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| Recently we have been in contact with a young missionary in Bujumbura, Burundi, (the capital) who gave us a brief sketch of the spiritual condition of the church and the nation. Stephen Kuert is with the Assemblies of God and grew up in Kenya where his parents are still missionaries. He suggested prayer for the Church in the area of Unity. There is also the issue of Islam. Without further ado, I'm posting a portion of his email. Keep Stephen and the nation of Burundi in your prayers. Amy@FHGI "I have been in the country about 6 weeks so far. I am learning a lot about this place. It is a very interesting country. In short, it is its own little world- extremely different from anything else I have found in other East African countries. I am living in the capital city right now - Buja. So far I have been involved in language acquisition, teaching at a little Bible school, and doing some youth ministry at the local AG church here. Prayer? I would say the major issue in the country is a lack of genuine unity anywhere. From the political realm to the spiritual realm unity is almost an unheard of reality. The country has been so deeply divided due to the war that people no longer trust anyone or anything. In my opinion, this is the dying need of Burundi. Churches spring up over night here - not from intentional church planting strategies I might add - So and so got angry with so and so and decided to split the church..... Just about everyone is a split of one of the major churches in the country. Kind of sad. Another major concern is the growing tide of Islam in the country. The Islamic agenda is making a major push for political influence. Their primary champion, the former president of the ruling party made a very heavy bid to make Burundi an Islamic state. He was arrested by several of the military leaders and encarcerated. However, he was well on his way to accomplishing his goal. This spirit is very much alive and active here. Politically things are tense here right now. The first major fighting in over a year occurred last week. Over 20 were killed. We are all praying for peace to prevail and for the current president to regain favor in the sight of the people." Sincerely, Stephen Kuert 9/10/2007 UPDATE: 3/23/08 ANDY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STEPHEN...and will be meeting him in Bujumbura. He and his co-worker, Jim, have graciously agreed to introduce Andy to various pastors and help him to acclimate. Continue to pray for the work there to develop. This is definitely a Joshua-Caleb Journey, spying out the land, for Andy. I will post more as info becomes available. Amy UPDATE: 4/14/08 3 Days to Go!!! Opportunities are increasing but please be in prayer for Stephen who is sick and may need to go home to Kenya to recuperate. As I posted on the blog yesterday, a young Christian man named Olivier, age 30, will be Andy's translator. "He loves Jesus and is a solid preacher who God is using in pretty incredible ways". Olivier is arranging meetings with business men in Bujumbura for April 21-25 in the mornings. He also suggested high school and university ministry opportunities in the afternoons. Olivier also would like to arrange meetings in Muyinga on April 26-27 and Rutovu, the 'source du nil' or source of the Nile, on May 1-2. Please pray also that God would bless this brother for his time, bless his family and whatever else the Holy Spirit lays on your heart. |
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