </div><br /><div align="justify"></span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">phone: 832-878-0756</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-5365321293384411232011-04-01T09:35:00.000-07:002011-04-01T13:53:45.245-07:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluZf7IsLbyvX60qFJqAtAh52cNT8RCTZWmGAo3LCv5cm8d2mliyr8MfCku7x9JW0jpwoT7XrTLcCMxQEG4H-f0cBezc5WId1LomOdMthRhmrvvrOI0BNFXMg1VWxzY19cbSqOFgZbtI-c/s1600/DSC00959.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590711545130916690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluZf7IsLbyvX60qFJqAtAh52cNT8RCTZWmGAo3LCv5cm8d2mliyr8MfCku7x9JW0jpwoT7XrTLcCMxQEG4H-f0cBezc5WId1LomOdMthRhmrvvrOI0BNFXMg1VWxzY19cbSqOFgZbtI-c/s400/DSC00959.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-family:arial;">David Lewi pictured on the left in the yellow shirt</span></span> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7cOfyuGnFXSJFiIBx_Jg1nizh2qpHQh_iDTcpVEVKNO6HRmskPmfJkBS0lbZxbQ2EAzLgNvYAI1NYe8jhMFgs1ueVzZTlDK7O__ZVkcRWrs-E0GJEzuIHkMZfKBDA-7BJdE4YE6o2cu0/s1600/DSC00959.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFnSa2OLv_zpIjScGmPE9K_1eUjgNWhfdbHZR0VoCUI8eFX0xoE3utgOFVIHCRP3B7tjGQLKXTmc4YYehLTAl96-gIxrgywKFHg4LbLTt58syvAcEnlcorA1v7LIxcA-hoYhH-QyvssjX/s1600/IMGP1402.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7cOfyuGnFXSJFiIBx_Jg1nizh2qpHQh_iDTcpVEVKNO6HRmskPmfJkBS0lbZxbQ2EAzLgNvYAI1NYe8jhMFgs1ueVzZTlDK7O__ZVkcRWrs-E0GJEzuIHkMZfKBDA-7BJdE4YE6o2cu0/s1600/DSC00959.JPG"></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">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.” </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFnSa2OLv_zpIjScGmPE9K_1eUjgNWhfdbHZR0VoCUI8eFX0xoE3utgOFVIHCRP3B7tjGQLKXTmc4YYehLTAl96-gIxrgywKFHg4LbLTt58syvAcEnlcorA1v7LIxcA-hoYhH-QyvssjX/s1600/IMGP1402.JPG"><span style="color:#009900;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 335px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590658513270738274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFnSa2OLv_zpIjScGmPE9K_1eUjgNWhfdbHZR0VoCUI8eFX0xoE3utgOFVIHCRP3B7tjGQLKXTmc4YYehLTAl96-gIxrgywKFHg4LbLTt58syvAcEnlcorA1v7LIxcA-hoYhH-QyvssjX/s320/IMGP1402.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;">March 12-26 Rwanda/ Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mission Report </span></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">This glorious Savior was so very high and lifted up on this trip and did so much that I will share this mission report in three or four weekly segments. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Today will be the report of David Lewi, son of Pastor Muhoza Lewi, who has been up to great work amongst the Muslims in Rwanda! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">It all started as John McTernan spoke to his friend Jeff about sending gospel tracts to Rwanda in French and Swahili. They were sent to Pastor Lewi who gave many of them to his son David. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">David then began taking them to the local Muslim school and sharing them with the students. Just as you would expect the Muslim leaders ran him off and you would think that would be the end of the story---but not according to this glorious Savior who loves these precious souls! David began meeting with the students outside of the school and they began coming to Jesus Christ! It gets better. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">The Muslim leaders decided it would be better to know who the students were who were getting saved so they could talk with them and try to keep them, than for them to be meeting in secret---so guess what they did? They set up an office for David Lewi at the school where he now freely and openly shares the gospel with the Muslim students. Have you ever heard or thought of such and thing? </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">That is what our Abba does, exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ask or think! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">So, John and Jeff are keeping the Bibles and tracts coming and we will keep reaching them for Jesus Christ as long as He keeps the door open. Please pray for David’s anointing and those hearing the gospel through this work to be saved. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Next week I will be sharing about our ministry of handing out Bibles, preaching the gospel, and precious souls who have come into the Kingdom just at the edge of time before the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Glory to our Savior Jesus! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Mission Pastor Don Schwarz </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Poured Out For Africa </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Web:<a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/">http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/</a></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Mailing address for tax deductible gifts and correspondence: </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Poured Out For Africa</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">PO Box 564</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Pearland, TX 77588</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-35286694558241590202011-01-26T09:19:00.000-08:002011-01-26T09:50:57.085-08:00AFRICA REPORT - POURED OUT FOR AFRICA<span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="FR" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philippians 2:17 </span><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith,</span><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> I joy, and rejoice with you all.</span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Hello Followers of Jesus Christ our Great God and Savior ! It is with great pleasure I am introducing in this update a great ministry partner amongst the Muslims in W. Africa. We call him Lassina and he is precious to the Lord. Here is his introduction in his own words :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Lassina and Ina, working among dogosse people in Burkina Faso, West Africa:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Dear ones,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsQVP2YIcRx1B7XZV3jAQyUVp-01LLkqWzi9y7aq64WqTbocHk56Uq0Ai2HJe0EjBPZrrlmzzm_yBhsPXgk7FGO8UgOBnLcf3sgms1KuBawQWoI_1xG_7tRxZFeRqx36vnrxInFsxYKO0/s1600/first+one+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsQVP2YIcRx1B7XZV3jAQyUVp-01LLkqWzi9y7aq64WqTbocHk56Uq0Ai2HJe0EjBPZrrlmzzm_yBhsPXgk7FGO8UgOBnLcf3sgms1KuBawQWoI_1xG_7tRxZFeRqx36vnrxInFsxYKO0/s320/first+one+%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566551213138850018" border="0" /></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">My wife Ina and I Balagassina (short name : Lassina), are grateful to God for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well.<span style=""> </span>We are presently doing the ministry of Bible translation with our National Bible Translation Organisation ANTBA. We coordinate 16 Bible translation projects. Thus we share our time between two locations, Ouagadougou and Dogosse area. Moreover we share gospel with dogosse people in the villages.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">The dogosse people are about 45000 persons and most of them are moslems and animists. However there are some young churches with about 150 christians. As we use to share gospel with dogosse people, the problem which confrontes us is how to deal with the new believers who are forced to flee as their parents persecute them. In the dogosse area also, the young girls are forced to marriage so they flee and come to church for finding a shelter. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Facing these problems, I prayed the Lord for help and He put in m</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">y heart the burden to welcome people in difficulties in a shelter where they can stay, hear the Word of God, give themselves to Jesus, become m</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuWKSbm3k_GtHEE-b6g9iYowa2wYqin0nufoVhBVfWfmWDco6AgSCKJzoH3Lku7MiXBSnLvjAVpb8JNIBVf4460b94Ziu9Qy79-sVGk2UpIolU0ssabEsicogn7IghC0_DshqjYESOI8S/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuWKSbm3k_GtHEE-b6g9iYowa2wYqin0nufoVhBVfWfmWDco6AgSCKJzoH3Lku7MiXBSnLvjAVpb8JNIBVf4460b94Ziu9Qy79-sVGk2UpIolU0ssabEsicogn7IghC0_DshqjYESOI8S/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566552197352603010" border="0" /></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">ature in faith, learn craft like carpentry, sewing, breeding animals, weaving, masonry, how to make soap and so on.<span style=""> </span>Thus I built a small house and when I finished the house, the mayor of the village told me that it is a good project but It must be better if I had built it to an appropriated area. For the mayor the place I built the house will not be put in plot as it is reserved to become a communal forest. I was discouraged but with prayer I </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">understood that satan is against my project. Here is the first house I built.</span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Recently I went to my village and looked for an appropriated place about 7 hectares. I am praying to God to be able to buy the place and start my project. It costes 1500 000 FCFA about 3000$. I already have 1/3 of the cost (500 000 FCFA or 1000$). My first step for accomplishing my project is to buy the land, the second step is to build houses, the third is to equip the houses and the last is to do the work by receiving people. It will be an evangelical training school with dorcas home inside. If it is God’s will I am planning to receive orphans and widows in it in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Pray for me as I am planning to finish the New Testament in my mother tongue in 3 years and thus be free to do this ministry among dogosse people. Before the beginning of this ministry, I </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">have to build houses and equip them. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">I don’t want to do my will but God’s will. I am confident to the Scriptures which said in Psalm 127 : 1 that "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain…"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Pray for us and for pastor Don who came twice in our area to train dogosse christians, strenghten them for sharing gospel among dogosse people. We are praying to God for a such opportunity this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Pray also for my family, as we are waiting for a baby at the end of February. Pray also for the checking of the gospel of Matthew we will have in February with a Bible consultant. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:lucida grande;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Pray for dogosse churches and for dogosse ethnic group for salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> May the Lord bless you in the new year! Balagassina (Lassina) and Ina.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">As I close this update I pray you have been blessed by hearing from this dear brother in Christ ! If you are interested in learning more about him go to the African Partners page of our website </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Praise King Jesus!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Don Schwarz<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:100%;">Missions Pastor/Executive Director <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:";" lang="FR"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Poured Out For Africa</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-57165349331468941782011-01-14T14:09:00.000-08:002011-01-14T14:56:32.333-08:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9HDloSmbCkSGCPN82JB__C0tJL8H3TH37jjHu5cYRlNWmrZutTxm-LOyKhHwTEhaoasT07tq3UJCMbwERHFlI-gcKE2bneFcq3yLIhNywS441ewezcRC6JWlVX0I-YYRG5mbosvCG2lZ/s1600/DSCN0100.