IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS



“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Maybe you’ve heard believers, and maybe you’ve even been one who questioned whether God really meant “everything” in this verse.  “Maybe He just meant give thanks in most things; surely He wouldn’t ask me to give thanks in my tragedy, would He?”  

 

Consolet-Rwanda Genocide Survivor

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.  She also shared “our people thought genocide was too big even for God.”  But she went on to state that in 2003 some people came through their area and told them about Jesus and she was saved.  At the end of her testimony, she made this profound statement:  “On the days when I have nothing to eat, I thank God that this day I can declare as a fast unto Him.”

Did you hear it? “I thank God when I have no food!”  And with that she was also saying, “I thank God that He didn’t stop genocide and now I am saved!”  Every trip to Africa I come back having learned much more than I taught.  Even without a Bible, this dear Sister really gets it – our circumstances in light of the cross are nothing!  Without Christ Jesus though, people will think their problems are too big even for God.  But looking back with her new heart, Consolet understood God used even genocide to bring her to His salvation. 

So 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.

 

Dee Warren

Short Term Missionary to Africa

SHAKOSHI-AFRICAN PURSES

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

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Psalm 68:5

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!

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: 

SHAKOSHI: Swahili for purse, back-pack, sachel, bag-any-thing that carries your things. 

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. 

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.

The efforts of these women 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.  For more information how to get your purse please go to www.http://pofa.webs.com/purseshelpwidows.htm

Don Schwarz
Poured Out For Africa

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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

SEPTEMBER 9-22—THREE COUNTRIES MISSION

KENYA



Kenyan Mother Taking Child To Refugee Camp For Food



2011 Kenya Orphange-New Play Equipment

In the midst of the worst famine and drought in 60 years in East Africa and while 3,000,000 are threatened by it, and the largest refugee camp in the world is in East Africa, we have good news!

Our Savior has established an orphan facility through our church and this ministry in the midst of this horror. Every day fifty five orphans are being fed four times daily, they are going to school, learning the Bible, being trained as disciples of Jesus Christ, and we are going to minister to them in September!

RWANDA

Pastor Lewi & Street Kids-Short Term Missionary Handing Out Candy

Lord willing I am meeting with the Rwandan Government to establish another orphan work in Rwanda---the Rwanda Gospel Village! You may remember that Rwanda suffered a horrible genocide in 1994 where 1,000,000 people were killed in 100 days! This little country of 10,000,000 people has 1,000,000 orphans and vulnerable children.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO



Congo Stadium Event



Lord willing I will be meeting with about fifty key Pastors who will help us when we go back in March to meet with hundreds of Pastors. For what purpose? In June 2012 we have approval from the Mayor of Goma (the rape capitol of the world) to hold a week long outdoor gospel event at the local soccer stadium. The genocide spilled from Rwanda into the DRC where almost 6,000,000 men, women, and children have been killed. Prayerfully, the Lord will lay the groundwork for this June event in September.

Please stand with us in prayer for this special event.

You can see more pictures on our blog: www.pouredoutforafrica@blogspot.com and our website www.pouredoutforafrica.com

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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.

In this report I will give a brief teaching and then an important report of a Muslim who recently became a former Muslim as he has received King Messiah Jesus and repented of Islam.

Exodus 15: 23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 27And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

There is much I could discuss with this passage, but I am going to focus on the tree. Why you might ask? The water was bitter and the Lord made it sweet, but how? The tree thrown into the bitter water made it sweet and so it is today. The bitter waters of this world of sin are killing the sojourners of this earth. Israel was beginning their sojourn through the wilderness and had they drank that bitter water it would have killed them.

The Bible teaches: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

What did Abba give his Son to do? He gave Him to the inhabitants of the world to die on the tree!

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14-15

Our Abba in heaven threw His Only Begotten Son into the sinful waters of the world that we might have the sweetness of forgiveness of sins and eternal life in Him today as we sojourn in the wilderness! Hallelujah for the grace of Abba and for the Only Begotten of the Father full of grace and truth! Now, once saved, we must keep the commands of our Lord Jesus and walk in His ways. As we trust our Savior even in the wilderness He will give us the water that will keep us from thirsting!

FORMER MUSLIM---NEW DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST IN PASTOR LEWI’S OWN WORDS!

“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.”

 

Please keep praying for Majyambere Hassan and for the harvest field in which we participate in Africa!

Don Schwarz
Poured Out For Africa

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Click here: allAfrica.com: Kenya: Mayor Regrets Church Demolition

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.

There has been an amazing development in a story from one of the ministries we support in Kenya.

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.

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!

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.

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!

It is an honor to serve with Pastor Ben and we will see the glory of the Lord in this I am quite sure!

Praise our King Messiah Jesus!

