TPI Africa Trip Report 5 - Aug 2-5 end of the second week in Bujumbura, Burundi to show the travel difficulty from Burundi to Gweru, Zimbabwe Dear Friends, Once we completed the TPI Bujumbura, Burundi Institute on Friday, August 2nd, and went through the tedious process of closing out all of the details of the institute, it was then time to go back to the King’s Conference Centre in Bujumbura and eat dinner in the Dining Room and start packing for my trip in preparation for my Kenya Airways flight to Harare, Zimbabwe via Nairobi, Kenya tonight at 2:40 AM. When I finally got everything ready in my Room # 301, we brought my bags down to the lobby, and I said goodbye to Larry Wade and thanked him again for teaching with me here in Bujumbura, Burundi this week. Then I got into Slyvestre Hakizimana’s Toyota Rav 4L a little after midnight on Saturday, August 3rd and he and his wife drove me away from the King’s Conference Centre through the city of Bujumbura until we came to the Bujumbura International Airport. This was the only way I could get to Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday since the only flight to Harare from Nairobi, Kenya leaves at 8 AM later this morning, and this is the only flight that leaves from Bujumbura, Burundi to Nairobi, Kenya. We first went through security outside the airport, and the two security officers were very interested in our institute and wanted TPI Notebooks to help them in their Christian growth, so Slyvestre told them that he would get back up with them later. They thanked us and they let me take their group picture – OIA (Only in Africa)! Then we drove into the airport and parked the vehicle, and Slyvestre went and got a cart to put my bags on it with a baggage courier to push the cart. We loaded my bags on the cart and he went with me up to the entrance to the terminal, where I said goodbye to Slyvestre and thanked him again for all he did to make the TPI Institute in Bujumbura, Burundi such a success. Then I went through the security checkpoint with my bags and went straight to the Kenya Airways ticket counter, where I checked into my flight. The main ticket agent was very interested in our TPI Institute and getting more materials once he learned about it – you run into so many Christians who desperately want to be trained further in the Word of God and are walking deeper in their Christian lives that it is refreshing to see such a hunger for God in this place! After getting my ticket boarding pass for my Kenya Airways Flight from Bujumbura, Burundi to Nairobi, Kenya, I filled out my Departure card and went through Passport Control and got my passport stamped. Then I went through another security checkpoint, where they wanted to know about all my batteries that I had for my camera, which I explained to them. When I got into the waiting area at the gate, I sat down and was very tired, realizing that I would get no sleep tonight because of this trip to Harare, Zimbabwe. The same ticket agent I met earlier came up to me in the waiting area, and we talked again about ways he could get some more training. I told him about Slyvestre Hakizimana, our TPI Burundi National Director, and he said that he would contact him. Eventually, we were called to board the plane, and so we went through the gate, checked our boarding passes, walked right on the tarmac to the plane, and went to our seats. Our Kenya Airways Flight KQ 446 left Bujumbura International Airport at 2:40 AM, which is a three-hour flight to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. I sat at the window seat next to J. S. Datuama Cammue, who is an Environment Protection Agency MEA Officer from Monrovia, Liberia. He was on the way back to Monrovia, Liberia after a short business meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Even though he was a regular attender in the Catholic Church, he was still very interested in hearing about our program here in Bujumbura, Burundi. Soon after take-off, we had a breakfast meal of yogurt and nuts, fruit juices, and coffee. It was a long flight, but I could not sleep on the plane. We finally arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya at 5:20 AM. We deboarded the plane, got onto a bus, and went over to the main terminal into the Departure Wing of the airport. I walked into the main terminal and finally found my flight leaving for Harare, Zimbabwe at around 8 AM from Gate 10. Meanwhile, after taking a pit stop, I went over to Dormans Coffee Shop, where I bought a glass of non-fat white milk to mix with the Visalus Shake mix in my big cup. I also bought a chocolate-covered donut and ate it with my Visalus Nutritional Shake at a table there at the shop. Then I went over to Gate 10 and checked into my Flight and went through a security checkpoint and into the waiting area. After awhile, we boarded Kenya Airways Flight KQ 702 on a two-hour flight, leaving Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya at 7:45 AM and arriving at Harare International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe at 9:50 AM. I sat at the window seat next to Doraiswamy Hariharan, an Indian from Madras (Chennai), India, who