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562176801642944834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9HDloSmbCkSGCPN82JB__C0tJL8H3TH37jjHu5cYRlNWmrZutTxm-LOyKhHwTEhaoasT07tq3UJCMbwERHFlI-gcKE2bneFcq3yLIhNywS441ewezcRC6JWlVX0I-YYRG5mbosvCG2lZ/s400/DSCN0100.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> BAPTISM</span></strong></div><br /><p><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzZwUNzxk8jCJReQgGmuwskyEfuG-UvgWd8NIUZItgr2qtJtZvfcEyKCnEd0gf5qnDSsc63fRp8PvPUnFZidHf_e_flRwWMKdop0Arwf3ss5pheRck42wDS91DsmvmZ1tAhndcD-culWY/s1600/DSCN0196.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562175213553668578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzZwUNzxk8jCJReQgGmuwskyEfuG-UvgWd8NIUZItgr2qtJtZvfcEyKCnEd0gf5qnDSsc63fRp8PvPUnFZidHf_e_flRwWMKdop0Arwf3ss5pheRck42wDS91DsmvmZ1tAhndcD-culWY/s400/DSCN0196.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <strong>CHRISTMAS DAY AT HEKIMA BAPTIST CHURCH, DR CONGO</strong></span></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-PASTOR HABIMANA PICTURED IN GREY SUIT-</span></strong></p><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC918Puqc2avA0cYJovsSKnSQFgd9QXhnCvmFAUHkAnQBiin5yboUp1hAt8cv_LXDmw4NbVQqb75YsQ5YXR0lb4K4WcXx7WVmWVHVlTfNCW7_7bPaI4jV_v_Tu_1GOrrVVKER8wTlkXlX/s1600/DSCN0178.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562175210177166194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdC918Puqc2avA0cYJovsSKnSQFgd9QXhnCvmFAUHkAnQBiin5yboUp1hAt8cv_LXDmw4NbVQqb75YsQ5YXR0lb4K4WcXx7WVmWVHVlTfNCW7_7bPaI4jV_v_Tu_1GOrrVVKER8wTlkXlX/s400/DSCN0178.jpg" /> <p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>BLANKET DISTRIBUTION</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKEbRr0J-TwYFMDTw2C13bYneWa05W5HxG1KRM0AsMQ4bRPPsWRHT6HGHMjVxzPhJFeCLzAGBc16yG3I4eViRhyzo1zDVbfDa32h58zCO7QSQx-m1DFzfqrXfNj0NUA1FBTH0K_Yc2dlR/s1600/DSCN0133.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562175212343764258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKEbRr0J-TwYFMDTw2C13bYneWa05W5HxG1KRM0AsMQ4bRPPsWRHT6HGHMjVxzPhJFeCLzAGBc16yG3I4eViRhyzo1zDVbfDa32h58zCO7QSQx-m1DFzfqrXfNj0NUA1FBTH0K_Yc2dlR/s400/DSCN0133.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT HEKIMA BAPTIST CHURCH</strong></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span><p><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eeS7C-Jigo6GRohkm8of18HIs13IC09tP3BzrQopslprHr39LQoB4UuO3KeEiBZPQgipTx6P_bfloVcrAoczdh7TnUvLfF11RhUxUXPR3_5LdnxVUE-ceC5uFo6PQV5q_TaofzztEYeg/s1600/DSCN0111.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562175207429407122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eeS7C-Jigo6GRohkm8of18HIs13IC09tP3BzrQopslprHr39LQoB4UuO3KeEiBZPQgipTx6P_bfloVcrAoczdh7TnUvLfF11RhUxUXPR3_5LdnxVUE-ceC5uFo6PQV5q_TaofzztEYeg/s400/DSCN0111.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> NEW PLANTED CHURCH<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bsD2SluT0VFw2e9iq8D9Gx6dg3dkoPKEiCaV541zC4AmX4qSx-2acKvf94u5kLLt4YFvvvxjDrYVFj6oDUIoJVxJZnlz0GkUVHVa-P8EIaRXSz41YLgTNjoepVwJqKhiCNqwbV8onwHa/s1600/DSCN0088.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562174292083247554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bsD2SluT0VFw2e9iq8D9Gx6dg3dkoPKEiCaV541zC4AmX4qSx-2acKvf94u5kLLt4YFvvvxjDrYVFj6oDUIoJVxJZnlz0GkUVHVa-P8EIaRXSz41YLgTNjoepVwJqKhiCNqwbV8onwHa/s400/DSCN0088.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> DR CONGO - ORPHAN GIRL<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong></strong></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>Philippians 2: 17 </strong></span></p><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>"Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. "<br /></strong></span><br />Greetings in our great Savior Jesus’ glorious Name! </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have just received this great report with pictures from Pastor Habimana in DR Congo. See the fruit of work of our Savior Jesus and be blessed!<br />Pastor Don Schwarz<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>UNION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES OF CONGO REPORT</strong><br />It is with great joy to have this opportunity to share with you this short report from our local churches.</span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#009900;">The Union has 134 planted churches. The Union is committed in evangelism and church planting according to the great commission in Matthew 28: 19-20, and it is working in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.</span></span></div><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">The Union of Baptist churches is located in eastern of the DR Congo, a difficult place where war and insecurity destroyed everything. The consequences of it is that many orphans, widows, and maimed persons are seen everywhere without any assistance, and they do not have hope to live.</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">The union with its little means tried to help widows and orphans but it is insignificant, only 24 orphans are supported by Don Schwarz and they are attending schools, while others are crying for help.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">After resembling reports from local churches, the following is the statistics: </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">· Local churches: 134 (adding 9 new planted in 2010)<br />· Pastors: 78<br />· Total members: 12,731 (not including students in primary and secondary schools)<br />· Primary schools: 14 (Christian school)<br />· Secondary schools: 4 (Christian school)<br />· Theological school: 01<br />· Health centre : 02<br />· Number of orphans: 800<br />· Number of widows: 350<br />· Crippled and maimed persons: 55<br />· Raped women: 78<br />· Adult school: 4<br />· Evangelism team choir: 01</span></div><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>PRAYER REQUESTS:<br /></strong>1.Pray for orphans and widows in their difficulties to have means to survive.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">2. Pray for the Union to have supporters to help to rehabilitate schools, to build orphanages home, build health centers, and Goma Baptist seminary… </p><div align="left">3. Pray for pastors to have sponsorship, and tools (bibles) for the ministry. </div><br /><div align="left"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">4. Pray for peace in this part of the DR Congo.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">5. Pray for believers to be faithful and prayerful for those who are not yet believe in Jesus Christ. </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">6. Pray for pastors and laymen school fees.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">7. Pray for discipleship training program. </span></div><br /><div align="left"><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Sincerely and Best Wishes, </span></div></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Pastor Habimana Athanase </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To see all the pictures from this report and to learn more about Poured Out For Africa see our blog and website at<br /></span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-3272643131830270302011-01-07T15:00:00.000-08:002011-01-07T15:11:57.719-08:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI6STlfJCPim3X6NU6ThwvUmgwQ_hJ3rvb_S3snlEj3QJgqPqvZ7x_vBbH6_DDH0TUZAECddopzGBMjIK0HQZA-iyKZE1__zRVrtnx4rXljbGpAoaxyU7uVsiHASz51oErg7Q97ecjZIR/s1600/report05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559583787709379378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI6STlfJCPim3X6NU6ThwvUmgwQ_hJ3rvb_S3snlEj3QJgqPqvZ7x_vBbH6_DDH0TUZAECddopzGBMjIK0HQZA-iyKZE1__zRVrtnx4rXljbGpAoaxyU7uVsiHASz51oErg7Q97ecjZIR/s400/report05.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vkfLSWQQqPh1i_pVysJvUJGGloJ9Bkb-2nk-cOWWoCOYBty-xoXrrmFui6wDTvKyL8D1VchNgrKRuJHSYRmD6CkK_tlZjbMtJT3BiN3uEqrIlb9dkv79az9Ktk5Ltx8MFaEQv-iYkbKq/s1600/report04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559583780426931506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vkfLSWQQqPh1i_pVysJvUJGGloJ9Bkb-2nk-cOWWoCOYBty-xoXrrmFui6wDTvKyL8D1VchNgrKRuJHSYRmD6CkK_tlZjbMtJT3BiN3uEqrIlb9dkv79az9Ktk5Ltx8MFaEQv-iYkbKq/s400/report04.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3_BTW11Tt8a5QiPqQkAWQxriF0-5wjzQSsN-Jwg0ZMbYPuTeGAjSfRqjUJ2diF515j1CaZ-9N2IlsmK2wJQrTbWp06Rsc2bR5ZbKMplty0o_fhr3Mwu84mGCfF-9h6FIG_KtaOKKVtdi/s1600/report03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559583771873294738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3_BTW11Tt8a5QiPqQkAWQxriF0-5wjzQSsN-Jwg0ZMbYPuTeGAjSfRqjUJ2diF515j1CaZ-9N2IlsmK2wJQrTbWp06Rsc2bR5ZbKMplty0o_fhr3Mwu84mGCfF-9h6FIG_KtaOKKVtdi/s400/report03.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnESy9Q9iEeN8zicQ_NRQwLQolX-mDb0ME3G_RhhyphenhyphenE5L_bHkE1ccYV6mrWd8PEDJIH2PlIPl702i5T6yqFp8A9eUVU-ppWyKO5eTJTz6bHq6DjJjB7fetD20xqujc6nOBAICmNETRaUnR/s1600/report02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559583769997536658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnESy9Q9iEeN8zicQ_NRQwLQolX-mDb0ME3G_RhhyphenhyphenE5L_bHkE1ccYV6mrWd8PEDJIH2PlIPl702i5T6yqFp8A9eUVU-ppWyKO5eTJTz6bHq6DjJjB7fetD20xqujc6nOBAICmNETRaUnR/s400/report02.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6vtENod8l5J2jGx8BKBmnUn7Bm-Vyz_t9ONfR4o1pEPrc8QNU158O9sFxcQR55e-tnI2OsbIDUoXtM_IytE993CLArDQPwVEuY3IiDr2g4Ju4Pr79s6KK4UIRUQdqvRu4ilpd4a0yUbn/s1600/report01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559583770987714706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6vtENod8l5J2jGx8BKBmnUn7Bm-Vyz_t9ONfR4o1pEPrc8QNU158O9sFxcQR55e-tnI2OsbIDUoXtM_IytE993CLArDQPwVEuY3IiDr2g4Ju4Pr79s6KK4UIRUQdqvRu4ilpd4a0yUbn/s400/report01.jpg" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">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. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Poured Out For Africa<br />Why are we called Poured Out For Africa?</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">When the Apostle Paul was incarcerated in Rome he did not want the fledgling Philippian church to be discouraged by his situation. He even told them that he was not Rome’s prisoner, but the Lord’s. And that it was an honor to pour out his life for the faith of those in Philippi. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">That is the reason for the name of our ministry. When I and others with me go to Africa we often don’t know from where the Lord will bring the money or how He will give us the time, but we hear His voice and pray and plan to go. We leave our families to the Lord and praying partners and go. We get on planes and fly for 22-40 hours (one way) and just go. Who will the Lord seat us next to, will they be open to the gospel or even speak English, but we just go. Will we be able to not weep when we see the orphan children who often are taking care of other children, or as in some cases, the dogs, pigs, and people picking through the same garbage for food, but we just go. Will our jet lag knock us down for the first few days or will we be up and running fast, but we just go. Will the plans we have be the right ones or another zip code away from what the Holy Spirit has in mind, or will we be called to do something that we would have never considered like the ladies who went with us that manicured the toe and finger nails of the ladies who had been brutalized in the genocide in Rwanda (many of whom had HIV and rarely shower and often do not wear shoes) but what-----you got it-----we just go! Will the Lord ask me to stand in the street and draw a crowd to preach the gospel, and like in Northern Ethiopia, will they threaten to stone me, but HALLELUJAH WE JUST GO!!! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Why do we go? BECAUSE WE LOVE BEING POURED OUT UPON THE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE OF THEIR FAITH IN AFRICA!