June 2010 Kenya Orphans

We are just back from our Kenya Mission trip. We saw many Orphans. We blessed them with Bibles, toys, clothes & shoes. Here are a few pictures of the precious children we ministered to in the name of Jesus!

Africa Report: Upcoming Kenya Missions Effort-June 2010

Matthew 28:18-20:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

It is time once again to board the international flight for Africa from Texas! I am so excited and let me tell you why. From the time we get to the airport the mission begins. We take gospel tracts with us and begin getting out the gospel at the ticket counter, through the airport, and on the plane, which is just a warm up for when we touchdown in Kenya!

You see the time is almost up for us to make disciples of Jesus Christ---there will be many things we can do when Jesus comes that we cannot do now, but one thing we will not be able to do is share the gospel with a sinner and teach them to walk by faith in Jesus. And in Kenya there is a hunger for the things of the Kingdom of Heaven that is quite unique and not often seen in America.

There are ten of us going on this gospel mission and for the first time one of them is my wife! I am praising Jesus that my wife is going with me on her first African mission trip along with eight other dear brothers and sisters.

There we will work with Pastor Daniel Oyoko who has planted forty four churches, most of which have been planted with the partnership of our ministry and our church in Pearland, TX. Additionally, our good friend and ministry partner John McTernan is one of the people that introduced me to Pastor Daniel. John sends him gospel tracts and Bibles, and we even took some of John's tracts into a prison in Kenya that were translated into Swahili.



The fruit we have seen of prostitutes and drunkards, children, orphans, young, old, men and women come to Jesus over the last four years has been remarkable! And I have some good news---the best is yet to come! Isn't that nice to hear in the midst of all this trouble and chaos---the best is yet to come?
Don't ever forget something---if the Lord has commanded you to do something, a crazy, demonic, God hating world cannot stop you! He has commanded us to make disciples, baptize them, and teach them His word. In many parts of Africa there is a harvest for just such work. Of course we should continue to do so in America, but I like going where the harvest is plentiful and filling the basket with fruit!

During this trip we will be involved in a multi-faceted outreach. Here are just some of the things we will be doing:

---Americans and Kenyans loving King Jesus by obeying, singing, praying, praising!
---Sharing gospel tracts!
---Preaching open air to thousands!
---Teaching the Word at a Pastor’s Conference!
---Giving away 1000 pair of reading glasses!
---Orphan ministry: providing clothing for 120 orphans!
---Sharing gospel with and teaching orphans!
---Sharing gospel with and teaching widows!
---Giving to widows!

Our Kenya dates are June 13-24---please pray for all of these outreaches and those the Holy Spirit will show us while we are there. When we return we will have a glorious report Lord willing of the Kingdom fruit. And if you participate in praying and/or giving you will be part of the fruit bearing for this glorious Savior JESUS!

Hello Dear Friends,
I am sorry the letter is getting out so late---I am writing after returning from Rwanda and the DRC which pushed this letter back a bit. What a glorious trip to Africa! In terms of having a group with so many spiritual gifts operating together, this may have been the best trip yet!


During our time there we ministered to so many different people with different needs and struggles that I am confident our Father in heaven is pleased. You see His grace goes to the low places. His love reaches down to the thirsty, hungry, beaten down, helpless, poor, orphans, widows, and ministering to these is pure and undefiled religion.

We met a lady in the DR Congo who had been raped at different times and had two babies from these attackers. She is raising them and was recently made homeless. Our team was able to pay for a place for her to rent for over a year.
One of the pastors confirmed her situation and many others we encountered. Pastor Habimana in the DRC has planted 91 churches, ten since we were there last year. He has offered to teach me how to plant churches in Africa if I can visit him for two weeks next year. So far my work has been to come along side church planters and help disciple pastors and church members.

We ministered in churches where the village had been overcome with militias, many of the husbands murdered and the women raped. There we saw rejoicing and love for Jesus, and love for us as we came to comfort and remind them of their future in Jesus Christ our King and Savior! These precious ones have a faith in Jesus that teaches me a thing or two.