is a country manager with a company called National Contacting Co. He was on the way to Lusaka, Zambia to serve a two-year stint somewhere in Zambia to help with the electricity issues in the country until he retires from his position, and spends more time with his children in the United States. We had a small breakfast meal of an egg, sausage, and potatoes, a pastry with butter/jelly, a cup of fruit, and some coffee and juice. I was tired on this flight, but again did not sleep on the plane. We finally landed at Harare International Airport at 9:50 AM, and deboarded the plane, walked into the main terminal, and went to Passport Control. I bought a Zimbabwe Visa, got my passport stamped, picked up my two bags in the Baggage Claim Area, and went through customs with no problem. I then exited into the waiting area of the airport and met Aziza William Boomenyo, the wife of our TPI Zimbabwe National Director, Joseph William, who met me since Joseph was taking a class during this time at the university. Aziza had arranged for a cab to come and pick us up at the airport, and the driver by the name of Joseph was the same driver who picked up Jennifer last year to take her to the hotel here in Harare, Zimbabwe. He helped to put all my bags into his car and Aziza and I left with him from the airport, and drove through the city of Harare until we came to the City Centre, where we arrived at the New Ambassador Hotel at 88 Nkwane Nkrumah Avenue, which is being converted over to the Rainbow Hotel, part of the Rainbow Tourism Group. The hotel is right across from the Anglican Church of Central Africa in town, where we held our 2010 TPI Harare Institute. Aziza was still outside haggling with the driver, Joseph, about the fare, and she remained firm because he was trying to increase the fare because he had just driven an American to the hotel. Meanwhile, I checked into my Room # 402 and negotiated a rate of $70 US dollars by removing the automatic breakfast rate of $20 USD. Then the porter helped me take up my bags to my Room # 402, which had a nice big room with an adjoining meeting room, a walkout balcony, and a bathroom, but it was cold here in Harare, so I turned on the heater in my room and closed the door and only used the bedroom after initially meeting in the other room to discuss a few things with Aziza. Aziza William Boomenyo told me to stay here at the New Ambassador Hotel and get some rest here, while she went to pick up Pastor Bobby Ferguson, who was due to arrive at the Harare International Airport later this afternoon at 4:15 PM. She also took my wristwatch, which had stopped and I thought might need a new battery. She said that she would check it out by taking it to a watch shop. So I bid her goodbye and thanked her for getting me safely here to the hotel, and I stayed in my room for the duration of the afternoon. I got on the internet, using the wireless account at the hotel on my laptop computer, and checked out some of my emails and sent an Email Report to Jennifer, and also got caught up on some of the news and sports from the United States. I also worked on typing my Email Report on my laptop at the desk in my room. I ate a few sweets that I had in my bag that Jennifer had packed for me. I finally laid down for about an hour to take a short nap, and then got back up to get back on the internet again and also work on my Email Report there in my room. Later in the afternoon, I heard that booming Bob Ferguson voice cascading down the hall to my room, and I opened the door to see my good friend and colleague, Pastor Bob Ferguson, who had traveled from Blountville, Tennessee to Charlotte, North Carolina, and then flew from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC, and from there to Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and from there to Harare International Airport here in Harare, Zimbabwe. He arrived this afternoon at 4:15 PM with all five boxes of the TPI notebooks for both the Gweru, Zimbabwe TPI Institute and the Zomba, Malawi TPI Institute, and all his bags in tack without any problems along the way. He was obviously tired from the journey, but we got him settled into his Room # 415 with his bags, having put all the boxes of notebooks downstairs in a room to be picked up tomorrow morning when we travel to Gweru, Zimbabwe. Then Aiziza gave me my watch back to me and told me that the watch just needed service and did not need a battery. We thanked Aziza William Boomenyo again for all she did to pick both Bobby Ferguson and me at the airport and get us safely here at the hotel. We then bid her goodbye and she left us for the day and Bobby and I settled again in our rooms. A little later, I heard a knock on my door, and Joseph William Boomenyo, our TPI Zimbabwe National Director, had arrived at the New Ambassador Hotel to greet us. He came into my room and we talked about his class and how Aziza, his wife, had taken good care of us. We then went to Bobby’s Room # 415, and Joseph saw Bob Ferguson again. Bob has been at several of our TPI Institutes training pastors, including the 2010 TPI Harare Institute right across the street and