Greetings from Rwanda  

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                                                                                    September - October 2009

Dear Praying friends,

These last two months have been very busy.  Proverbs 12: 25 says “Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop: but a good work maketh it glad.”  The burden is quite heavy at times but it is a joy to see the good work God is doing through the ministry here.    

The church, radio, and home skoolin’ keep us hopping.  In October, we found a man to help with the church responsibilities part time. This is a great help and a big load lifted.  I still go soul winning and preach on Sunday and Wednesday but the day to day things he can handle.

The Children’s Jr. Church is improving with some Christians offering their time to teach. This is a great relief and a real blessing to the children.  Most churches here have absolutely nothing for children - in the culture here, children are just for status and not given much attention by adults. This is a sad situation. Recently, 16 children were saved after some powerful salvation lessons.

In September we had Baby Dedication.  Six babies were dedicated along with their parents. This is such a special day for our church.  This as well is a new idea that people would dedicate themselves, to rear their children in the admonition of the Lord.

The radio has had many testimonies.  One Lady called and told how her husband had left her with a child to raise alone. But he listened to preaching on the radio about husbands loving their wives, and he decided to returned and take care of his wife and family. She said over and over, “Thank you for this radio!”

Also, nearly every day after preaching messages, people call in saying they want to be saved.  However, because of money, they usually only talk for about 10 seconds before their time runs out. If we had more support, I would be able to get a toll free line set up with soul-winners to help them.

One Saturday Afternoon, three of the radio staff took a break and went to a bus park and passed out over 1,000 tracts in just one hour.  Many people were too busy to stop and talk but did accept the tract.

Thank you for your prayers, support, and cards. They encourage us so much!  We had 39 saved and 20 Professions of Faith in the last 2 months.

In His service,

Gregg, Angela, Caleb, Hannah, Timothy, Virginia, Micah, and Zachery Schoof

July - August 2009

Dear Praying friends,

It is exciting serving God in Rwanda but challenging at times. I was blessed to get my motorcycle out of the garage in July. They were “working” on it for 5 months. But by August, everything that they had fixed needed repaired again! So, please pray for me as I have to take time to fix it myself – hopefully better this time.

We had an exciting teen activity in July with 18 teens attending, out soul-winning they saw 8 saved and then came to our house for pizza afterwards. Their parents love our church because they see the difference a red hot church makes. One teen, Peace, is actually ridiculed at school for living righteous but he continues to witness and love God.

The Christians are becoming stronger and we were able to organize 3 Saturday soul winning groups around the city. The Christians are really excited about it and already the number of souls saved and visitors have increased. The Christians are experiencing such joy as they bring their converts to church. However, we need about $200 to fix the holes in our Baptistery before we can baptize again.

Also, please pray for our support to go up. Prices here are skyrocketing - Milk is now $7.00 per gallon, a five pound bag of regular flour is $3.15, and gas is $6.00 per gallon.

In August, an assistant pastor from Bro Mickey’s church in Kenya came to visit. He preached and told of a church they are starting in the Congo. Our church happily voted to help support that work.

The radio is becoming more popular; we are getting calls from places we never dreamed they would be able to receive the signal. The radio covers Rwanda almost completely and reaches deep into the four surrounding countries. We need again to raise the conservative coverage estimate to a minimum of 17 million people!

Thank you for your prayers, support, and the birthday cards for Angela and Caleb.  We had 72 saved, 15 professions of faith, and 4 baptisms before it began leaking.

 In His Service,

Gregg, Angela, Caleb, Hannah, Timothy, Virginia, Micah, and Zachery Schoof

April – June 2009

Dear Praying Friends,

Thank you for your prayers for us here. The past several months have been extremely difficult with the starting of the radio station.  In June we had to move to a smaller house and out of the city a bit to reduce our expenses as much as possible. All of this has us behind in our correspondence.

The Bible tells us in Philippians 4: 19, “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” God is always faithful and knows our needs even before we ask. This is such a great promise that we as Christians can claim. 

The church has had 47 visitors in the past 3 months. The adults are growing in faith as time goes by. The sermons have helped them, but many are having a difficult time trusting God to supply their needs. They are having a difficult time as prices continue to rise but their paychecks do not.

Our Junior Church has been well attended, and the children are learning many new songs, Bible verses, and stories that really happened in the Bible. We just lost the teacher for this class, so please pray that we can get another one trained quickly. The children are the future of Rwanda. It is very important that they get a good foundation in biblical principals.

We have finished another school year, and the children have done well. Once we are settled, we will start again.  Caleb, Hannah, and Timothy are in school; and Virginia will begin to learn beginner things this coming year. Micah and Zachery are great play buddies and usually get along pretty well.

Please pray that more people will be willing to give their time, energy, and talent to help the church to grow. We are planning to start some new times and places to meet for soul winning that will be closer to their homes. Please pray that this will help them to obey God’s command to tell others.

Thank you for your prayers, support, and the birthday cards for Timothy, Virginia, and Zachery. They look forward to receiving cards; the cards make their birthdays very special. We have had 113 saved in the past 3 months.

In His Service,

Gregg, Angela, Caleb, Hannah, Timothy, Virginia, Micah, and Zachery Schoof