</span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">If you want to learn more about this exciting adventure called Poured Out For Africa see our blog and website: </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Please pray for us as we are going to Rwanda and the DR Congo March 12-26, 2011.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Glory to the name of King Messiah Jesus!</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Don Schwarz</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Mission Pastor, Executive Director<br />832-878-0756<br />pofa@earthlink.net </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-78998296137272715682010-12-30T11:19:00.000-08:002010-12-30T11:49:36.945-08:00AFRICA REPORT - Poured Out For Africa with Pastor Don Schwarz<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4TwSpGIIS97vc9zMoibiucQtsiGMPqo_tWn6kvaJ9YIM32dwfAbWoYlIU2A1eRfamjTPBdcGwAt_WL_t2RWsnyUZhpd8lydO-eLg7AYkG5fuu0R9fTyGxgSBd25Csqzdyj6Bp49xR-c4/s1600/CIMG4395.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556559588608162706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAuzqc5cw_uCcDCeIJ7m1bVq-6rb3SuZvYvfP7I1jtpuLj7X80sPxw8BHBMgh9LTJbJPu4ii4C8GqQq4JlJ7vvQnwD_wMjYHZ6vt1D244pNx-kuSfmxU9tnPpSofw9HsKfez7v-gPvJFB/s400/CIMG4386.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Philippians 2: 17 "Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all."<br /><br />New Year’s Greetings In King Jesus’ Name!<br /><br />I am so thankful to begin this New Year with a great report from our anointed ministry partner Pastor Habimana in the DR Congo! I was just with him during my trip to Rwanda and my what a glorious time we had there! I have just received this report and share it with you for the glory of the LORD! I am not going to edit his English so as to maintain the authentic flavor of the message. May we see Kingdom fruit from our lives in 2011!<br /></div></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you</span>."</div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Dear Partners, </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Greetings from Dr Congo. It is with pleasure that I would like to share with you the goodness of our almighty God. We started our training on 27th December which ended this afternoon. 23 evangelists attended our seminar. It was joy to be with them during these three days learning how to win souls to our master Jesus Christ using F A I T H as tools. It was new to them where there were curious and followed us attentively. The new strategy of witnessing people was very well appreciated. Testimonies from evangelists.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Evangelist David said: Thanks to our teachers; they give us the best tools to win souls to Jesus. Our churches were not growing because we didn’t have strategy for evangelism. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Evangelist Emmanuel said: We thank so much God because we were trained for the ministry and we have now tools (bibles)<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Evangelist Muhasha said, God bless you for equipping us with the strategy of evangelism.etc..Under rains our students went for practice and won 30 new believers who accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior while 8 persons joined the church. There were backslide. But we faced problem of transport for instructors and for students. This has been a big issues to those who attend our training coming far from the organized centre.I will send to you the calendar of our training of the coming year 2011, so that you may have time to pray for it.There is a good news which I need to share with you, on the Christmas day, in the whole Union of Baptist churches we baptized 751 new believers. Please join us to thank God for the harvest.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#006600;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Continue praying for the ministry, and we appreciate so much your prayers and financial support.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#006600;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">May God bless you richly.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Sincerely,<br />Pastor Athanase Habimana</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">To learn more about Poured Out For Africa check out the blog and website: pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com and </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Have a fruitful New Year! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pastor Don Schwarz </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-23984301818637618052010-12-23T16:03:00.000-08:002010-12-27T07:20:27.159-08:00Kenya December 2010-HIV Orphan Healing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzMoOvlW7NG4fPzw9ESD0Fh3O00goZuluHxG7hP8u9lEiz4x2hY6Q2OIm9hwy5ErTaNs969wfH4MKRH7EeKno5-xdunlcgXj3zc2-o7izj87iygLoaPFvabVoD4ZL0U-ZuCdlIU-yGj5h/s1600/CIMG4697.a.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPOyR_3CrEiN-ncz4iAxGsBO8Pz1R3NnupI7FA4ARnToIz23qgSjTtiJT3XH60TfdMhxhgnoztApyCpi7-IL0tkphKxIPG5-K2z2wUg_gmV4S5qnXLOXgCArU7xMrKx-y4UXVpDBAHZsK/s1600/CIMG4696.a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554044162437330866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPOyR_3CrEiN-ncz4iAxGsBO8Pz1R3NnupI7FA4ARnToIz23qgSjTtiJT3XH60TfdMhxhgnoztApyCpi7-IL0tkphKxIPG5-K2z2wUg_gmV4S5qnXLOXgCArU7xMrKx-y4UXVpDBAHZsK/s400/CIMG4696.a.jpg" /></a> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9PwXznr624wmbU0bm1ICOD3_97FsWUBZsI7DjXXOc2_AHk4Cyv2nXAj7BlNj7vzYA5zuHmvqvN_c2Vy6RByXPnYNNFywemhRG6AoEPdIJ9Krjbq8f6rH1yEeFawf9hGAPBxMGq9F3Ir_/s1600/CIMG4693.a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554044157476072626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9PwXznr624wmbU0bm1ICOD3_97FsWUBZsI7DjXXOc2_AHk4Cyv2nXAj7BlNj7vzYA5zuHmvqvN_c2Vy6RByXPnYNNFywemhRG6AoEPdIJ9Krjbq8f6rH1yEeFawf9hGAPBxMGq9F3Ir_/s400/CIMG4693.a.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdh75L9KDro_AxRfnxCrkvBpRGYzjRAX9q41ZO6SNsOWeM8rxZ1Wf1DzWWuDoNBCgmeRtRBw1towNJ0VIQ9zFF_6FILpM86mk2SCwowCLkGE_yUy5vIsWe4R2FZ6ynNzHJhrRAWwMvwEW7/s1600/CIMG4691.a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554044154053537346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdh75L9KDro_AxRfnxCrkvBpRGYzjRAX9q41ZO6SNsOWeM8rxZ1Wf1DzWWuDoNBCgmeRtRBw1towNJ0VIQ9zFF_6FILpM86mk2SCwowCLkGE_yUy5vIsWe4R2FZ6ynNzHJhrRAWwMvwEW7/s400/CIMG4691.a.jpg" /></a> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">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.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There is much I will share about my recent trip to Rwanda and Kenya later, but in this report I will exclusively give glory to our Savior Jesus for His healing hand of mercy upon two orphans in Kenya.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our team was on our way to an orphan facility we support in a rural village in Kenya. There are 108 orphans in this place. During our drive, one of our companions, who is a powerful pastor, church planter, disciple maker, orphan caregiver, and recording artist was giving us counsel about many things in Kenya. He spoke of a 25,000 persons gospel event he had preached recently. There a man was carried in on a stretcher and walked out upon hearing a word from the Lord given from this pastor. I then told our brother that I desired to see more power from the Lord in my ministry and asked him for prayer. Little did I know how quickly this prayer would be answered. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We arrived that day and HIV testing was being conducted on all of the orphans. I was later told that some would expect that out of 108 orphans in Kenya up to half would be found HIV positive. Things were going so well and none of the children were testing positive until the end. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At this critical point we were informed that, as I understood it, one child had tested positive. One of the deacons from our church and I began to pray fervently for healing, forgiveness, mercy, and full restoration for this precious little soul! Then they tested the child a second time and the test was negative, and then a third and the test was NEGATIVE-NO HIV! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There is more, and this deals with the scoffers who would attribute this to a faulty first test. Due to privacy and discrimination regarding HIV in Africa we were not informed anything about this child and I wanted a little information for this report. So I contacted the administrator of the facility to ask if he could at least tell me if it was a boy or girl that was healed. He then told me through a strong Swahili English accent “Pastor Don, you must have misunderstood, it was a boy and a girl that were healed. There were two that had tested HIV positive before you prayed and two were healed!” And to demonstrate that it was not faulty testing he told me this: “The same testing was used the next day on the staff and three of them tested positive for the first, second, and third test. Pastor Don, we have seen a miracle!”</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oh give glory to our Savior Jesus, as He answered our prayer and showed us His mighty power by healing these precious children from the “incurable” disease HIV! He truly has healed all our diseases and forgiven all our sins!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To see pictures of the orphans in Kenya or get more information about this ministry you can go to our blog and website: </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> or </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All the glory to Jesus!</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pastor Don Schwarz<br />Missions Pastor Poured Out For Africa<br /></span><a href="mailto:pofa@earthlink.net"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pofa@earthlink.net</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">832-878-0756</span></div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz95_zDU9pXc4VhRlanz60YEHL37P-bTxfdOX7lmbOzjcKOKI-ZHNut-G_loLwRwsV9qjUDQ3AX9cDTCekZ9w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-69868023058877003212010-12-03T08:07:00.000-08:002010-12-03T08:48:30.317-08:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRfotY8EcGsEZu_cTZS3WRjeDFLjttMho53w0hL1N5uLhG_4x4yN1rgHUPY6o0WPjckecgln6ijjX5UBj-SbAOOqLEtK1Nc2P9ri5UCfWZnrYqVzit0E9xz1tMVCjfmH0dk8Q5vj7bsnf/s1600/DSC03901.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546489785826159330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyB4ht6D5ihw-9z16S5DxqQbisBS0KJzOpSq_txRc0NQbvTo0MkdLlFpVGG9SOb2apQtRLT4whpZ-tNhyS8b6j21NGp1Muit87PrTfzsi3e8ean8gEj6ihRCyUwHm3xUaJrqj2IoYU7V_/s400/DSC03885.JPG" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#006600;">Philippians 2</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#006600;">Yea, and if I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#006600;"></div></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Please pray for me as I am in Africa being poured out for the faith of those whom the Lord loves in Africa! </span><span style="font-family:arial;">What a great privilege to serve our Savior Jesus amongst a people so open to the gospel and so needy for the Savior! I will be in Rwanda and Kenya December 4-19 preaching the gospel, making disciples, and ministering to orphans and widows---Hallelujah!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I will be working in Rwanda with Pastor Muhoza Lewi and our Congolese partner Pastor Athanase Habimana will come from neighboring DR Congo to greet me and pray for the work. Below is the latest update from Pastor Habimana who is an end times dynamo for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ---glory to His name! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">These updates are from 10 new churches planted this year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Don.