Don Schwarz - Executive Director/Missions Pastor
Poured Out For Africa
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Philippians 2 : 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Missions Pastor Don Schwarz

Hello Dear Followers of our Savior Jesus!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I pray this report has blessed and refreshed you.

To learn more about our work visit our web and blog at :
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Glory to the name of King Messiah Jesus!
Don Schwarz
Mission Pastor, Executive Director
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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.

The Ministry Of Jesus Christ:
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.

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!

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!!!

Praise our King Messiah Jesus!

Don Schwarz
Executive Director/Missions Pastor
Poured Out For Africa
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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.

Greetings and Praise King Jesus,

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.

Bible Distribution: The women in these countries are often so badly treated including rape and 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!

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.

Praise His Holy Name---Jesus!

Don Schwarz

Poured Out For Africa

www.pouredoutforafrica.com

phone: 832-878-0756

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David Lewi pictured on the left in the yellow shirt

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.”

March 12-26 Rwanda/ Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mission Report

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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

That is what our Abba does, exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ask or think!

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.

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!

Glory to our Savior Jesus!

Mission Pastor Don Schwarz

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

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 :

Lassina and Ina, working among dogosse people in Burkina Faso, West Africa:

Dear ones,

My wife Ina and I Balagassina (short name : Lassina), are grateful to God for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well. 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.

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.

Facing these problems, I prayed the Lord for help and He put in my 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 mature in faith, learn craft like carpentry, sewing, breeding animals, weaving, masonry, how to make soap and so on. 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 understood that satan is against my project. Here is the first house I built.

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.

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 have to build houses and equip them.

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…"

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.

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.

Pray for dogosse churches and for dogosse ethnic group for salvation.

May the Lord bless you in the new year! Balagassina (Lassina) and Ina.

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 www.pouredoutforafrica.com.

Praise King Jesus!

Don Schwarz

Missions Pastor/Executive Director

Poured Out For Africa

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BAPTISM

CHRISTMAS DAY AT HEKIMA BAPTIST CHURCH, DR CONGO

-PASTOR HABIMANA PICTURED IN GREY SUIT-

BLANKET DISTRIBUTION

CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT HEKIMA BAPTIST CHURCH

NEW PLANTED CHURCH


DR CONGO - ORPHAN GIRL

Philippians 2: 17

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

Greetings in our great Savior Jesus’ glorious Name!

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!
Pastor Don Schwarz

UNION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES OF CONGO REPORT
It is with great joy to have this opportunity to share with you this short report from our local churches.

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.

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.

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.

After resembling reports from local churches, the following is the statistics:

· Local churches: 134 (adding 9 new planted in 2010)
· Pastors: 78
· Total members: 12,731 (not including students in primary and secondary schools)
· Primary schools: 14 (Christian school)
· Secondary schools: 4 (Christian school)
· Theological school: 01
· Health centre : 02
· Number of orphans: 800
· Number of widows: 350
· Crippled and maimed persons: 55
· Raped women: 78
· Adult school: 4
· Evangelism team choir: 01

PRAYER REQUESTS:
1.Pray for orphans and widows in their difficulties to have means to survive.

2. Pray for the Union to have supporters to help to rehabilitate schools, to build orphanages home, build health centers, and Goma Baptist seminary…

3. Pray for pastors to have sponsorship, and tools (bibles) for the ministry.

4. Pray for peace in this part of the DR Congo.

5. Pray for believers to be faithful and prayerful for those who are not yet believe in Jesus Christ.

6. Pray for pastors and laymen school fees.

7. Pray for discipleship training program.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

Pastor Habimana Athanase

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Why are we called Poured Out For Africa?

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.

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!!!

Why do we go? BECAUSE WE LOVE BEING POURED OUT UPON THE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE OF THEIR FAITH IN AFRICA!

If you want to learn more about this exciting adventure called Poured Out For Africa see our blog and website: www.pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com www.pouredoutforafrica.com

Please pray for us as we are going to Rwanda and the DR Congo March 12-26, 2011.

Glory to the name of King Messiah Jesus!

Don Schwarz

Mission Pastor, Executive Director
832-878-0756
pofa@earthlink.net

AFRICA REPORT - Poured Out For Africa with Pastor Don Schwarz

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

New Year’s Greetings In King Jesus’ Name!

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!

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."

Dear Partners,

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.

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.

Evangelist Emmanuel said: We thank so much God because we were trained for the ministry and we have now tools (bibles)

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.

Continue praying for the ministry, and we appreciate so much your prayers and financial support.

May God bless you richly.

Sincerely,
Pastor Athanase Habimana

To learn more about Poured Out For Africa check out the blog and website: pouredoutforafrica.blogspot.com and www.pouredoutforafrica.com
Have a fruitful New Year!

Pastor Don Schwarz