Church Plants

7-30-13

There are still a few small puddles on the ground this morning, so it must have rained good during the night too. Yay!

After Breakfast at the school, we drove through Kachungwa proper, past a government school to visit two church plants that have started out of Kachungwa. We saw lots of banana groves, some cassava, and a little corn. They also grow potatoes, avocados, mangos, papaya, guava and tomatoes around. Sugar cane grows wild. They plant eucaliptus and a few varieties of pine for wood/ scaffolding.

We passed through the Gorode Trading Center where they have a government headquarters and a tiny clinic into Kigando sub-county. We passed a valley full of water that was a government water project. They also do environmental projects. We saw some mud huts with thatching for roof and a section of wall that was just dried banana leaves. Half of our group went to Dyangoma church plant and the rest, including me, went to Melembe. Melembe means peace. There was a small coffee plot near it. The church is a 25x10 ft. mud and stick building. They have started a school there called Cornerstone School. They have 1 real tiny building as a classroom. The school is only P-1 to 3 for now, but we saw a nice group of kids there. Brandon and a few others went to pray at the pastors house, which was 1/4 mile down a foot path to a true mud hut village. Afterwards we had a church service where Brandon preached on the greatest commandment, loving God and the second, loving your neighbor. They did some songs and dances for us. Francis Mecunda, who is the elected chairman for the community, was there and talked to us a bit about the needs of the area; water and a clinic. The closest one is about 10 miles away. Please pray for these two communities.

We ate lunch at Kachungwa and were off to Bagezza Seed Secondary School, which is a government school and one they visited last year. Ashley and Isaac gave their testimonies and Pastors Ken and Sylver spoke. Isaac and Ralph also sang a few songs with guitar. Over 100 kids came forward, but some of those just wanted prayer, etc. Then was tea and dinner back at the hotel.

Love in Christ, Danelle Chase