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>Greetings ffrom Goma: After being ok last week I organised a seminar of evangelists for three days from 25th up 27th: I was teaching them about FAITH and its explanation; How to witness; and practice: The 10 local churches of Hekima sent their evangelists and Hekima provided food and transportation:</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>It was very interesting as they knew how to do evangelism using the Key Question: In your opinion what takes a person to go to heaven?</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>F A I T H<br />F- Forgiveness<br />A- Available<br />I- Impossible<br />T- Turn<br />H- Heaven</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>At the end of the training 36 participants witnessed 78 persons; and everyone back home saying that they are ready to plant new churches: Thank you for your prayers and finacial contribution: All of them received bibles as the tools for the ministry:</strong></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>You sent to me money for bibles, I distributed them to these evangelists who are qualified for the harvest:</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#009900;"><strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Funds for orphans; I bought blankets as the Chrismas gift: You will receive photo next time</span></strong></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>Sincerely<br />Habimana Athanase</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">To see more pictures and learn more about this Kingdom work in Africa come to our new, and still under some construction, website—www.pouredoutforafrica.com. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Also, you can see more of the most recent pictures from Pastor Habimana at pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com<br />Lord willing I will have an exciting report when I return from Africa!</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In The Service Of The King,<br />Don Schwarz<br />Poured Out For Africa<br />Executive Director</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-849950589223681022010-11-19T14:26:00.000-08:002010-11-19T15:54:31.845-08:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGJxlcXhXHmG3ZAtdTgCMUisHf_zHjeMy08ZdcOaA2Mxa-qhb63PwbJy2jmFmWw7Vj6GewOeyGO-iavzePp9WImo3Kzgn9SnwWYrzArUPOS3jf8RcgdWbi6Q_e4TNOTmaxM5cDxGsaBpG/s1600/IM000955.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Our church planting partner Pastor Habimana led us to a rural village not far from a semi-active volcano. We knew as we approached the small congregation that we were in for a special time in the Spirit of the Lord Jesus! We were greeted by maidservants of the Lord who danced and sang to the Savior upon our arrival. The joy of the Lord was so very unique and powerful---why shouldn’t it be since the joy of the Lord is our strength?</p><p align="justify">As we entered into the church, which in terms of the building was a ceiling of tree limbs reaching to the sky tied to plastic tarps and the earth for flooring, we knew the Holy Spirit was there with us to point us to our Lord Jesus! Plastic chairs were our seats with an old table for a pulpit. But oh dear ones, the building isn’t the church---the church is the Holy Spirit filled followers of Jesus Christ, and they truly are the church in this village!</p><p align="justify">This congregation was primarily made up of widows. You see, they are survivors of the Hutu militia that first came to their village when they crossed the Rwanda/DR Congo border after killing one million civilian men, women, and children in 1994.</p><p align="justify">The Hutu army then killed their husbands and others and brutalized many of these women and some of their children. There are also men who migrated there later or survived the attack.</p><p align="justify">It is striking to me how much they have suffered, how much poverty of earthly things in which they languish, yet HOW MUCH JOY THEY HAVE THAT WE DO NOT!!!</p><p align="justify">When I was watching one man worship the Holy Spirit showed me that this dear servant of Jesus had been places in the Spirit that have amassed him a wealth that I knew not of.</p><p align="justify">During our time together I preached and was humbled and broken and felt a great need for them to preach to me. But they were preaching to me---you see, their very lives were preaching and penetrating my heart with the things of heaven! </p><p align="justify">Well, the Lord anointed and blessed my feeble efforts of sharing His glorious word and some of the precious souls who had not yet been born again were saved by King Messiah Jesus. When the time came to leave, our hearts were full and a special time of fellowship was had by all.</p><p align="justify">A few weeks later we received a tragic report from Pastor Habimana and then read about it on internet news wires.</p><p align="justify">That volcano in the area combined with an overflowing river from rains spewed a sea of mud that covered our little village and killed about four of the ladies to whom we had just not a month ago ministered during our special day. I have posted an article about the flood.</p><p align="justify"></span><a href="http://wireupdate.com/wires/5247/landslide-victims-in-eastern-dr-congo-aided-by-un-peacekeepers/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://wireupdate.com/wires/5247/landslide-victims-in-eastern-dr-congo-aided-by-un-peacekeepers/</span></a></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our hearts were broken and we sent some money to help with the restoration efforts. Those from our team prayed for the mercy of the Lord upon these special ones.</span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><p align="justify">But I cannot help but think of something; I wonder if any of those who prayed to receive Jesus that day for the first time were amongst the four that were killed? Could it be that He sent us there to prepare them for heaven? Either way, think of the kindness of the Lord to send us to them that day with His love and, in some way I cannot help but believe, to prepare their hearts for the trouble that was coming.</p><p align="justify">We must remember that Jesus told us we would have tribulation in the world, but to be of good cheer as He has overcome the world (Jn 16:33).</p><p align="justify">We have received never before seen pictures of that trip to the DRC. They are glorious! </p><p align="justify">We have more posted on our blog </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our website is in transition so see </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> or </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.org</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to keep an eye out for our new website.<br />Praise King Jesus for He is worthy!</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pastor Don Schwarz<br />Poured Out For Africa</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-44872884320086958252010-11-03T08:08:00.000-07:002010-11-05T14:05:13.071-07:00Pastor Ouatarra Bagalassin (Lassina): Burkina Faso-The Dogossee People<div align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPo_MhlSm0iIuG7KCczcCK0KnaJm17clhYHIPnT7NPkipjt8bqE5UqE9Z-ei2hcCoh3u3w1d5m1fs0htsTVVJqMsBNgBcUy3ZOG560KdAWxHqMUyqUPmZwqhAiIcm4lpdw3CRZs8wqOr9/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535340693940215442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t2Ofsr0mLKvCoq2adtCd8C59WCLn3s3D3LLjV7j4fv8mfZORGMUdgIDqNFN4OR_xZhjFA4IcIYu6LcJH0kDGvm0plnpFGKxoHHubWsnH-r2rS9sEaZ8kWS_yNUMGsHVFJ3-m18KjSnBO/s400/5.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">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.”</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ouatarra Bagalassina (Lassina) is an amazing man the Lord has chosen as a vessel of honor!<br />The miraculous way we were introduced to him through much prayer and fasting is a demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When we arrived to Burkina Faso we were told that we would not find someone to speak English to us in a remote part of a Western African country called Burkina Faso. And that we had little hope of being able to communicate with any of the unreached Muslim people groups as we were asking the Lord which one He wanted us to engage. We had been praying before leaving and the Lord raised up Lassina by introduction through a missionary who speaks five languages including English. He has a Master’s degree in linguistics. </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He is one of the approximately 300 believers of the 40,000 Dogossee (Doe Go Say) people who are Muslim/Animists. He has created the written language for the Dogossee, translates books of the Bible into their language, and teaches the Muslims to read by teaching these books of the Bible---PRAISE OUR GREAT KING MESSIAH JESUS!</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We go to Burkina Faso and teach the believing Dogossee people how to reach their people with the gospel and then go out with them into the villages! Here is a picture of Pastor Don preaching in Burkina Faso:</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is a recent report from Lassina:</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></div></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Hello Pastor Don,</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Thank you so much for your prayers. This month I was so busy with some books of the Gospel we had to check. with a consultant. We thank God that we checked well Galatians, Titus, 1 and 2 Timothy in 2 weeks. We are going in progress the Bible translation, we have already finished the following books: Genesis, some portions of Exodus, Deuteromy, Mark, Luk, John, Jame, Acts, Galatians, Titus, 1 and 2 Timothy and soon Matthew. Praise the Lord! Thank you for your prayers.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I am presently in Ouaga, at the end of this month, I will go to Banfora and the village to see the mayor about land in order to have a big place for building houses for my project I told you in the past. As I am working among muslims, I remarked sometimes the young people are opened to the Gospel but as they depend to their parents, they are afraid to give themselves to Jesus. Girls are facing up to forced marriage, their resort is church but very often, church cannot take care. </strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I received the burden to build a training house like Dorcas' Home which can welcome girls facing up to forced marriage, boys and girls who are persecuted and don't have home because they became christians. As, it is difficult to welcome people without means, how to feed them? In my mind I think why not open Evangelical school where people will pay for classes and the money can be used to welcome people in difficulties in Dorcasse' home, train them in charpentry, mechanics, masonry (concrete), breeding, farming, sewing, weaving, making soap and so on. I have already build a home (See the file I attached) but I need a bigger land to be able to accomplish my project. I talked with the mayor, and he thinks it is a big and good project which will develop the community. So, he allow es me to see the office which will help me fto find a big land. I think if I am able to build an Evangelical secondary school with Dorcasse' home inside, it will also help to share gospel with youth and it can have an impact in the community. This is my burden and I need your advise, your insight.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I have a bad or good news. It was not in my plan but God knows all things. There was a changing in my work location since the beginning of October. Let me tell you that my National Bible Organization nominated me as a National Bible Coordinator for about 15 Bible Translation Projects. They asked me to stay in Ouagadougou in order to be able to coordinate the 15 languages projects. I am presently in Ouagadougou with my family but per month I have to spend one week with my own project located in Banfora. I am in Ouagadougou not by my will. I hope and I am praying for a short time service here, as I have a burden to fulfil in area. If by God will I am able to fulfill my burden which is to build Dorcasse training center in my village, my family and me will go back to banfora or in the village. Who knows God's will. Pray for me.