Kenya Update – August 2022

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MANY RECEIVE SALVATION – KIMOKOWUA

The month of August continues to be a harvest month. As the Unite 4 Africa team continues to do outreach in many parts of Kenya-going door to door for evangelism- we also did some outreach at an open-air crusade at Kimokowua along the border of Kenya and Tanzania. Over seventy people were converted and received salvation. Please pray for these new converts as they join church to be mentored and taught the Good Word of Jesus Christ.

Fig 1&2 people receiving Christ at Kimokowua open air meeting

NEW CHURCH PLANTED – ILMARBA COMMUNITY CHURCH

The Lord has continued to help the U4A team in Kingdom building through outreach to communities that are unreached where we preach the Good News of Jesus Christ. In the Ilmaraba area we were able to plant a church. Please pray for this new church as they gather together to worship and praise God together. Pray for the provision of a building where they can worship.


Fig. 3&4 Members of the new Ilmarba Baptist Church

SPECIAL EDUCATION – ILBISSIL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

In the communities that we work, we see and meet many diverse needs and pray that God helps us to stand in the gap and walk with these communities in a way that will bring a wholistic transformation. Ilbissil School for the Deaf is the first one in Maasai land offering special education in sign language. We have noticed that many deaf children and other children with disabilities are left at home while children without disabilities gain education. This year we started walking with this school to help bring transformation to deaf children. Please pray for this school as they have lost of needs, ranging from hearing aids, books, food, uniforms and dormitories.

Fig 5&6 Deaf children pray to dedicate school land to construct a Toilet

PRAYER REQUEST

  • Please pray for the new converts
  • Please pray the deaf school to get help from well wishers
  • Pray for the rains in Maasai land- its been a long draught
  • Pray for peace in Kenya as we have elections this month.

Ghana Update – August 2022

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“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:3-4)

Ghana Summit 2022

Samson was the Lead facilitator for the Wholistic Development and Transformation Conference for church pastors and leaders in the Upper East region of Ghana. Over 30 participants took part in the conference and at the end of the four days of fellowship and interaction; it was obvious from the feedback received that lives were greatly impacted.


Outreach

A two day outreach program was carried out at the Kparigilanyili community sharing the good news of Christ with the members of the community.  Eye screening was also carried out in the community to help people who had issues with their eyes. Those whose conditions need surgery were booked for surgery later.

Goats Project

More and more orphans continue to receive goats due to the support of Unite 4 Africa and their partners. It is always a moment of reflection, especially when interacting with the grandparents of these beneficiaries as they express their joy and appreciation for this support.

Weekly Radio Broadcast

The weekly radio program dubbed “Seed of Hope Broadcast” continues to impact lives for the kingdom of God. It was a great joy visiting the community of one the people who has followed regularly and who calls into the program every week. When he heard my voice in his community he said, “I don’t know you but I have recognized this voice in a radio program that I have been following called “Seed of Hope.” Thank you, Pastor you do not know the extent, to which the program has helped us especially, those of us very far from the city”, he added.

Prayer Needs

  • Appreciate God for His faithfulness in the opening of opportunites to present the Gospel to unreached communities.
  • Continue to pray for the Seed of Hope weekly Radio Broadcast to reach out to our listeners to continue to have an encounter the Holy Spirit.
  • Continue to pray for the Church planting training centers that are led by Samson.
  • Pray for the Global Leadership Summit that Samson will be attending with other leaders.

Yours in His Vineyard
Samson Abukari – Country Director, Ghana

Ethiopia Update – August 2022

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1. Graduation Event in Hawassa.

We thank God for the progress that our Emmanuel Bible College is making in the past few years. Last month 30 leaders have graduated at one of our campuses in Hawassa city located in the southern region of the country. The graduates have spent three years completing their studies in the field of Leadership & Biblical Studies.

We believe that the training will help our leaders to enhance their leadership skills, transform their lives and help to equip their local churches to be able to fulfill the great commission. Up until this time the total number of graduates has exceeded 2000. The joy and the excitement of our leaders was amazing at the event and we thank God for that.

I take this opportunity to thank Pastor Tesfaye Shiberu, who is the dean of our Bible college, for his commitment and leadership. I also thank all of our Hawassa campus leaders for their tireless effort for this fruit. May God Bless you all abundantly.

The Excitement of the Graduation

2. Youth Empowerment Training

In collaboration with the ministry called “Rejoice Africa” along with other churches in the town, our leader Pastor Wondwossen Lemma, has had the opportunity to train more than 50 youth in two various training events for two days. This training is designed to equip, empower and prepare our youth to be the next generation of leaders.

Pastor Wondwossen/Wondye/

The training focused on Sexual Purity & Healthy Relationships. The participants also had a time to discuss their challenges and opportunities. We thank God for this movement.

Youth Empowerment Training

3. The Fruit of Disciple Making

It has been close to 10 years now that Dr. Okongo has taken time to disciple, mentor & coach our young brother Kaleab/ Kalu/ Alemu. Kalu was in a critical spiritual, emotional and social condition when Dr. Okongo met him. He came out of a poor family; in particular his father was so abusive and that made Kalu’s childhood very miserable.

