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| Rodgers |
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The last week of the
month of November was an exciting one. We had a visiting teacher from the U.S.A
by the name Alejandro. He taught us on evangelism and multiplication. On Wednesday in the evening and our patron (Vaughn
Martin) came and asked the students not to make plans for the following weekend.
Little did we know that he was about to send us out on an outreach. On when the
students met together, Vaughn asked us to use the day for praying on where God
was to send us. So we prayed, and God
laid in our hearts i.e. Alex and Rodgers to go to Shimoni.
DAY ONE
The following day was
on a Friday 29th November and we had been given ksh. 2,000.00 (Two
Thousand Only) for the mission. At 9:00am we went to the stage boarded a vehicle
for Shimoni. We arrived in Shimoni at midday. What surprised us was that as
soon as we alighted from the vehicle we discovered that everyone was aware of
our visit. There is a lot of religious
tension in that area, and even the potential for violence. Because
of this, there was some controversy with the authorities as to whether or not
we would be permitted to preach the gospel there. There was a strange rumor going around that
there were foreigners going around gouging out peoples’ eyes to sell, so we
were under suspicion. A young man from
one of the churches agreed to go around with us as we ministered, so that
people would not be frightened.
Shimoni is a small town built on the caves and
the town is full of Muslims, and mosques are everywhere. It is also a tourist town, where tourists
come to enjoy the beach and take boat to Pemba islands in Tanzania. The people
in Shimoni are fish farmers and they also do land cultivation and small
businesses.
The people in Shimoni
believe so much in witchcraft. They
believe in a god that controls the town called “mwana ngoto”. They believe this god takes the form of a big
snake living in caves at Shimoni. There are only six churches in Shimoni and
they face a lot of resistance from the Muslims although they do have freedom to
preach the gospel.
We introduced ourselves
to one of the churches. We met a person
who gave us a place to stay, meals to eat, and everything we wanted. Afterwards, we did a spiritual survey of the
area and embarked on our mission. We started going from one person to another,
from one man to another, speaking to them about Jesus. At the end of the day on Saturday at 7:00p.m we
had prayed with 10 people to receive Jesus. We thanked God for what he did and
that was our first day.
DAY
TWO
The second day of our
mission was an exciting one. When we
prayed together in the morning, I felt the Lord leading me to look for a
construction site, and to ask the foreman if I could minister to the
laborers. We found a construction site,
and the foreman agreed to allow me to speak to the workers. 10 of them gave their hearts to the
Lord.
After this we started
going from house to house. We used the
methods that Alejandro taught us the week before. He showed people a lot of love. Sometimes he would buy fruits for them to eat
as he spoke to them. We did the same,
loving the people we met, sharing food with them, and by the end of the day we
saw 10 more people give their hearts to the Lord. Five of them were Muslims. We had so many contacts that it seemed like we could have started a
church there.
DAY
THREE
The third day was not
as busy as the first and second day. We woke up early in the morning and prayed
at between 6:00am – 7:00am and at 9:00am I was already in one of the churches. The pastor allowed me to preach in both
services i.e. the first and second services. The services were well attended
and at the end of the second service I prayed for the sick. Many confirmed that they were healed. We
prayed for the unsaved people in church and two people gave their lives to
Christ. Two of the new converts from the day before attended the church
service.
In the evening I
believed God and prayed for the daughter of the family who hosted us who was
sick. She was not in her right mind,
extremely confused and in pain. On
Monday, when she awoke, she was in her right mind, completely healed. She went and cooked us breakfast.
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