Of course in Rwanda and the DRC we had an opportunity to minister to many orphans as well. We were able to feed them and teach the things of our Savior Jesus to them too. Some of them just need someone to hug them and tell them that Jesus loves them.
So much was added to the work from bringing three ladies with us. They ministered to widows and children in ways that would be impossible for the three men on the team. At one point they did the hair and nails of seventy six widows while listening to their stories of horror during the time of genocide and war. What comforters these ladies on our team were, and how their faith was enriched by hearing of the delivering power of Jesus Christ from these precious widows.

Also, many came to saving faith in Jesus during our time in Africa. Over 200 prayed to receive Jesus as Savior! Lord willing we will have many reports of baptisms that come from this mission effort. I will update those as they come from Africa.
Regarding our orphan village project, our project architect went with us on this trip and was a great help. He took pictures of the proposed land for the work and will be making drawings for the buildings for the project. We are also praying for a man and his wife as a possible project director. They would help us with the details of the work of planting the village. Please pray for and with us for this project.
Our next trip is coming fast as we look to Kenya in June. I will turn the next letter around fast so you can pray with us for the work there in Kenya.
Praise King Jesus!
Don

Up Comming Rwanda Trip April 2010

Dear Fellow Followers of Jesus,

Greetings in His glorious name! Lord willing this month will be so very exciting and fruitful. We are going to Rwanda and the DR Congo April 24-May 6. This letter will explain some of our mission---please pray for us and those to whom we will minister. There are six of us on the team.
Our mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, build up those in the body of Messiah Jesus, and bless orphans and widows. I also have some information for those who are supporting, or interested in supporting, our orphan project.
Soon after we arrive in Kigali, Rwanda we will go to the genocide museum so our team members can see the horror that this little country experienced in 1994. Next we will go to Goma and then Bukavu in the DR Congo. Our ministry partners in the Congo have such a big job and have so little in the way of physical means. Yet, they have the Creator of the Universe who sends His mighty Spirit to these precious hungry souls.
The DR Congo is still recovering from years of their own horror which left 5,000,000 dead in the wake of it. The number of people who have open hearts to the Savior is a great blessing for those who love people like our Savior commanded! The number of orphans and widows who have lived through unimaginable suffering that need the comfort of the people of God is humbling, and may I say---we need your prayers!
When we return to Kigali, before returning to Texas, we will work amongst the churches in Rwanda, and will be in the streets with the gospel winning precious souls to their Savior Jesus! Lord willing, then we will see them baptized in rivers and brought into the congregations for discipleship.
Our final day will be spent working with orphans. This will include meeting with the government officials who are working with Pastor Lewi and our ministry to donate possibly 100 acres of land! You see, we want to see our Father in heaven establish an orphan village that will ultimately be home to 250 orphans!
Psalm 68:5: A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
This village will not just feed and clothe these children of God. There is a vision the Lord has given me that goes way beyond the traditional orphanage. We want to train these children to be all our Father in heaven has created them to be! Our vision is to equip them as followers of Jesus, and then: farming, livestock, crops, classical Christian education including the arts, literature, and science.
Lord willing, they will be equipped to then lead as they leave upon completion of their time in this godly family village environment in areas of church growth, government, business, military, etc. We want to change a country and then a continent for Jesus Christ!!! I have two questions:

1) Is our Savior Jesus not big enough?
2) Will you join us in prayerful partnership?
May our Lord Yeshua (Jesus) bless you and keep you!