As a result of this abuse; Kalu was so disappointed and forced to live a life which was full of anger, unforgiveness and bitterness. We are grateful that God has sent Dr. Okongo & Shyla to Kalu’s life so that in the past many years of consecutive empowerment, discipleship, mentorship and coaching work; Kalu’s life and ministry has completely changed. He was able to forgive his father and now lives a new changed life and just recently he got married to his wife Yanet Seifu.

He is also our youth leader in our local church and is still being mentored and coached by Dr. Okongo to be able to become our potential future leader. This is really one of the fruits that our ministry bears. Congratulations! Kalu and Dr. Okongo.

Kalu & his bride Yanet

4. Conclusion, Praise & Prayer Requests

These are praises and prayer request items to pray about with us:

  • Thank God for our leaders and workers of the Kingdom who have been laboring in the harvest. Pray for the protection of God over their lives and families including Kalu.
  • Pray that God would give us wisdom and provisions for the cost of living in Ethiopia while at this time is getting higher.
  • Continue to pray for our disciple making movement- that God would help us to make many more True Disciples who are willing to follow Jesus with love and devotion.

Note From The Board – Scott Genzman

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Trust

Last month I was once again reminded of how thankful I am to be associated with Unite 4 Africa. One aspect of the ministry I appreciate the most is its philosophy of empowerment. – helping communities and individuals to transform themselves rather than simply offering “handouts.” Community transformation initiatives must be owned by the community and individuals to be successful and sustainable. Unite 4 Africa “gets” that and, as a result, has seen hundreds of communities and thousands of lives transformed long-term.

Candidly, the last several months have been difficult for me. Potential health issues, challenges at work, and the craziness in the United States and, frankly, around the globe, have once again caused me to realize just how little control I really have over everything. And how profoundly dependent I am on God.

At first, when so much around me seemed overwhelming, I was a bit upset at God. Didn’t He realize how hard I was working and what I was trying to do for His Kingdom? Of course, I knew He knew, but it took me several days – maybe even weeks – to stop feeling sorry for myself and to once again turn to God and ask for His help. As is often the case, the help did not come right away. But that caused me to drop to my knees and to focus on His promises and His love for me and to recognize whatever happened was going to be for my good. Needless to say, it was very humbling. Finally, after some time, I started to appreciate God’s goodness and my dependence on Him. And, at last, I was able to thank Him for the challenges.

As Christians who have a heart for helping hurting people, our first tendency is often to try to fix their problems as quickly as possible. The trouble with that is that all too often those people we’re trying to help learn to trust us and turn to us for help instead of turning to God. I have learned from my involvement with Unite 4 Africa that the better way is to first turn people to God and to pray and ask for His guidance. Then, after the person we are trying to help has some clarity and direction and starts moving down a good path, we can most effectively come alongside them to help. I’ve personally witnessed this philosophy of ministry transform communities, families, and individuals many times. And it continues to happen multiple times every day in the countries we work in. In short, at Unite 4 Africa we empower people in Jesus’ name instead of doing something for them that they are capable of doing for themselves. And it works beautifully.

As I look back over the last several months, I am so thankful that God did not send me help right away but, instead, in His wisdom, He let me deal with my problems and issues with Him. Once I was depending on Him for whatever the outcome, the help came. I am very thankful for those friends who helped me navigate my challenges with their wisdom and guidance, but I’m even more grateful to God for giving me what I needed, not what I wanted.

Kenya Updates – July 2022

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NEW CHURCHES PLANTED – PORTLAND, ESEKI AND LOSITETI

We want to thank the Lord for the month of June. The U4A team have been visiting these communities for some time and the Lord has blessed us this month of June as we did evangelism and reaching out for Christ, as a result many came out to accept Christ as their personal Savior. We had more than 100 people accept Christ and three churches planted in three different communities.


Fig 1. Eseki Baptist new planted Church under a tree.

CHURCH CONSTRUCTION – KILALASH AND OLOLEPO COMMUNITY CHURCHES

The Lord has blessed us through Unite 4 Africa in that after having planted churches and these churches gathering under a tree for years, they have partnered with the community to help construct buildings for these churches. Kilalash Community Church has been gathering under a tree for the past one year during which they have experienced the dry and dusty season and now the winter cold season has started in July. We bless the Lord for all those who partner with U4A in ministry to the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania.


Fig 2&3 Ololepo Church construction just began

Fig 4, 5&6 Kilalash Community Church construction going on. Soon they will have a shelter to worship in.

PRAYER REQUESTS

  • Please pray for the new converts, that God would to help get mentors and ministers to teach them the word.
  • Please pray for the rains. Its been long drought and is affecting families as they move in search of pasture.

MOSES RIANTO

Ethiopia Updates – July 2022

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1. Donation of Motorbikes to our Leaders.

God has been giving us a great opportunity to plant many churches in various regions, towns and villages of the Ethiopia and this movement is growing very rapidly. Our leaders are very committed and doing it aggressively even by walking from 2 – 4 hours a day in various villages and ministering to our churches.