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Thank you for your prayers.<br />Blessings!<br />Lassina</strong></span></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><a name="_GoBack"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is a great thing to help those who have never heard the gospel (especially Muslims) to receive this glorious Savior and become His disciples. It is also wonderful to partner with servants like Lassina and precious souls like you who pray for our work!</span></a></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you would like to learn more about the work and see more pictures of our last trip to Burkina Faso, come to our blog at </span><a href="http://pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and our web </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and our new developing site at </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.org</span></a></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Praise King Jesus<br />Don Schwarz<br />Poured Out For Africa</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-41167353366652885632010-10-29T15:53:00.001-07:002010-10-29T16:43:41.369-07:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Pastor Muhoza Lewi & Pastor Don Schwarz-Rwanda</span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7ha_-MgZ9L8vklDqbSrP5HJxO8zPT3Lvumv3cqQgFZb09BpOxduNelAzMLCCMwuyW8XpOEmrV3M6EfcD1Iv-FhyphenhyphenrbYhW9ryHBuLsrIIl02lJ2ym8soYaWadgwdzVr_8jhWjzLjnq-Y2f/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533606194129201618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7ha_-MgZ9L8vklDqbSrP5HJxO8zPT3Lvumv3cqQgFZb09BpOxduNelAzMLCCMwuyW8XpOEmrV3M6EfcD1Iv-FhyphenhyphenrbYhW9ryHBuLsrIIl02lJ2ym8soYaWadgwdzVr_8jhWjzLjnq-Y2f/s400/IMG_1127.JPG" /></span></strong></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y_b4qTqtdLE89ZrgVaDLZY1h1E1V3m4Vg7sHYkK_qJXsDIkv6Ew7fnbkR4PdorfyoqxMo7P-7oySvnKtx8yJ135ljHjzk0PsJwNoKOSHB9U0-PPIYc0_qTO8rSdH_3heLm2vl8tLkAj_/s1600/IMG_1159.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533605401843401954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y_b4qTqtdLE89ZrgVaDLZY1h1E1V3m4Vg7sHYkK_qJXsDIkv6Ew7fnbkR4PdorfyoqxMo7P-7oySvnKtx8yJ135ljHjzk0PsJwNoKOSHB9U0-PPIYc0_qTO8rSdH_3heLm2vl8tLkAj_/s400/IMG_1159.JPG" /></a> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>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.<br /></strong></span><br />Pastor Don Schwarz<br /><br />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…<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Hi Pastor Don<br />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)</span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><div align="justify"><br />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<br /><br />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. </div><div align="justify"><br />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<br /><br />Your brother in Him<br />Pastor Muhoza Lewi<br /></span><br />All I can say is HALLELUJAH!!!<br /><br />Come to our blog to see pictures of Pastor Lewi @ </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. There are videos with Pastor Lewi on our website </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />Don Schwarz<br />Mission Pastor/Executive Director<br />Poured Out For Africa</span></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzTugNxysIL5Njw4LdUdKR8N-n1H_eqeF3WGhayrQawLLohoqrm1euQeb2n5qCT-VmUVTrltAEvdJxQtl4bIw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-81960129289524185082010-10-24T16:38:00.000-07:002010-10-24T16:45:54.397-07:00Africa Report - Poured Out For Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1LaTnj0JnzjRDXrxC73Pl7NqrOa7DexX2sEIu2jct1VMKm15nQzI423FKAij027k12lPZysV3kf2VfSUfzjyuXFhRAfcvMWxWAU0JADt3XXWo2tH3wMvkKI2-H9_zXQqUAZi7uqehMCB/s1600/CIMG0087.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531762973642989010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1LaTnj0JnzjRDXrxC73Pl7NqrOa7DexX2sEIu2jct1VMKm15nQzI423FKAij027k12lPZysV3kf2VfSUfzjyuXFhRAfcvMWxWAU0JADt3XXWo2tH3wMvkKI2-H9_zXQqUAZi7uqehMCB/s400/CIMG0087.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wFSPsQ_jOX97wg4xgCLPFpsdMYZ2nyTm7-WNPFYXPRy2rugXqm4vDSnknis8t76cC3ehH3Cyx_sPock1BsgDRvI8TVClsvFv8eVtRWmOhtzEalvB5Fd_8EQimWxv2sG2Drt9thyphenhyphenLFpzq/s1600/CIMG2447.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531762736784214834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wFSPsQ_jOX97wg4xgCLPFpsdMYZ2nyTm7-WNPFYXPRy2rugXqm4vDSnknis8t76cC3ehH3Cyx_sPock1BsgDRvI8TVClsvFv8eVtRWmOhtzEalvB5Fd_8EQimWxv2sG2Drt9thyphenhyphenLFpzq/s400/CIMG2447.JPG" /></a> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>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.”<br /></strong></span><br />Mission Pastor Don Schwarz<br />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!!!<br />Don</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />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:<br />1. Baraka baptist church 27 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">2. Kayanja Baptist church 78 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">3. Kibumba city baptist church 47 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">4. Hermon Baptist church 120 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">5. Shalom Baptist church 30 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">6. Umoja Baptist church 72 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">7 Tchondo Baptist church 40 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">8. Rubaya Baptist church 150 members</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />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.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">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.<br /><br />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.</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />PRAYER REQUESTS</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">1 Pray for the Gospel to muslims</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">2 Pray for our believers to be commited to evangelise muslims</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">3 Pray for the total peace in the DRCongo especially in Eastern</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">4.Pray for the servant of God to have support in the ministry</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">5 Pray for the new planted churches to have their own lands and churches building</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">6 Pray for the saved muslims to grow spiritually</div><br /><br /><div align="justify">7 Pray for widows and orphans in goma</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />I could send to you photographs, but today they are not available.</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />For the money you send I bought school materials and payed little money as the school fee. You will have them nextly.<br /><br />SincerelyPastor Habimana Athanase<br /><br />To see a picture of Pastor Habimana and other pictures and videos of our work in Africa see our blog at </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and our web at </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Praise King Jesus!Don Schwarz<br />Executive Director<br />Poured Out For Africa</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-7591429613815762942010-10-16T17:30:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:40:08.159-07:00Africa Report-Poured Out For Africa<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;"><strong>Preaching The Gospel In Africa!</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-E3QgeiKzt3tV5kGbJh_g6xsqZ3otfp7UWG6mfQhsfl_or86k2lRrfN8VpyE7ZE0TRblmvutDUEp6VGb-gJ9JsMAUXBi84eStuLb6rg23isa7kIzzIro1KlDAmVPPdpL5Q3Qg6gPBvGC/s1600/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+116.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528815632974373410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-E3QgeiKzt3tV5kGbJh_g6xsqZ3otfp7UWG6mfQhsfl_or86k2lRrfN8VpyE7ZE0TRblmvutDUEp6VGb-gJ9JsMAUXBi84eStuLb6rg23isa7kIzzIro1KlDAmVPPdpL5Q3Qg6gPBvGC/s400/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+116.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn03QiNBQ15fwdLOltmeonjAr6ld4FzW9vXQ5iCRqGL-LzpLKAyG6T-Mcpj_JbtRCqbZEGRRIX-Uib3la3767DENO2w2enKHHiqcwDcvwDtagjvS6zGMmw0nR84lPLcFYZ-AXP6Jz5XIJ/s1600/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+194.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528815251321825954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn03QiNBQ15fwdLOltmeonjAr6ld4FzW9vXQ5iCRqGL-LzpLKAyG6T-Mcpj_JbtRCqbZEGRRIX-Uib3la3767DENO2w2enKHHiqcwDcvwDtagjvS6zGMmw0nR84lPLcFYZ-AXP6Jz5XIJ/s400/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+194.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;"><strong>Congolese Military Leading a Worship Song to Jesus!<br /></strong></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSYSLsj5u6rhL0_ALlsrs7ypeEd1Xe88z4Jr_MCVU_vJylVk9l6sWcsbuv0_-CiR3Cdi6H-6eJ3aUqxzOKumzQIGFVRdYBFlAfVjWsurA8ZVqNuMTuXCVik23kn7UETMwGV676p_lo1CT/s1600/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+166.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528814873148579218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSYSLsj5u6rhL0_ALlsrs7ypeEd1Xe88z4Jr_MCVU_vJylVk9l6sWcsbuv0_-CiR3Cdi6H-6eJ3aUqxzOKumzQIGFVRdYBFlAfVjWsurA8ZVqNuMTuXCVik23kn7UETMwGV676p_lo1CT/s400/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+166.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbcBxrrdGO1Yu24BrFTLpZHZb35HZcKJ1fshJBq_IefIftrivl3cG0Jat8eKqqGvyxYF7JtEj1eFnyGyE0zD3ytxgqD5cj7L9JmOzoVRCrCvozwo99Qn1XV94hrmC7CXAp1uQbTVsx6_o/s1600/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+190.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528814449801126258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbcBxrrdGO1Yu24BrFTLpZHZb35HZcKJ1fshJBq_IefIftrivl3cG0Jat8eKqqGvyxYF7JtEj1eFnyGyE0zD3ytxgqD5cj7L9JmOzoVRCrCvozwo99Qn1XV94hrmC7CXAp1uQbTVsx6_o/s400/Rwanda+Congo+2008+-+2+190.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#663333;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">"She took off her headscrarf and told me she was going to follow </span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;"><strong>Jesus and leave Islam!"<br /></strong></span><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaMq6ErHxBH2tNQH1Ubx4wIe7pVdBvKXHqaWRIsKTZL7ucVG_IuyTGNAE33z3uJO3naGxGDeSu8Owr0kHsdm8YffOqJZZFj8y7banyIyv_wDyivH0A0yRvpdTzqg9jbpD7yP2NMMVDO0a/s1600/P1010189_itA_185.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528814153249770610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaMq6ErHxBH2tNQH1Ubx4wIe7pVdBvKXHqaWRIsKTZL7ucVG_IuyTGNAE33z3uJO3naGxGDeSu8Owr0kHsdm8YffOqJZZFj8y7banyIyv_wDyivH0A0yRvpdTzqg9jbpD7yP2NMMVDO0a/s400/P1010189_itA_185.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>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.<br /></strong></span><br />Preaching the Gospel in Africa!<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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: </span><a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. From there you can also link to our website. We have a new website coming very soon.<br /><br />Praise King Jesus!<br />Don Schwarz<br />Missions/Evangelism Pastor<br />Poured Out For Africa<br />Cell: 832-878-0756<br />email: <a href="mailto:pofa@earthlink.net">pofa@earthlink.net</a></span></div><div align="justify"></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxO0LPFPCrhyFtMMoVcuCYxlYoXOAzSx8bLwjd5wl9boPlsHjyFIiWi0dYqOUphclVqVVgE5zrIRfz4JpgefA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-48992100015360096722010-09-05T14:14:00.000-07:002010-09-05T14:28:57.385-07:00Africa Report - Teaching<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9kwPTdOuYKtn-TSZfw1uzeGFME3eQtNQxceVl1Yje55t99n6y5LGXoDgAF4A5Ulela0CFchEgknxlfiN7xAWQw2yW7j-6NKCsNOOJRv670UwqPd8vKCqrmgwzTxeulK-ljLOy9hryvOI/s1600/DSC00232.