Burundi, Africa
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This month the Lord enabled me to visit six Bible Reading Fellowships (BRF) and to mentor leaders in the following places: Bwiza, Jabe, Carama. Both leaders and members are keen to meet every week to share what God is teaching them through the daily Bible reading and to pray for the Lost. I found that in all these house churches there are 10 people who got saved and baptised. Among them there are two Moslum. Pray that they will get a copy of the Bible so that they can grow.
Cibitoki : Living Word Church
Pastor Bienfait and his team are developing well since our first seminar where I trained him with his nine leaders on Being a Disciple, who read the Bible daily and as a team they can come together for fellowship once a week. During my visit this month, for two days I taught 10 people including Bienfait on Step 1 which aims to mobilise the church to start reading the Bible daily, praying for the Lost and once a week meeting in a house church.
Kanyosha : Bethlehem Church
This church has become very active in evangelism. Leaders continue to pray for new areas so that they can start new house churches. Pastor Isaac and his leaders have already established 9 house churches that meet weekly and members are keen for the Lord. On Pentecost they baptised 16 new converts who are now being discipled in the house churches. During my two days training I taught leaders on how to use Bible story telling for evangelism and how to lead a soul to Christ.
Testimony
"Dear Abel, I don’t know how to begin and what to say for the help you have brought us. Our church has become alive because of your teachings that encouraged us to become readers and doers of the Word and to plant house churches that can multiply. Our church existed for more than 3 years, and we couldn’t reach 20 people each Sunday but after you mobilised and trained us to win souls we are now since last January seeing the growth and we now have 50 who gather every Sunday." Pastor Bienfait.
Family News
We are all doing well. The children have finished their exams; they are waiting for results. Anita is suffering from migraine. Please pray for her.
Prayer and Praise Points
Prayer
1) Pray for the progress of the work and that the members will grow in the DBR and new people will be reached.
2) Pray for me as I train and develop pastors and church leaders in discipleship making and church planting movement that God will give me wisdom, insight and passion.
3) Pray that God will protect us and provide for our family needs and for the ministry as well. There is a big need for Bibles for house church leaders and members.
Praise
1) Praise God for the progress and His hand that enabled us to develop and encourage pastors and leaders in the mission field.
2) I praise Him that many lives are changing, and people are sharing love and doing the Word of God in their lives.
3) Thank God for His provision and protection over my family.
This month I was able to visit and follow up leaders in two BRF groups in Nyawera. Both leaders and members are developing well as they read the Bible daily, pray for the Lost and once a week they come together. Many have become keen for the Lord and new people are joining the weekly fellowship.
Panzi
At El Shaddai Church of Pastor Ibrahim I presented the church planting vision, and I mobilised all the church leaders and elders to be reading their Bible daily before we train the members. There were 9 people and at the end they decided to establish 5 small groups. I challenged every leader to mobilise his family members to be reading the Bible daily as a Family Bible reading group. They were all excited with the teachings.
Calvary Church
Early this year I trained leaders who are very keen and are developing well in discipleship. They have moved from 5 house churches to 8 groups. Members are meeting weekly to share what God is teaching them and to pray for the unsaved (family, friends, neighbours and their needs). Pastor Désiré is grateful to see how lives have changed and his church is now growing. I spent two days teaching Step 2 to the leaders.
Bagira : Assemblies of God
I spent two days with Pastor Aganze and his leaders. They were 13 people who came together for the seminar. I taught them Step 1 and we practiced the Bible Reading in groups using one copy of the BRC I kept. After the seminar they were able to plant 5 BRF groups in houses. And at the end we shared lunch.
Family News
My family is doing well only the little Ken who was suffering and now he has recovered.
Prayer and Praise Points
1) Pray that the Lord will give me strength and passion in His work and that the work will grow in new places.
2) Pray that members will be focused in reaching out and sharing the Gospel so that many will be saved.
3) Pray for the provision of Bibles and Bible Reading Cards (BRC)
4) We give glory to the Lord the source of life and all wisdom who enabled us to visit and encourage friends this month.
Mboko
This month I was able to visit, encourage and develop leaders of 7 BRF groups. Members are enjoying coming together to share the Bible and pray for the Lost.
Leaders at the Free Methodist Church are developing well and it was good to teach them the Vision Seminar. From the first seminar last year they have already planted 9 BRF that meet every week on Wednesday. Two people were saved this month and they are being discipled in one house church.
Swima
The AOG church has planted 4 BRF since my last visit and I went to encourage them. They seem to be heavy in growing. I found that it is good to share with them the vision of reaching their communities and encouraging leaders to be facilitators who are able to make every member to feel free to share from his heart what they learned from their Bible reading.
Family News
We are all doing well and the children are doing well in school.
Prayer Requests
1) Pray for God's wisdom and strength as I am encouraging and developing the work.2) Pray for new contacts and that many areas will be reached as well that many local churches will be open to our teachings.
3) I am grateful to God for His grace, strength, provision and protection over me and family.
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