the TPI Livingstone, Zambia Institute the same year. Bob also got to call his wife Brenda, who is very sick and seeing doctors. Bob had told me before I left for Africa that if she got worse, he might not be able to come to Africa, but she started feeling a little better, and they decided Bob to come since she has her children to take care of her and many church members as well. He talked with Brenda very shortly and it was good to learn that she is doing well. PTL! After a short visit, we all three went down to the Dining Room and ordered our dinner. Joseph left us and then came back again later. I ordered T-bone steak and rice and vegetables, a nice salad, two fruit juices, and a desert of two scoops of ice cream. It was a very relaxing meal of visiting with each other and also seeing Joseph William again. Bob gave him some of his meal since he had eaten a lot on the plane. We then said goodbye to Joseph William, and Bob Ferguson and I went back up to our rooms, where we settled in for the evening. I worked some more on my Email Report on my laptop computer and also got back on the internet to check on some more emails and news and sports from the United States. I finally went to bed at a decent hour and slept really well after having very little sleep the last two days. I was thankful that God had brought our whole team together in spite of both Bob Ferguson and I having two long flights from our perspective locations, and all of us arriving safely without any problems, and getting the news that Brenda Ferguson was doing well. The next day, Sunday, August 4th, I woke up at 6 AM at Room # 402 in the New Ambassador Hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe. We were taking it easy this morning since Joseph William was taking a class during this time at the university, and we cannot leave until 12 noon on our trip to Gweu, Zimbabwe. First, I spent some time reading the Scriptures and a chapter of Andrew Murray’s book, Abide in Christ, and spent some time in prayer. Then I got on the internet on the Wifi account using my laptop computer at my desk in my room this morning to answer a few emails to Jennifer and others and catch up on the news and sports in the United States. I also typed my Email Report on my laptop at my desk in my room. Eventually, I made my Visalus Nutritional Shake with water and nonfat dry milk in my room in the big cup that I brought from home and had my breakfast with a granola bar and some peanut trail mix that Jennifer had made for me. I spent more time typing my Email Report and going on the internet there at my desk until it was late in the morning. I had a problem with the hot water coming in the bathroom, but eventually, one of the attendants helped me work out that problem, and I took a luke warm shower with a handheld nozzle in the bathtub and got dressed for the morning. Then I packed my bags to get ready for the trip to Gweru, Zimbabwe this afternoon. Around 1 PM, Joseph William Boomenyo arrived with his brother Lucky and a driver, Chiradza Kudakwashe, came in a Mini-Bus to take us on the four-hour drive southeast to Gweru, Zimbabwe. I have been on this drive many times, including last year with Jennifer and in 2010 with Jabulani and the 5 seminars we did With Multi Ministries in South Africa. Bob Ferguson and I went downstairs and paid our bills at the hotel, and the Hotel Attendants helped us to get our bags down to the lobby. Then they packed the bags and the 5 TPI Notebook boxes into the back two seats of the Mini-Bus. We then all got into the Mini-Bus and started out on the trip to Gweru, Zimbabwe. We first went to the gas station and filled up the gas tank with gas, then drove out of the city of Harare to the outskirts of town until we came to a shopping center in front of an OK grocery store. Bob Ferguson and Lucky went inside the grocery store to buy some juice for everyone, while the driver, Chiradza, attached a TPI poster to the front of the Mini-Bus that Joseph William had made to distribute to pastors in Gweru. This poster would identify our vehicle as carrying speakers holding a special missionary training event, which would help our vehicle at all security checkpoints not to be checked by the police. Once this process was complete, and the TPI Poster was prominently displayed on the front of our vehicle, we all loaded up again in the Mini-Bus, and Chiradza Kudakwashe continued the journey out of Harare southeast towards Gweru. We drove for a long time along a good paved road through many security checkpoints where the police motioned us to go on through with no further stops. We also stopped at a couple of toll booths, where our driver, Chiradza, paid the toll tax to help with the roads, and one time we were detained for a very short time, but for the most part it was a good drive. We went through many rural areas with villages and small towns and many people walking or riding a bike along the road. We finally stopped at Chegutu, Zimbabwe for a short fifteen minute break, where we all got out of the Mini-Bus and stretched our legs and talked with some of the locals in front of a bar, some of whom were a little