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513544407656582482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9kwPTdOuYKtn-TSZfw1uzeGFME3eQtNQxceVl1Yje55t99n6y5LGXoDgAF4A5Ulela0CFchEgknxlfiN7xAWQw2yW7j-6NKCsNOOJRv670UwqPd8vKCqrmgwzTxeulK-ljLOy9hryvOI/s400/DSC00232.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVq8H-abLpp7_UA1gkGCQ3vpdfg3vjzpjk3yIfrrmcxyJ9NBtOxYzJNb1BKSaTXB949X8aeOsfC8gwvdhLDhm5MWy4d1Him3pUsLNdjrCbt6T0YJRnSRjChnRQsdRlwEw8FduhBvEtk2P/s1600/DSC00229.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513543362484115458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVq8H-abLpp7_UA1gkGCQ3vpdfg3vjzpjk3yIfrrmcxyJ9NBtOxYzJNb1BKSaTXB949X8aeOsfC8gwvdhLDhm5MWy4d1Him3pUsLNdjrCbt6T0YJRnSRjChnRQsdRlwEw8FduhBvEtk2P/s400/DSC00229.JPG" /></a> <div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Pourd Out For Africa</div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#009900;">Philippians 2:7 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.</span></div><br /><div align="justify">Pastor Don Schwarz<br />Luke 10:3:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.</div><br /><div align="justify">One of the things I do in my work in Africa is equip the saints for the work of sharing the gospel. Today, so many professing to follow Jesus think this is an optional work. For example, about 98% of professing born again Christians in America have decided this is not something they want to do nor will they do. They still claim to be followers of Jesus, but Jesus tells His followers that He sends them out with the gospel. The harvest was great then and so it is today. There were few laborers then and there are few laborers today. So, when our Lord Jesus tells His followers to pray for Him to send laborers out into the field here is an important point to consider. Some might think that though they avoid going out into the field, they can pray to the Lord that He send others out. He doesn't ask those who refuse to go out to pray for laborers, no it is those who are obediently going out who are to ask the Lord to send others to help them. Those who refuse to go out with the gospel are in disobedience and do not have the authority in Christ to pray for others to go with the gospel. So here is a question: Is it appropriate for you to pray to our Savior for laborers? Though I would be very thankful if you came with us to Africa, you don't have to go to Africa to "go out". When you leave your home or church you are entering the mission field. So many are afraid to be out in the field as sheep amongst wolves. How can I say such a thing, and if it is true why wouldn't it be ok to be afraid of being sheep amongst wolves? First, statistics show that the overwhelming number of those who do not share their faith in Jesus avoid this glorious calling because of fear. Secondly, as sheep we need to be close to the Shepherd. Where is the Shepherd? He is out in the field of harvest waiting for His people to trust and obey Him and to walk in faith which is the opposite of fear. Sadly, while the Savior is coming many are perishing and most believers refuse to labor in the field. It is my prayer to our Savior, as a laborer, that you become the laborer our Shepherd called you to be! In an hour of fear and uncertainty this will give you a very wide place to stand with confidence in your Redeemer and your purpose for living at this time in history! For the rest of this article go to our blog as I finish explaining what Jesus told His followers. Mark 1:16 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. </div><br /><div align="justify">Our Lord tells His followers something very simple and important to understand. He found regular men doing a regular job and told them those days are over and new days have come! They will no longer be regular and normal because now they will follow Him which will be distinguished by the fact that He will make them fishers of men. The plain truth is that the disciples of Jesus are fishers of men. Yes, this is an analogy given to fishermen by trade. Yet regardless whether they are called fishers of men or men out with the gospel the meaning is the same---people who follow Jesus are fishers of men. Are you a fisher of men? If the answer is not then you are not a follower of Jesus. Thankfully, He offers forgiveness and repentance of sin, so that today you can be cleansed by our Savior and follow Him. One way you will know if you are is that you will have the desire to tell others about the Savior!</div><br /><div align="justify">Praise and glory to our soon coming King Jesus!<br />I have given a link to an updated article of the investigation into the recent brutal rapes in the area we serve the Lord and the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Lord willing we will be going there in October.<br /><a href="http://modernwriters.org/news/africa/4795-hutu-rebels-deny-dr-congo-rapes.html">http://modernwriters.org/news/africa/4795-hutu-rebels-deny-dr-congo-rapes.html</a></div><br /><div align="justify">For more information about Pastor Don Schwarz or the ministry Poured Out For Africa please see our website. <a href="http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/">http://www.pouredoutforafrica.com/</a> Also, check out the on site videos and pictures from many countries in Africa. You can also contact Don and sign up for the monthly Poured Out For Africa newsletter.</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-33369260236797578172010-08-28T15:37:00.000-07:002010-08-30T20:29:06.967-07:00Special Report-Poured Out For AfricaThis is one of Pastor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Habimana's</span> churches in DR Congo. This Church was called 'The Widow's Church.' It was recently destroyed by a local volcano shortly after we left.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hb5urB9tYOL497azv-hJQzQNhjrc3Ff2O4msXRFsaFOu1pOukz2YOccEeBucv_4Vn1QL_7ABBNLrrITDgdHTlc02VyUkAAo3E49XK1z-E5tLXcK5r5awfX6JWb3xie6emI6-0uqBfxnn/s1600/IM000949.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510595954807458514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hb5urB9tYOL497azv-hJQzQNhjrc3Ff2O4msXRFsaFOu1pOukz2YOccEeBucv_4Vn1QL_7ABBNLrrITDgdHTlc02VyUkAAo3E49XK1z-E5tLXcK5r5awfX6JWb3xie6emI6-0uqBfxnn/s400/IM000949.JPG" border="0" /></a> This picture was taken in DR Congo. That is Pastor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Habimana</span> on the far left, next to Pastor Don.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ZAwbGiUkNIKOAQUyZgauD2uqDXRUlay4DHP_On3lObZ3sRUIvYLSEAjBoK7bkgV_FpdEcgFx9KBhKRMp0CdDrYGv6NIxAMhTr0W285zIBeVBQpHfJymR9B7n7t7Tx7nM32ti2njwwdl/s1600/DSC01221.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510595949937670482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ZAwbGiUkNIKOAQUyZgauD2uqDXRUlay4DHP_On3lObZ3sRUIvYLSEAjBoK7bkgV_FpdEcgFx9KBhKRMp0CdDrYGv6NIxAMhTr0W285zIBeVBQpHfJymR9B7n7t7Tx7nM32ti2njwwdl/s400/DSC01221.JPG" border="0" /></a> Pictured below are two short term missionaries from Texas who had the joy of sharing God's love to women at a Women's Conference in DR Congo. They were also able to give each woman $10 in American money! These women were overjoyed!! Pastor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lewi</span> is interpreting on the far left.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenaQcdcnuTODMc77Gan0YqLxKLRlf__SafZDf_HK9iqKjMQQtu9imt6xl5tuZj0zW8GLP4YpJ3Ff4U3cZH2vF-haUnjekDRfZoZ9yj3fEpJQtDPLaJtl_xGO68vdY-mCviCm0OwPdJG5S/s1600/DSC01173.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510595938561040914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenaQcdcnuTODMc77Gan0YqLxKLRlf__SafZDf_HK9iqKjMQQtu9imt6xl5tuZj0zW8GLP4YpJ3Ff4U3cZH2vF-haUnjekDRfZoZ9yj3fEpJQtDPLaJtl_xGO68vdY-mCviCm0OwPdJG5S/s400/DSC01173.JPG" border="0" /></a><b>Pastor Don <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Schwarz</span><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0); LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><i>Philippians 2: <sup>17</sup>Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0); LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><i><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Psalm 82:</span><sup style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">3</sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. </span><sup style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">4</sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><i><span style="color:#006600;"></span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>The first time Africa showed up on my radar screen was a normal day some six or seven years ago when I was reading daily news services. I was shocked when I read of a Congolese militia soldier who brutally killed a mother’s two little girls right in front of her! I laid out on my floor and began to cry out to the Lord for this poor lady. I then began to learn about the situation in the DR Congo. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>The short story is that as a result of the Rwanda genocide in 1994 the Hutu Militia, those who killed about 1,000,000 Tutsi men, women and children in 100 days, fled into the DR Congo. There they, many militia groups cropped up and took sides against one another. It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">doesn</span>’t help that these areas of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">DRC</span> are mineral rich. These militia are organized, well financed, demonic animals and caught in the crossfire are innocent civilian populations. Gang rape of men, women and children is common and is used as a weapon of manipulation, terror and war in their bizarre manner of dominance. So, I was praying and crying out to the Lord, but what more could I do?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>What can a Jewish American do to help these precious souls under such oppression on the other side of the world? Since asking these questions I have been reminded that little is much when Abba is in it! The Lord began to supernaturally introduce me to pastors who have been planting churches in Rwanda and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">DRC</span>. They have been taking care of orphans, widows, raped women, and others who are suffering in the midst of this horror and trouble since it began in 1994.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>I have had the honor of living Psalm 82 by bringing teams to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">DRC</span> and coming alongside Pastor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Habimana</span> in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">DRC</span> who has planted 91 churches, many of which are right in the midst of all this trouble. I have listened to, cried with, spoken to and given comfort to many widows and orphans who have experienced trouble like most have never imagined.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>We have been going to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">DRC</span> for about four years and have seen the Lord Jesus bring so much glory to our Father in heaven! We have preached the gospel in a stadium, the streets, churches, and refugee areas and seen thousands receive Jesus and become His disciples! He will bring justice to those who are these unrepentant <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">afflicters</span> of such demonic wickedness! Until then our Savior sends His Holy Spirit and us to comfort and restore many who are afflicted and needy. So how can you help me, to help them? As the Lord leads I would direct you to our website to see some pictures and videos to help you understand our work and get more information. