I will be leaving Nakuru tomorrow to begin another trip to Burundi/DR
Congo. This will be my third trip this year and it seems that each
time it gets better and better. The church in Uvira has taken great
steps of maturity and I love every opportunity that I have to be with
them. Their love for God and joy in serving Him is rejuvenating to be
around.

The highlight of this trip and honestly probably one of the greatest
blessings thus far since coming to Africa fourteen years ago will be
the church in Uvira calling a Congolese man to be their assistant
pastor. Brother Musunga (soon to be Pastor Musunga) was the first
convert to be baptized. He was brought to the Lord out of the wicked
religion of Islam. Since his salvation he has seen a number of his
family members saved. He and his wife have grown tremendously over
these last three years. He has been a great student in the Bible
College, was called to preach and now will become the first of what we
hope will be many that get saved, baptized, trained and enter the
harvest field.

To see this happening is truly what missions is all about. To see the
Grace Bible Baptist Church, a church we organized in 1999 out of my
sending church, the Cleveland Baptist Church, mature to the place that
they are now sending missionaries to other lands, starting churches,
seeing people trained and then watching the whole cycle repeat itself
brings joy that I cannot describe.

All the praise, glory and honour belong to God but humanly speaking,
Pastor Justus Oloo, Pastor Mike Njoroge and Pastor Isaac Mungai
deserve recognition for the labour of love amongst the Congolese
people. They have sacrificed huge amounts of time away from their
church, homes and country to see the Word of God go forth in Congo and
Burundi. They truly are great men who I have the privilege of serving
with side by side. God has made us into a team, something that I
desired to see happen and it is a joy to call them friends and fellow
servants of Christ!

On a closing note we are leaving for furlough on April 23rd. We will
be in the states until October. Our oldest daughter Charity, will be
getting married in June and Amanda and Timothy will be attending
Heartland Baptist Bible College in the fall. We still have a good
number of open dates from mid June through early October. We would
love the opportunity to report to more of our supporting churches and
also if possible present the work to some new churches. If you would
be interested in having us come please email me at
rawtokenya@gmail.com

Thank you very much for your prayers.