2005 revisited

It was a privilege to be here in 2005 with an awesome group of people from Ev. Free; we had a short service trip, where we helped to construct homes for widows, and we also visited local churches to help minister where we could.

One special Rwandan person on that trip was Fidele, who drove one of the vehicles that our team used to get around rural southwest Rwanda. His dream was to go to seminary and help plant churches.

Well, it is a joy and privilege to report that, nearly three years later, Fidele is in the midst of seminary (while holding down a full time job and raising a pretty large family at the same time) and is part of a small group of leaders from the Apostolic denomination who have planted eight churches in Rwanda in the past 18 months.

I went to visit Fidele's family last weekend (they live very close by!) and nearly all of the Apostolic church-planting team happened to come to Fidele's house at the same time! So I met them all. Here's a picture of us in Fidele's yard:



Then on Sunday, Fidele invited me to one of the eight churches, way outside of Kigali (two mutatu rides and a moto trip, to give you an idea). It was so much fun, a very interesting experience, and a very lively church. It reminded me of 2005!



Of course, as you can imagine, the eight churches have many needs. Thank you for your prayers for them as they have started these churches on minimal resources and are praying for God's provision for their needs.