Shared by Augustine, a church planter in Rwanda
Claudine told me she never felt so much joy. We had approached her several months earlier, shared the Good News of God’s love, and invited her to a study whereby each one is able to discover God’s word for himself or herself.
Often when we begin to meet with people like this, they tell me that they are attracted by the love they see in the house churches. They observe people sharing food together. They find people sharing problems together and trying to help one another. They see people visiting others who are sick and caring for each other.
After three months, Claudine said that she believed all the things God was showing her. She had no understanding before about God because no one sat and talked with her about these things before. She didn’t understand before how much God loved her. She asked to be baptized and that was when she spoke of the joy that was overwhelming her.
Claudine began working with a group of women herself, and after about six months they accepted Jesus and called me to come and baptize them. I went with Claudine and those people to the lake. I taught her how to baptize by baptizing the first one. I told her to do the same and she baptized the others. After that she continued to reach many people and now she has started six house churches in that sector where she is ministering. Her joy continues to flow out!
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