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>Additionally, I am thankful to announce something good that our government is doing---something good what a concept!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>The US Congress has passed bills to begin to address the fuel for these militia’s power and money--the mineral business. I have attached two articles, one which explains the most recent atrocity where Pastor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Habimana</span> oversees churches and the other explains a recent bill passed by Congress. Please pray about contacting your Senate and Congressional Reps and let them know what you think about these precious souls who need our help. If your Representative has voted for these bills give them some encouragement and explain that you are praying for American missionaries who work with churches in these areas and that you want to see more done. It is nice to have something good to say about and to our government officials for a change. So thank them for what they have done, encourage them to do more, and it is important they know that you are behind them in this regard! </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>Please pray for our next team going within a few miles of the village in the news service article in this report---our dates are October 10-23.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>May our Father be blessed by our heart that beats with His!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Praise King Messiah Jesus!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Poured Out For Africa<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Pastor Don <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Schwarz</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlAHNE7LlueeKFImcT0sUoQQB8XQ">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlAHNE7LlueeKFImcT0sUoQQB8XQ</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/africa/23congo.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/africa/23congo.html?_r=1</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>If you are interested in helping us pour ourselves out for Africa please consider getting on our free newsletter by contacting me personally by email <u><span style="color:blue;"><a href="mailto:donschwarz@earthlink.net">donschwarz@earthlink.net</a></span></u>.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>We have three basic modes of participation for our partners:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Praying: Contact us for prayer initiatives.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Giving: Many opportunities to give towards food, Bibles & Africa mission trips.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Going: If you are interested in joining us on an Africa trip contact me for a mission trip application.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>VIDEO: WOMEN REJOICING IN DR CONGO </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span style="font-size:0;"><br /></p></span></b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwNJF4PfO4XeIvFZugm0VzZ3joX7wvRny7KICJTXUHDfvqzRU8OpEtH7Q6qz8bX2Ssdomrja0L6MVXHCUlSWQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-40319155658584540102010-08-21T15:06:00.000-07:002010-08-21T19:34:17.925-07:00AFRICA REPORT: How Can I Best Prepare For The Difficult Days Ahead?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP46fIPzsfWMkAgNbY88z4_b1RBApSp45PeE4B8uGc0dXeE2vLDTypw_ykszbRa14wNEUQzLOnMsI2VsOpAaEnefJAcj2WHpTywR7lQjCLHiinyzmjNe0XlMfe1nxqpbNVVt9UgBl1FodH/s1600/DSC00334.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507990093420270706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP46fIPzsfWMkAgNbY88z4_b1RBApSp45PeE4B8uGc0dXeE2vLDTypw_ykszbRa14wNEUQzLOnMsI2VsOpAaEnefJAcj2WHpTywR7lQjCLHiinyzmjNe0XlMfe1nxqpbNVVt9UgBl1FodH/s400/DSC00334.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7bwQb8VYsfvtlBneL3E_79RKUAXAmuKVKr3bB5a6p1jVSJj7xKWju9Go7zzOBAcnVQVwqXOrszx9meGzlUxxOakg5gABXoZtWiETGFgLDrgey8L14sWuK7CtenIA0LJHdSUIHazDpKR6/s1600/DSC00335.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507990089453233986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7bwQb8VYsfvtlBneL3E_79RKUAXAmuKVKr3bB5a6p1jVSJj7xKWju9Go7zzOBAcnVQVwqXOrszx9meGzlUxxOakg5gABXoZtWiETGFgLDrgey8L14sWuK7CtenIA0LJHdSUIHazDpKR6/s400/DSC00335.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglinFkIVW4tg8BteOj1OCHvGmLU3nuuUJ_bCUk98vTPme1_y4HGRgXwNy9MsfVVR_mKd8mY479_WoZTObA3XDxGkhQHR4UGial_j9mKr91MS3CU3-UZ5P6QInLgYDcCNo3yEscKcr96N2d/s1600/CIMG2470.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507988854869192114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglinFkIVW4tg8BteOj1OCHvGmLU3nuuUJ_bCUk98vTPme1_y4HGRgXwNy9MsfVVR_mKd8mY479_WoZTObA3XDxGkhQHR4UGial_j9mKr91MS3CU3-UZ5P6QInLgYDcCNo3yEscKcr96N2d/s400/CIMG2470.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#003300;">In</span> these pictures Short Term Missionaries are painting the toe nails and finger nails of widows that live in Rwanda. The Word of God, jewerly and hair products were given to all the women present.<br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCRnjXwvUnUEByR3Azoh3IV0fwMXS4i1bobBceB6-n3PiyyUr3sV173-GxRFB8JlkfuoWEDLm0T_bBj5tkf2FvQ8O2vhiNRCHX2fOjLps5kKIvbSZxiRb2Icf3MTh-LDCytk8KoG2WEci/s1600/CIMG2473.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507988847454312370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCRnjXwvUnUEByR3Azoh3IV0fwMXS4i1bobBceB6-n3PiyyUr3sV173-GxRFB8JlkfuoWEDLm0T_bBj5tkf2FvQ8O2vhiNRCHX2fOjLps5kKIvbSZxiRb2Icf3MTh-LDCytk8KoG2WEci/s400/CIMG2473.JPG" /></a></div></div></div><br /><p align="justify"><strong>AFRICA REPORT<br />Pastor Don Schwarz: Poured Out For Africa</strong></p><p align="justify"><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>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.</strong></span></span></p><p align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Psalm 41: 1-2 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.</strong></span> </p><p align="justify"><br />So many followers of Jesus today are very concerned, and legitimately so, about the days ahead. However, the “need” to prepare can be a bottomless pit into which our adversary would like to push us. I think it is wise to prepare, even with provisions, if the Holy Spirit has led His child that way. But then how much is enough? And with what do I fill my little corner of creation? Is food for me and my family enough? What about others and how about water, and heat for the cold, and what if it gets really bad and I need to defend myself, and what if the bad guys have a better plan than me?<br />Here is where I begin to look further into the Lord’s word for His plan of preparation and here is the direction our family is taking.<br />We are today considering the poor. We are going to them, encouraging them, giving them resources for food and clothes, doing all we can to sow into their lives in a way that can only be described by them as this “Now we know the Lord has not forgotten us, because He has sent you.” That is what a widow, who had been raped by men in Rwanda during the genocide there, told one of our team members at a special meeting we had for widows.<br />There are countless stories I could share of times in churches, the streets of slums, garbage dumps where animals and people try to find a meal, and the Lord has sent us there to comfort and bless people.<br />In one church service in the slums of Nairobi we asked the pastor to buy some food for all who were there (about 50). They bought many loaves of white bread and a soda for each person. You should have seen the looks on their faces. It was the look of someone in America sitting down to a steak dinner, something these have never had in their life. I have heard people say “but Don there are poor right here in America.” That is true and we should help whoever the Lord gives to help. But think of this, most poor in America have never experienced or imagined “poor” like this. My wife, who has been seeing pictures and listening to my stories for years, recently went with me to Kenya. She was so overwhelmed on this occasion in the Nairobi slums that she could hardly speak the rest of the day after we returned to our hotel.<br />These are the ones to whom the Lord has sent me. If you look at the world today poverty and famine are sweeping the globe like King Jesus said it would in the time of the birth pangs just before His return. I cannot help them all, but I can help the ones the Lord has given me and Lord willing I will be faithful in this regard and on their behalf.<br />Many use to believe, and I think tragically many still do, that poverty and famine could not cover the landscape of America. I personally believe that it probably will, maybe sooner than later.<br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Proverbs 19: 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given.</strong><br /></span>Here is another great passage that tells us how to invest wisely. Think of those who have invested in banks and other financial instruments. How have many of them done in the last few years? Conversely, an investment in heaven’s economy always pays back with dividends! This is our investment strategy—to have mercy on the poor. We are certainly not rich by American standards, but compared to these in Africa we are in pretty good shape today.<br />So, me and my house are preparing mostly by considering those who are in poverty and famine today. From what I see in Psalm 41 since my heart is motivated by the love of Jesus and faith in Him my future during time of trouble is already secure. He has promised me deliverance and I will simply trust Him at His word. Oh how I love Jesus, Oh how I love Jesus, Oh how I love Jesus, because He first loved me! He loves the poor and helpless too, and I want to show them!<br />See our blog and website for more information, and our blog has some new pictures and videos of some of our latest trips to Kenya and Rwanda. Also find contact information there to be placed on our monthly newsletter.<br />If you would like to join us in helping the poor by praying, giving, and/or going contact me for more details. </p><p align="justify"><br />In King Messiah Jesus Christ!</p><p align="justify">Don Schwarz<br />Pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com<br />Pouredoutforafrica.com<br />Cell: 832-878-0756</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-43594539281739151422010-08-14T20:06:00.000-07:002010-08-15T19:59:44.726-07:00Do I Have Godly Character?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuabnt4LHEcLuUdDcgui54du0DrL-ciSOvNgMR2gTdlFGOUatAZS3eIbiIbT4m-h4GHz-NWplRMqzvTdEkDZ8qLpWRObPMH8Gx1QCetvk3G5cnTX7YnSC-gfyWN7VvtXntnIg9B6Rbw8V-/s1600/DSC01233.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgGcu6Lf-MCWl2xjHA4MWK7N1OToYalBXmtaxNQPXwGmzB2n-8yYoyF5IDwHhvXDJzaT38UiLeDBvKZ6nlfM9JzTVjjC8CN9fZId32W2XTE739ti5WQaBw8qTe-bclcgv6zT9fL-m-oua/s320/IM000079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505811456230319186" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhenuw1kzw5FJ7cG1l482em6GOdfNOIx67o_f30jZUtQjpRjGxbTAciJdyi0GqTO4WFEQfzdSNmMOLg3cq_1C5zPHrT-nD2wj3-aTV-kxT_E0uyYc9r6SvPDbrGUzIOhbeqqB09HWSTyQ/s1600/IM000086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhenuw1kzw5FJ7cG1l482em6GOdfNOIx67o_f30jZUtQjpRjGxbTAciJdyi0GqTO4WFEQfzdSNmMOLg3cq_1C5zPHrT-nD2wj3-aTV-kxT_E0uyYc9r6SvPDbrGUzIOhbeqqB09HWSTyQ/s400/IM000086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505618247388992162" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place st="on"><b><span style="color:black;">AFRICA</span></b></st1:place><b><span style="color:black;"> REPORT<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">: </span></span></b><b><span style="color:black;">Pastor Don Schwarz </span></b><b><span style="color:black;">Poured Out For <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Philippians 2: </span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">17</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Yea, and if I be offered (poured out) upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.