Dear ministry partners, I am leaving Sunday March 22 on my next Africa expedition, this time to the East African country of Rwanda. This small country has been through a very challenging season of late. For the past couple years the government has forced over 10,000 churches throughout the country, stating that they needed to comply with a series of requirements that were constantly changing. As you can imagine, this created a huge problem for pastors throughout the country, and many of those with whom we work were forced to change their lives drastically.
This time I am working with a new gathering of ministry leaders who will be planting churches in unreached areas of the region. This is part of the Tyrannus network of Bible schools that I have worked with in the past. They love the hermeneutical training I offer (Pathways) on how to study, understand, and teach God’s Word, so I offer that the first week, and the second week I will walk through the book of 1 Peter with them, coaching them to use Pathways principles to catch Peter’s emphasis passage by passage through the book. Here are some of the key elements for this trip and I would be truly grateful for your prayers:
Rwanda March 22 – April 2.
Overview: This is a new Tyrannus Bible School network in Kigali, Rwanda. I will be joined by a pastor from southern Oregon named Chris Sherwood. We will give a week of Pathways training followed by a week of a deeper dive into 1 Peter to church planters going to unreached parts of East Africa.
Itinerary:
- March 22-23 – Travel to Kigali, Rwanda.
- March 24-27 – Pathways training.
- March 28-29 – Meetings with several local pastors and preaching in local churches.
- March 30 – April 1 – Practice Pathways in study of 1 Peter.
- April 2 – Travel home.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray that Pastor Chris and I will meet up and both make our very tight connections in Amsterdam on way to Rwanda.
- Pray for coordinator Martin in Kigali and the church planters going through the program that they will be prepared and grasp Bible study principles well.
- 1 Peter is a particularly useful book for church planters going to unreached areas where they will face persecution. Peter has much to say about suffering. Pray they will apply the message well.
- Please keep Holly in your prayers while I am away.