Missions 2010

Dear Followers of Jesus,
We are well into2010---do you have a vision and plan for this year? Are you going to be preparing for the coming of our King Jesus? Are you walking by grace? If you look at your Bible in the New Covenant book of Titus we are told in chapter two that the grace of God teaches us to look for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ!
Is that your heart for 2010? I can guarantee you of something---it certainly is His!
…For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”Luke 19:10
Psalm 68: 5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Matthew 28:18-20: 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Oh friends, did you know that American Christians spend more money on dog food, make up, sports, and many other temporal things than they do on missions, orphans and widows, and other important eternal Kingdom matters. Do not forget that in the next life it is what was invested into the eternal that will last!
Pray about coming with us on mission, or praying for our work, or giving toward the Kingdom work. We are going to Rwanda and the DR Congo in April and there are four people going with us who still need prayer and financial help. The trip is April 24-May 6---will you pray about your part in the work?
Also, please pray for the Rwanda Gospel Village project. We have submitted our plans to the government and are awaiting approval for the amount of land we have asked. They have told us they will give us land and are determining how much. We have asked for 100 acres.
Many months ago the Spirit of the Lord told me that a university would come alongside to help. Just a few weeks ago the Professor of the Architecture Dept of Washington State University came to Houston and met with myself and a man on our board of directors and told us they will help with our project!
They want to help with architecture, vocational training, farming and livestock! Our dear brother in Christ, Scott Jones who introduced us to WSU, will head this part of the project and is one of those in need of funds for this trip. All of these relationships are being established by our great Abba in Heaven!
Please pray, pray, pray for these precious orphans to have this village established for the glory of our Savior Jesus Christ! I will have another Rwanda/DR Congo trip update in our April letter.
Praise our Savior Jesus!
Don

Ghana Mission Trip 2010

Hello Dear Followers of Jesus Our Savior,
Our Ghana trip was absolutely incredible! In this report I will describe some of it and also share some news on the Rwanda Orphan Facility. Be sure of this---our Redeemer Jesus lives and those who follow Him will not be ashamed, disappointed, or fearful of the future!
When we arrived in Ghana we prepared for a day in Accra the Capitol. I went to a church service there that was so full of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit that I got a good Jesus jolt before going up to the Northern and more Muslim part of the country.
In the North we based out of a Baptist hospital compound that gives incredible medical care to the poor, sick, and suffering in this poverty stricken area. It provides the only medical care of its kind within one hundred miles! This hospital and the American doctors that give of themselves to serve there are truly godly and amazing.
Seeing thousands of patients a week, they not only give of themselves, but they also share the Savior Jesus with the many including Muslims that come for help. I preached at the hospital one morning as they rang the bell to notify all present waiting on care that the devotions were about to begin.
Thankfully, the Lord gave me something in common with many at the hospital that day. You see, the night before, I began to get sick with a bug I picked up there. By the middle of the night I was spending most of my time in the bathroom praying at the toilet. So when I went to preach at the hospital in the morning I was sick too! This gave me a good starting off point to tell the people that not only were many of us sick that morning, but that the world is sick with sin.
Well, you should have seen the harvest! About 50 people prayed to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord. Here is the best part---many who publicly prayed to receive Jesus were Muslims, some in full religious garb--- hat, tunic and all! We saw more Muslims publicly pray to receive Jesus on this trip than ever before in this ministry! There is a wonderful and authentic Chaplaincy Department there who begins discipleship with these precious souls.
After I led a Pastor’s conference for one day we went to a Muslim village where one of the Pastors, who was formerly a Muslim, had planted a church. We preached the gospel in the street and saw about the same number as those at the hospital pray to receive Jesus. Again, some were in Muslim clothing. Folks this is huge---these precious souls will go back home and be told to leave or suffer other types of persecution. This is a move of the Holy Spirit and I am asking you to please pray for these precious ones!
There is much more the Lord did, but to get the whole thing you need to come with us to Africa! I am going to post pictures and video on my blog and website soon. So keep an eye on both the website and the blog.
The Rwanda orphan facility is moving along well. This week I sent our ministry plans to our Rwandan Ministry Partner who will look them over and then submit them to the Rwandan Government for approval. They have told us they are ready to issue licenses and permits for the land. More people are interested to look at this project for support. Please continue to pray and I will keep you posted.