Since our conference in September, 22 new church planters have started simple churches. Even more exciting is the leaders who are being drawn to go to new areas as missionaries.
Stephen (our Congolese team leader) tells the story of one leader who has stepped out in faith to go to another city as a missionary:
Willy Wilonja is one of the leaders that has been working with me. Last week we were in prayer as a leadership team, and Willy told us that God is sending him to Kigali to start house churches! We kept quiet as we did not have financial support to cover his expenses for this.
In the evening I called on him at his home, and we prayed over this again. I asked him: Do you still feel the same way? He answered that God definitely wants him to go there. I told him that I did not have support to give him for this, but that I could contribute $35 toward his transportation. He thanked me very much and then said, "Thank God! I already had $100 so this will provide me with everything I need to get there!"
So yesterday he phoned to tell me that He arrived well!
For me, this is the accomplishment of the prophecy that you [Roger] said over us while you were here: "From this team we shall see missionaries arising, and going to neigboring cities, countries..."
It is exciting to see the fervor of missionaries, like Willy, who will step out in this way and completely trust themselves to God's provision and care for their lives!
In fact, others are being drawn to leave home and take the work of church-planting to other areas:
- A church-planter in Burundi has been traveling to some inner regions (Gitega) and has started 3 new churches there.
- One person has asked to be sent to the pygmy tribe in the mountains of DR Congo. The team is still praying for confirmation on this.
Pray for these missionaries and the exciting work that is taking place in the Congo!
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