drunk. Then we loaded back up in the Mini-Bus and continued the long journey, driving through many of the towns where I had previously held seminars with Multi Ministries such as Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. We finally arrived in Gweru, the third largest city in Zimbabwe and the capital city of the Midlands Provence, at 5 PM after a long four-hour drive through the interior of Zimbabwe. We went to the City Centre and took a right at the Total Gas Station and came to the main Memorial Watch Tower in the City Centre. Then we circled around the tower and came to the Midlands Hotel in Gweru, which is an old hotel in center of the city. We went to the front desk and checked into our rooms with Michael Laisi, the main night hotel manager, and then Artwell Chiangwa, the TPI Gweu Coordinator and Moses Makore, the Head Caterer for the week, and some of the Hotel Attendants, helped us bring our bags and TPI Boxes into our rooms. I checked into my Room # 207 and thanked our hosts for their help in helping us to get settled into our rooms with our bags and boxes. We said goodbye to our hosts once we finalized a few details like getting our heater to work in our rooms, getting the shower handheld nozzle to fit onto the rod so it will stay above us, and getting a plug-in strip to be able to extend more sockets to plug in more equipment in our rooms. Then Bob Ferguson stayed in his room and had his dinner in his room, but I went downstairs to The Carousel Grill Room, the main restaurant at the hotel with Joseph William Boomenyo, and we went over the TPI Gweru Budget, and I gave Joseph the remaining money that he needed to pay for all the expenses of the Gweru TPI Institute. He thanked me for the money and left me there in the restaurant to eat my dinner. Then I ordered my dinner from Patience Dulua, who was the waitress for Jennifer and me last year when we were here at the Midlands Hotel. I had tomato soup, spaghetti and mince meat on top, and two pieces of bread and butter, and a Coke Zero in a can. After eating a good but lukewarm meal, I signed my bill over to my room. Then I walked up to my room and settled in for the evening. I spent some time typing my Email Report on my laptop computer at my desk, but could not get on the internet since there was no connection here at the hotel. I also sorted through some of my bags to prepare for the beginning of the TPI Gweru Institute tomorrow. Then I went to bed after a long day of travel along the roads of Zimbabwe very thankful that we made it safely here to Gweru, and are now ready for the TPI Institute to begin tomorrow morning. The next day, Monday, August 5th, was our first day of the TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute. I got up pretty early and took a lukewarm shower with a handheld nozzle, which I held over my head. Then I got dressed and ready for the day. The night before, Patience Dulua had given me a large jar with a spout and a spoon, so I mixed my Visalus shake mix with nonfat dry milk to make my Visalus Nutritional Shake and had a granola bar and some crackers with it for breakfast. Then Bob Ferguson and I got some of our things organized for the day and got our bags packed up for our hosts to come and pick us up at the Midlands Hotel. Then at around 8:45 AM, Joseph William Boomenyo and Artwell Chiangwa came to collect our bags and take down the TPI Gweru Notebook boxes to the front of the hotel, where Artwell packed them into his small 4-Door car, a Nissan Almera. Then we all crammed into the car, and he drove us one block up to the main road, where we had traveled from Harare last night, and another block over to the next main street, where the main Police Headquarters are located, and one more block over to the Dutch Reformed Church, our main venue for the TPI Gweru Institute for the week, which was built in 1933 in the City Centre. When we got there, there were already many pastors inside the sanctuary being led in song by the Worship Team of singers along with a keyboard accompanist. Meanwhile, Bob Ferguson and I went into the sanctuary, and I greeted some of the pastors that I knew from last Summer 2012 when Jennifer and I came to the TPI Gweru Institute and put on a very successful week of training for over 200 pastors. After a short duration, the rest of the pastors came through registration and slowly started filling up the sanctuary, and then we were ready to begin the TPI Gweru Institute after the worship team led the pastors in one more worship song. We got started a little late at 9:30 AM when Joseph William Boomenyo and Artwell Chiangwa began the TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute by giving a few opening remarks and introductions. We had 140 pastors, evangelists, and national missionaries in the morning session of the TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute. There was a group of about 15 pastors from Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, who were stranded in Kwekwe, about one hour away, waiting for transportation to come and bring them to Gweru for the institute, which they thought we would provide for them. We did