</span></i></b><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do I Have Godly Character?</span></b><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Psalm 68:</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"> </span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"> </span><b><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">5</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.</span></b></i><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As a disciple of Jesus Christ it is my greatest desire to be acquiring godly character. For this to be so the things that are important to my Father in heaven must become important to me---right? It is easy to make my lips move and say I am a follower of Jesus. But, it is the fruit of my life that determines what is in my heart. Didn’t Jesus tell us that a good tree bears good fruit?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">That is why our ministry began helping orphans in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>. About six years ago my Abba spoke to me by His Spirit to my spirit. He reminded me that pure and undefiled religion ministers to orphans and that I did not (James 1:27). I then proceeded to tell Him something that He had obviously overlooked-the fact that I did not know any orphans. Graciously, He then instructed me that if I would have the faith to obey Him---He could work out the details of locating some orphans for me to go and bless, and love, and pray for, and buy food for, and believe Him for great things for, etc. So now we have been to many African countries and today have different orphan outreaches in <st1:country-region st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rwanda</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and the DR Congo. Other than seeing a sinner on their way to hell being saved and set free by Jesus, I cannot think of anything better that helping hungry, hopeless, desperate orphans and sharing with them food, hope, and an environment of safety---oh dear brethren THEY ARE CHILDREN! By grace we help some eat, hear the gospel, go to school, buy clothes, but here is the best! I am trusting King Jesus, who by the way loves to please our Father, to help us plant an orphan village with housing, vocational training, farming and livestock, and a <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Bible</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>, JUST FOR ORPHANS! It is in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rwanda</st1:place></st1:country-region> and is called the Poured Out For Africa Gospel Village. <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rwanda</st1:place></st1:country-region> has about 10,000,000 people and guess how many are orphans? About 840,000 are fatherless, which makes up almost ten percent of their population---can you imagine? So please pray for me as I want to partner with our Father in heaven to be a father to the fatherless. It is the least I can do since I had no Father in heaven until Jesus saved me and through Him I was adopted into His eternal family. We should all understand what it means to need the Father’s love. POFA also help some widows in Africa and has plans to integrate them into our <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Gospel</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Village</st1:placetype></st1:place> work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">If you would like to hear more about our work in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>, please contact me personally by phone or email. We are looking for new Kingdom partnerships who will help us advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. I obey the Lord and leave my home and family to preach the gospel, make disciples, and minister to orphans and widows. Will you pray about helping me do this work and provide for my family while I am gone? The time has come to lay treasures up in heaven more than ever as the treasures here are fast depreciating in value. We take a very small salary from this ministry and the rest goes to doing the Kingdom work in the field of harvest.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">Take a look at our blog to see a video and pictures of some of our Father’s children in <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>. Praise King Jesus and THANK YOU FATHER!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Don Schwarz</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Mission Pastor/Executive Director</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Poured Out For <st1:place st="on">Africa<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">www.p</span></b></st1:place></span><b>ouredoutforafrica.com</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;"><span style="color:#114170;"><a href="mailto:pofa@earthlink.net" target="_blank">pofa@earthlink.net</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D;">832-878-0756</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></b><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;"> </span></b><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyml-J1mn9n4D4sCp6Nd3-8L32dK5cHMlHrhMHm5OYQExumZVwK1xDQ2-ubO4yeaY3jyxBkrgm-QU5c3ds6SA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-554034879618877317.post-12807940300139207682010-08-07T18:40:00.000-07:002010-08-10T20:35:26.999-07:00Return Trip To Rwanda & DR Congo! OCTOBER 2010<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9qNz-b6XD2jcTwk-8YoKfxaQdJ01yvowKm4i5ogkQ6m0pYEVvp4TxP2Rfsu-1IBe3ERzjLX9OaGnoFxhqgzxC1psXPHHNkQJ_jDnwaCJe66xgzU2bOYWGNDbN8xugBo6If0PSUgDO8tn/s1600/IMG_1168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9qNz-b6XD2jcTwk-8YoKfxaQdJ01yvowKm4i5ogkQ6m0pYEVvp4TxP2Rfsu-1IBe3ERzjLX9OaGnoFxhqgzxC1psXPHHNkQJ_jDnwaCJe66xgzU2bOYWGNDbN8xugBo6If0PSUgDO8tn/s400/IMG_1168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502853125981950514" /></a><div><p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Dear Followers of King Messiah Jesus, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Praise and bless His holy Name! I am so blessed in this letter to share what we are planning for this fall. Can you believe we are now planning for the autumn of 2010? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Well, we have been to </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and the DR Congo once already this year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="CM1" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">However, we only went to about seven of the ninety one churches Pastor Habimana planted in Goma in the DR Congo. Also, our friend and colaborer Pastor Lewi has planted many churches in Bukavu, DRC. You may remember that this is the city of a couple million people that hosted our stadium event in 2008 in which about fifteen hundred came to the Lord. On our last trip we did not have enough time to go to Bukavu and many of our friends were very disappointed. So, Lord willing, we will go to some of the churches we missed in Goma and then boat down beautiful </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Lake Kivu</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> to minister the gospel in Bukavu. There will be rejoicing and reunion as we visit our friends and brethren! </span></p><p class="CM1" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Both of these cities are still recovering, in the midst of great poverty, from many years of brutal internal war that is I think best described as a genocidal stalemate. Five and a half million were killed in twelve years making it the deadliest war since WW2. What a people that need grace and mercy from the loving kindness of our SAVIOR JESUS! </span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEWtAuLX4_R-sZN-Mn2C9l2w1R-W8dPXyXW5x16s-54qmxjjoXlKibfLeMiNVqjuyeBZMlcNTDkG-KMlOPtnF4rWTA52Cy0gbYiih3fiQ_MkUUTv0gqYNninzQOz6_0o87uJoLw_mV_6a/s400/IM000136.JPG" /> W</span>e customarily begin our trip in </span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> which of course was the genocide that sparked the trouble in DR Congo and </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Burundi</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. As I write this letter I weep over the trouble and hopelessness and the tears turn to those of joy at the love and mercy we can take to them that only the true and living God provides! In </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> we start by going to the Genocide Memorial that details the horrible atrocities. This prepares our hearts to overflow with compassion so that we can then go to the people with the healing in His wings! </span></p> <p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Also, while in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> we will continue to meet with government officials and attorneys and others who are helping us with the necessary details that pave the way for our Poured Out For Africa Gospel Village for orphans. Please join with us in prayer for this holy work of our Abba in heaven. This work is moving slower than I would like, but there is progress and for that I am thankful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeFVBgJvD6TZMW3Jv_mpyuj1zV9TEBuT0u8s6nulADTbYjQ0_08fQZ5Ii8k4BoJSYSN8WwGgSiRMmzAXm2I3i4tVCmgLuc_HyRlYrZ4dAKw9iRuwFrChDsCo4aiu3LP0IafTlYNozxvAR/s400/IMG_1202.JPG" /></span>The Lord has given me a team of CPA’s, attorneys, businessmen, and other wise counselors, that are necessary to make sure we have a “kosher” foundation that people can give into with great confidence we will be successful. For example, my attorneys in </span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Houston</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> have helped me understand what I needed so I could establish the best name for the orphan village. We have now filed the necessary paperwork here and officially have the name POURED OUT FOR AFRICA GOSPEL VILLAGE legally registered and will file for an INGO (International NonGovernment Organization) in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rwanda</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> at the appropriate time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="CM3" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span style="mso-bidi-;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Please keep praying that the Lord would show you how to participate—here are three areas where we need your partnership: praying, giving, going. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;margin-right: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.1in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Please contact me with any questions or comments.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiIkfLMV8tA0I43CjVDfXGe8hPikMusiEFFEKM0nPK6Bj_KtBVgyG2VlZ4KHPcfV0SQ1rXTmwikrHNRiFM_YvsvRmdVZxn1k67aH_dElk72xjvZXboR4bqjuqQWPcJcIYPdVw5smddMuL/s1600/IM000063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiIkfLMV8tA0I43CjVDfXGe8hPikMusiEFFEKM0nPK6Bj_KtBVgyG2VlZ4KHPcfV0SQ1rXTmwikrHNRiFM_YvsvRmdVZxn1k67aH_dElk72xjvZXboR4bqjuqQWPcJcIYPdVw5smddMuL/s400/IM000063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502853108479646466" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5MdYniKNSy1nZxiKg2xspB4_xy_BNGIEzQjqREkr-ZK5FobMGz77ZrZDpH95JDwHx6LX7-salF7G5R1y9UIHfO541dVfS49yNjAxOMYEqNNj7ne4ECKMK-kg45NAxlQTC8FWPbWhjplL/s1600/IM000039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5MdYniKNSy1nZxiKg2xspB4_xy_BNGIEzQjqREkr-ZK5FobMGz77ZrZDpH95JDwHx6LX7-salF7G5R1y9UIHfO541dVfS49yNjAxOMYEqNNj7ne4ECKMK-kg45NAxlQTC8FWPbWhjplL/s400/IM000039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502853093372781330" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxdicbFvKFETVd-Aliodpqie3JMPjMhjwJLSAb4_a7WYY4v6dwzb6_rHzqn07mb9AblppjN20jEyFypnTgf0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.pouredoutforafrica.com</div>Don Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618979705981656223noreply@blogger.com0