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Light In The World Ministries Update August / September 2015

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (55)  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (56)  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

(57)  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

August was a busy month for the ministry.  We had schools running in five different countries.  The first was in Northern Cameroon in a place called “Maroua”. The purpose of this school was to draw pastors from the neighboring countries of Central Africa Republic (CAR) and Chad.  Due to civil unrest in the country of CAR it made it difficult for some of the pastors to travel into Cameroon.  The areas highlighted above are places of intense persecution for Believers. We pray that the pastors who went through the school were fortified in their lives to go back to their homes and take the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to those that don’t know Him.

2016-08 Maroura, CameroonAbove: SOC Maroua, Cameroon

Other schools that we ran in August were in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where we sponsored one school in Kinshasa (West DRC) and another in Bukavu (East DRC).

2016-08 SOC Kinshasa   Above SOC Kinshasa, Congo

I visited a new school we were running in Ghana on the eastern side near to the border of Togo. This is the first time we have run a school in this region.

In Hammanskraal, South Africa we graduated a school on the 8th August.  The next school that I had planned to run in South Africa was booked for OctoberHowever, such was the demand from the pastors to run another school,  I agreed to run two more concurrently in the same area.  Both of these schools graduated on the 5th September after completing three weeks training.

SOC Hamanskraal, South Africa

Above: SOC Hammanskraal, South Africa

Preparation of Cow for Graduation Meal

Above: Graduation Meal, South Africa

In Impfondo, Congo we graduated our second school with twelve students.

2016-08 Impfondo, Congo August

Above: SOC Impfondo, Congo

In this month of September, we have great openings in the country of Kenya.  Our director, Joseph, has been able to introduce the school to 70 pastors in the Kisumu area of Kenya.  The school will be running there this month.

The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ, (T.Austin Sparks)

Light in the World Ministries July Update

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
God’s truth is marching on. He is not defeated. He is still on the throne. He is still saving, healing and delivering people. Praise His Name!
In my last email update, I mentioned about new doors of opportunity for the ministry in South Africa.
 Shoshanguve South Africa
Picture Above: Graduation Soshanguve, S.Africa
After the graduation of the full-time school in June, we started a day school with 21 students in a place called Soshanguve.
One of the pastors in attendance testified that his life had been changed and that he had met Christ in a very real way. The simplicity of knowing Jesus and making Him real worked deeply in his heart. He was stirred to take the message back to his church: that the answer to everything in life, is a fresh revelation of Christ. It is a testimony like this that keeps us encouraged in our labors.
At the graduation groups of pastors from different districts met with us desiring us to come and help teach their leaders.
It is not often we witness such a hunger, desire and willingness to help facilitate the training.  We started another school on the 20th July, in a place called Hammanskraal near to Pretoria, with 55 leaders present.
Ougadougou, Burkina Faso – This is the first time I had ever visited this country.  During the month of June we had forty students attend the training but due to disciplinary issues only twenty graduated.  Those that did not graduate will be able to attend again in the future.
 Burkina #1
Ougadougou, Burkina Faso Class
Burkina #3
Burkina Faso
Burkina #2Burkina Faso, Graduation
Shinyanga, Tanzania – The host for this school was the vice-president of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (Canada) in Tanzania. He allowed us the use of his church and facilities and was also a student in the school himself.  He stated that many years ago in his district, the message of the Church used to be Biblically sound and God confirmed His Word with signs following. That message seems to have been lost in recent times as new preachers have brought in unstable doctrines to the church.  He greatly rejoiced that in the school there was a return to the truth – the sure foundation of what the Church was to be built upon.  Jeremiah 50:4-6
 Shinyanga Tanzania
Shinyanga, Tanzania
This month of July, we have started a school in South Africa as mentioned above. In Kenya our director met with over 200 pastors in an area called Kisumu to introduce the school.
In August we have two schools running in Democratic Republic of Congo one on the east side in Kinshasa and the other in a place called Bukavu on the west side. In the same month there are also schools running in Ghana and Kenya.

Light in the World Ministries update January 2015

I am excited about the opportunities set before us for this year of 2015.
Below is a schedule listing the places we plan to run the school during the year.  I want to be careful to preface this with as God wills and directs.

January: Ivory Coast

February: Rwanda, Uganda.

April: Burundi, Kenya, Nigeria,

May:  Gabon

June: Tanzania, Burkina Faso

July: Cameroon (Chad & Central Africa Republic)

August: East & West Congo, Congo (Brazzaville)

October: Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo

December: Cameroon, Ivory Coast