Do I Have Godly Character?

AFRICA REPORT: Pastor Don Schwarz Poured Out For Africa

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

Do I Have Godly Character?

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

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?

That is why our ministry began helping orphans in Africa. 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 Kenya, Rwanda, 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 Bible College, JUST FOR ORPHANS! It is in Rwanda and is called the Poured Out For Africa Gospel Village. Rwanda 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 Gospel Village work.

If you would like to hear more about our work in Africa, 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.

Take a look at our blog to see a video and pictures of some of our Father’s children in Africa. Praise King Jesus and THANK YOU FATHER!

Don Schwarz

Mission Pastor/Executive Director

Poured Out For Africa www.pouredoutforafrica.com

pofa@earthlink.net 832-878-0756

Return Trip To Rwanda & DR Congo! OCTOBER 2010

Dear Followers of King Messiah Jesus,

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?

Well, we have been to Rwanda and the DR Congo once already this year.

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 Lake Kivu to minister the gospel in Bukavu. There will be rejoicing and reunion as we visit our friends and brethren!

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!

We customarily begin our trip in Rwanda which of course was the genocide that sparked the trouble in DR Congo and Burundi. 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 Rwanda 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!

Also, while in Rwanda 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.

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 Rwanda and Houston 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 Rwanda at the appropriate time.

Please keep praying that the Lord would show you how to participate—here are three areas where we need your partnership: praying, giving, going.

Please contact me with any questions or comments.

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Kenya Mission Report

Dear Family of Jesus Followers,

What a great report I have for you regarding our work in Kenya! This trip went so far beyond our expectations that I can only say “How great is our God”! This letter will be for the purpose of giving glory to Jesus Christ our soon coming King!

Our ten member team arrived in Nairobi and Pastor Daniel Oyoko, our Kenya ministry partner, met us at the airport. We checked into our rooms to get some rest before taking the eight hour journey to Homa Bay. On the way there we stopped to minister at a church we planted when our car broke down a couple of years ago. Can you imagine, planting a new church as our car broke down and we preached the gospel at the roadside makeshift mechanic shop?

After our time there we finished our travel to Homa Bay on the shores of the majestic Lake Victoria. Our mission was to preach the gospel to what we thought would be a few thousand people over four days. Instead, we preached to 16,000 people! You should have seen it---it was like a five or six hour Jesus party that kept getting bigger with each passing day!

Well known professional Christian singers and dancers were brought in from different parts of Kenya and they were anointed and precious to the Lord. We worshiped, sang, danced, and saw the glory of God come down from heaven! During our four day event approximately 750-1000 prayed to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord!

There were times when we knew we were in His presence in a way that can only be described as heavenly. Oh how I love Jesus because He first loved me! He was so kind to us and so real to us and so there with us that it was like something out of the Bible---and why should that surprise us? That is what I want more to be normal in my life---the manifest, He is pleased with us, presence of the Lord Jesus!

So many were blessed, touched, saved, transformed, healed, and set free, that I know we were truly doing the work of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. And friends, that is called LIVING! Are you living today? Are you seeking after His righteousness first and foremost in your life?

We also ministered to orphans and widows at the First Baptist Pearland Orphanage bringing them clothing, love, and fun activities for part of two days. These precious ones need our ongoing love and prayer.

We have added pictures to our website and blog and have a new staff member working with our ministry who will be sending updates. We will have some new media sources for you to follow to get a better idea of our work. We will be on Face Book and YouTube along with our blog and website. If you are not on our email list use our contact information to be added to it if you would like video updates.

Report From Africa

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

By Pastor Don Schwarz

Africa Report: Rwanda, DR Congo, Kenya Pastor Conference Teaching

Luke 24:6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

Why have these passages been grouped together in this teaching?

The reason is to demonstrate how important it is for followers of Jesus to receive the prophetic word of our Lord Jesus--especially during times of climatic fulfillment! For how many centuries had the prophets been writing about the Messiah Who would come and fulfill the (1st coming) prophetic word? And yet the righteous women, instead of bringing tambourines to the tomb, brought spices for a dead man. They had to be reminded by angels of the fulfilled prophetic word.
Then the apostles dismissed the prophetic word from the prophetic sisters, who had spoken with angels, as an idle tale. And to add insult to injury, the brothers on their way to Emmaus preached to Jesus about His own crucifixion, though their message was incomplete as they left out the most important part----He is not here FOR HE IS RISEN AS HE SAID! Jesus told them their problem: they were foolish and slow of heart to believe the prophetic word. Today, what can we do---is there a way to avoid this foolishness of unbelief while the prophetic word is being fulfilled a 2nd time? Hallelujah, the answer is Yes and Amen! The Lord has given us the formula to be alert and sober minded during this time. It is amazingly simple and leaves Him with the heavy lifting. The answer is to walk by His AMAZING GRACE!

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

The saving grace of Jesus Christ teaches us to deny wickedness and embrace and walk in godliness. It keeps us safe in this time of foolishness and trouble. It also gives us an understanding of our times and allows for us to not be surprised and unprepared for His coming. To the contrary we will be burning bushes doing exploits and looking for the fulfillment of His prophetic word----HALLELUJAH!!!

How do I access this amazing grace? ASK---ask, seek, knock, love and pursue Jesus with all your heart and love people today. Our Savior commanded us to watch for Him to come for us in the clouds: Matthew 24: 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. Do these things and He will fill you with His Spirit of grace and you will one day hear: well done thou good and faithful servant!