pay for their transport every day, but there was a miscommunication that they thought we were coming to retrieve them with a bus and bring them here, so they all missed the first day of the TPI Gweu Institute. After Joseph William finished his introduction of TPI and me, he invited me to come up and introduce the TPI Institute to the pastors since many of them were new to our concept of training and did not attend the 2012 TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute. I shared with them the three pillars of our training program (Expository preaching, Biblical leadership, and Evangelism/Missions outreach), and introduced the five topics of the training program this week (Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, End-Time Prophecy focusing mainly on the book of Revelation, Sanctification of the Believer: Christian Life Convention, Evangelism and Discipleship, and New Testament Overview), while also introducing Pastor Bob Ferguson to the group, who has taught as a TPI Pastoral Trainer in 6 previous institutes, including Harare, Zimbabwe, two in Zambia (Lusaka and Livingstone), Abuja, Nigeria, Swaziland, and Lilongwe, Malawi. Then I immediately began my first session on Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics by building the need for true Biblical preaching after reviewing over many of the normal practices of preaching in the African context, which involved producing messages that were not founded in the Scriptures as a result of a lack of regular study of God’s Word. I also reviewed over some of the principles that were taught last year in Expository Preaching since many of the pastors did not attend our institute last year and this course builds on the Expository Preaching course. I then went through several passages to help them see the value of “correct interpretation” and taught the importance of Biblical Interpretation, its definition and place in the overall context of studying the text of God’s Word, and the eight-step process of preaching the Word of God. At the end of the session, I challenged the pastors to confess any past wrongdoings in failing to seek the original intended meaning of the text instead of reading into the passage our own interpretation, and in so doing, wrongly interpreting the Word of God and coming up with new non-Biblical meanings of the text. I also challenged them to surrender to the Lord to do sermon preparation right by studying the text one hour a day to observe and interpret what the original author said to his people in the Biblical times in order to “rightly divide the word of truth.” I then asked a pastor to come up and close out the session in prayer, and then Joseph William gave a few concluding remarks and had the worship team lead the group in a worship song. Then Joseph invited Pastor Bob Ferguson to come up and teach his first session on End-Time Prophecy – studies mainly in the Book of Revelation. His first lesson focused on “Why Study Prophecy?” He reviewed over Israel’s failures regarding immorality, idolatry, and ignorance of God’s Word. He also traced the confusion that exists today concerning prophecy and God’s overall program for the end-times, also referred to as “the last days.” Bob then gave a definition of prophecy and distinguished between forthtelling the Scripture and foretelling the Scripture. Then he taught why we should study prophecy, the requirements for understanding prophecy, and the ten-step process in God’s unfolding program for the end of the ages. Bob then closed out his session in a word of prayer. After this session, Joseph William Boomenyo and Artwell Chiangwa came up and explained a few instructions about eating lunch and had a pastor pray for the meal. Then we walked out of the sanctuary to a tent erected next to the church for our meals, where Sarah Zinumwe, our hostess for the week, led us to our head table, and she served us a nice meal. We had rice and beef, sadza (corn meal staple Zimbabweans love to eat), greens, potato salad with eggs, dried beef, and bottled water. It was a great meal that we had with several of the key pastors and leaders at the TPI Gweu Institute, including Jim Borden, an American pastor and educator here in Gweru, who Jennifer and I got to know well last year. After a relaxing lunch, we all went back into the sanctuary to resume the institute teaching for the day. We had 143 pastors, evangelists, and national missionaries in the afternoon session of the TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute. Then Joseph William had the worship team lead in a song of worship, and introduced me to come up and teach my session on “The Sanctification of the Believer: Christian Life Convention.” I introduced the whole concept of having a Christian Life Convention and dealing with the topic of the sanctification of the believer since many times pastors only teach salvation, but don’t show believers how to walk in the Christian life. We then proceeded with the first topic of “Dealing with Sin in the Believer’s Life.” I went to several passages to show the difference between a carnal Christian and a spiritual Christian, and the importance of confessing sin, repenting and turning from sin, and trusting God for the victory over sin. I then gave an invitation to the pastors to come forward to deal with sin in their lives rather than ignoring it, and 21 pastors came up front to surrender to this three-fold process of cleansing in their lives. We had a time of prayer so the pastors could spend some time dealing with their sins, and then Joseph William closed the session in prayer, and led the group in a worship song. Then after a short stand-up break, Joseph invited Pastor Bob Ferguson to come up and teach his first afternoon session on Evangelism and Discipleship. He taught on “Guiding a Person to Christ” from Matt. 