Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Long trek to Rwanda

From Uganda, we got on a bus to Rwanda. From the time we left the
retreat center till our arrival at our guest house here we travelled
for about 14 hours!!! Let me say that the seats on the bus are about
"10 minute seats" so we were pretty happy to arrive!

A random fact about Rwanda- plastic bags are not allowed in the
country!!! They take them away at the border. This is to keep the city
cleaner... and by far, Kigali is the cleanest African city we have
been to. It's beautiful!

The Bible school here meets in the evenings so we've been hanging out
with Camarande (school principal) and some other pastors during the
day and then teaching at night. It's a really neat group of pastors
and they're really hungry for the Lord so it's been fun!

Tonight I was preaching and a woman got healed as I was preaching- no
one prayed for her and I wasn't even teaching on healing! She had a
hard time even coming to the meeting and was pretty sure she had
malaria but God totally touched her in the middle of the meeting.
Yesterday as Aaron was preaching the same thing happened! A womans
back got healed without anyone even praying for her! She got up at
the end and shared what had happened!

Aaron had some words of knowledge at the end of the meeting tonight
and a man who's back had been hurt in an accident got healed. He was
up at the front of the room doing push ups. We had a line of people at
the front giving testimonies of their healings. The people here are
very encouraged that God is moving.

Please pray with us that each student here and in other schools would
know that the kingdom of God is within THEM and they can bring revival
everywhere they go and that it's not just for a select few. That's
really what we've been trying to teach- it's not about the
"superstars" but about the whole body of Christ being raised up to be
powerful. This is somewhat of a new concept for many here. We want to
see lasting fruit from this trip and we know if students really get
this, they will continue to see God do great things through them!

Tomorrow is our LAST day of ministry here! It really feels like we've
been in Africa forever since we've experienced so much in a month!!!
We've had an incredible time here yet are excited to get back to the
people we love, our amazing church and our city. Every time we leave
we become more grateful for all we have at home. We are blessed! We
will post more pics and maybe some short videos once we get back- it's
a little hard to do it here! Love you all and thanks for sharing this
journey with us!

1 comment:

mommyofkeller said...

We're praying for your return home to be restful. I am so so encouraged by your fruit and breakthrough on this trip. You both have really pushed through the exhaustion and have seen the kingdom released and activated everywhere you've gone, Wow, wow! I'm so impressed! I love the story of the poverty spirit being broken, so great! Love you both and so look forward to hearing more of your stories in person!

Much love,
Sheena