Our Mission Continues

Once again we are preparing for another mission trip to Uganda Africa. This team will be doing the same type of ministry as we have during the other trips except for one unique difference. During this trip we will be ministering in a refugee camp. These Congolese refugees have left their home in northern DRC because of the fighting that continues there. This camp is called a homestead camp because the Congolese are given a plot of land when they arrive where they can erect a home and plant a garden. In October 2012 the camp was processing seven hundred folks a week and projected that eventually sixty thousand residents would call that place home.

After a brief visit to the camp in October we began to explore the possibilities of sharing the gospel at the camp. Pastor Simon and the Revival Miracle Center churches began to collect donations of clothes, food and finances with a plan to hold a weeklong crusade and conference there where they would distribute the contributions. In January 2013 the crusade was held and over 225 people were saved. Many people attended the event and received food and clothes. Not only did the Congolese people welcome the ministry, but there is now a new relationship between the Ugandans and the Congolese as they explore other ministry opportunities.

In October 2012 I was part of a small team who traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to train pastors. We met in the city of Uvira with 200 Congolese pastors for 4 days of Bible and church leadership training. While we were there we shared about the refugee camp and some of the pastors felt the need to help with the ministry there. It was obvious that the connection with the Congolese pastors in the DRC and the mission opportunity at the Congolese refugee camp was more than a coincidence. Although there are no immediate plans to return to the DRC we are looking at ways continue to work with these pastors.

As for the refugee camp there are immediate plans to start a church there with many more to follow. This is an incredible opportunity to share the love of Christ with a group of people who have lost a lot. The camp has a 40 year contract which means that before the last Congolese refugee returns home there is always going to be a ministry opportunity. Our plans are to continue supporting the work that has started and to promote ongoing ministry in the years to come.

Danny