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8. Bob dealt with five different types of people who need Christ and how to lead them to Christ and an assurance of salvation. The five kinds of people are the following: (1) Those who are dead in sin (1 Pet. 1:23, Eph. 2:1), (2) Those who are doubting (1 Jn. 5:13), (3) Those who are defiled (Isa. 55:7), (4) Those who are defeated (2 Cor. 12:9), and (5) Those who are discouraged (Heb. 4:15). Bob dealt with each of these types of people and showed from the Scriptures how to lead them to Christ. Then he closed his session in a word of prayer. Joseph William came up and had a short stand-up break and then had me come up and lead my last session on an overview of the New Testament. I first gave an overview of the Old Testament by reviewing over the story and handsigns of the 2012 Gweu, Zimbabwe TPI Institute to bring everyone up to the point of the end of the Old Testament. I then taught the 400 silent years of the intertestamental period between the Old and New Testaments by showing the three powers in place during this period (Greece, Israel, and Rome), and how God prepared the world for the coming of the Messiah at just the right time. I also taught the six political groups that arose during the intertestamental period and the four gospel perspectives that produced the one good news of our salvation in Christ. I then closed with Gal. 4:4 how the Lord brought the Messiah “in the fullness of times,” and then reviewed over the signs of the 400 years of silence between the two testaments with the pastors. Then Joseph William Boomenyo and Artwell Chiangwa closed out the first day of our TPI Gweu, Zimbabwe Institute and bid the pastors goodbye until tomorrow morning. After the completion of the teaching of the institute, we talked to several of the pastors afterwards while some of the details were completed for the first day. Then Artwell Chiangwa drove Bob Ferguson and me and Joseph William in his 4-Door car, a Nissan Almera, through the city of Gweu back to the Midlands Hotel, our home here in Gweu, Zimbabwe. Upon arriving at our hotel, our hosts, Joseph William and Artwell Chiangwa, helped us to take our bags to our rooms and helped us with a few details of the institute. After then saying goodbye to our hosts, I took a nap in my room and slept hard for a couple of hours. Bob Ferguson ate his dinner in his room as he made some soup and had some crackers and other things that he packed for the trip to Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, I went downstairs to The Carousel Grill Room, the main restaurant at the hotel and ordered my dinner from Patience Dulua, who was the waitress for Jennifer and me last year when we were here at the Midlands Hotel. I ordered tomato soup, spaghetti and mince meat on top, and two pieces of bread and butter, and a Coke Zero in a can to be brought to my Room # 207. After a short while, Patience brought my meal up to my room and I signed the bill over to my room account with the hotel. Then I ate a good but very lukewarm and even quite cold meal. I did not eat the whole meal because it was too cold. Then I stayed in my room and settled in for the evening. I spent some time typing my Email Report on my laptop computer at my desk, but could not get on the internet since there was no connection here at the hotel. I also sorted through some of my bags to prepare for the TPI Gweru Institute tomorrow and played some Solitaire on my laptop computer. Then I went to bed after a long day of our first day at the TPI Gweru, Zimbabwe Institute. We thank God that we are having a great fourth TPI Institute in Zomba, Malawi, where there are 122 pastors attending the training sessions for the first day. Thank you for your part in helping us to train these pastors as many of them are eager to learn what we are teaching them. For those of you who still would like to invest in God’s work in helping to train these African pastor’s lives and ministry, the need is still there as we will be training pastors throughout the summer. You can send a check to Training Pastors International - 5132 Wedgewood Road, Lynchburg, VA 24503. May the Lord bless you as we partner together to accomplish God’s mission to provide this needed training for these deserving pastors! Yours for Christ and His Kingdom, John M. Balmer, Jr
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:41:29 +0000
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