Getting public transportation has been a challenge at this time for so many reasons. Unite4Africa understands this need and has come up with this project of providing Motorbikes and Bicycles to our leaders and local missionaries.

A few weeks ago, we donated four Motorbikes to our leaders who are ministering in various regions, districts and hubs of the country.

Our leaders with their Motorbikes

Pastor Midekso is one of our hub leaders who received his Motorbike and said that he had to walk 3 hours every day to visit the flock of God and minister to his church members. He has been doing this for the last more than 10 years. But now God uses Dr. Okongo and who has visited him and he has received his Motorbike. He added that by using this Motorbike he is going to reach many villages and Muslim communities even beyond his districts. We praise God.

Pastor Midekso receives his Motorbike

2. Disciple Making movement / DMM Continues.

We thank God for our brother Pastor Paul Parker Chico the founder and leader of a ministry called TMMI (The Master’s Mission International). We had a blessed and impactful Disciple Making Movement Training/ DMM/ for two weeks traveling to various towns and cities of Ethiopia / Adama/ Nazareth/, Bishoftu / Debrezeit/, Shashemene, Hawassa & Arbaminch. More than 95 church leaders who have come from five regions and districts of the country got trained “The Master’s Plan” way of disciple making method.

This movement has been continued like a wildfire impacting many other churches across the country.

I take this opportunity to thank Pastor Paul Chico for his obedience to the Lord and for his devotion and commitment to the Kingdom of God to come to us and minister unto us.

Disciple -Making Movement Leaders

3. Our visit to Tanzania – Experience Sharing on Organic Farming

A majority of the people in many regions of the country who we are ministering to are farmers. But their land has become barren and has lost its fertility as a result of using Chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides.

The price of chemical fertilizers is getting increased time to time these days and our farmers cannot afford to buy it. As a result, we came up with the idea of training & introducing to our farmers organic farming. Just a few weeks ago we went to Tanzania to get the practical training of how to produce natural fertilizers in various forms and the process of healing the land. It has been a wonderful eye-opening experience for us and has given us the knowledge and the skills that will help our farmers to ensure their food security as a family and as a community at large.

We are planning on how to share this knowledge and skills with our farmers here in Ethiopia in order to enhance their productivity. We thank God for this opportunity.

Organic Farming Training & Workshop in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

4. Conclusion, Praise & Prayer Requests

These are praises and prayer request items to pray about with us: –

  • Thank God for our leaders and workers of the Kingdom who have been laboring in the harvest. Pray for the protection of God over their lives and families.
  • Praise God for our new Organic Farming Project and continue praying that God would use it to transform the lives of our farmers in the region.
  • Continue pray for the peace of Ethiopia.
  • Continue pray for our disciple making movement that may God would help us to make many more true disciples who are willing to follow Jesus with love and devotion.

Samson Weldemariam /Pst/
Vice – president and Africa director of U4A

Ghana Updates – July 2022

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“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:3-4)

Pastors and Church Leaders Transformation Conference

Samson was the lead facilitator for the Wholistic Development and Transformation Conference for church pastors and leaders in the Upper East region of Ghana. Over 30 participants took part in the conference and at the end of the four days of fellowship and interaction; it was obvious from the feedback received that their lives were greatly impacted.

Women Cycle of Life Training

It was a great joy having over 35 women coming across of various communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana to participate in the Women Cycle of Life training held at the Sem – B Lodge. By the end of the training, we had very positive feedback including the following:

“Please if is it possible for this training to be organized for our Church women across the Northern Ghana because every woman must listen to this great teaching”
“I have heard of being fearfully and wonderfully made but now through this training it makes more sense for me now.”
“I have not regretted for being a part of this program and my home will definitely not be the same again”

Picture 1: Time of prayer

Picture 2: Group work presentation

 

Goats Project

Unite 4 Africa, with the support from their partners, continue to empower orphans through the goats project which has proven to bring great empowerment to families who hitherto had lost hope and didn’t know what to do, especially, in the area of providing basic educational needs for their orphaned children.f

Radio Broadcast

It has been a little over two years since the inception of the weekly radio program dubbed “Seed of Hope Broadcast”. Recently two church leaders met Samson in a Christian program and remarked, “We just want to encourage you to continue the work that is being broadcasted weekly. For your information, both believers and unbelievers alike, are benefiting greatly from the program. Most are unable to call in when the phone lines are open but the listenership is great”.

Prayer Needs

• Pray for outreach programs to communities where the gospel of Christ is being sent.
• Continue to pray that the Holy Spirit works through the Seed of Hope weekly radio broadcast to reach out to our listeners.
• Continue to pray for the church planting training centers that are led by Samson.

Yours in His Vineyard,
Samson Abukari – Country Director, Ghana

Note From The Board – Rod Robison

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Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. John 21:17b.

“Simon, son of John, do you truly love me?”   Jesus’ words pierced Peter’s heart like a hot knife. It had been days ago that Peter denied knowing Jesus.  But the pain still burned in Peter’s heart as if it had just happened.  No doubt, Peter, who also went by the name Simon, thought back to that horrible scene just days before when he had committed the unthinkable.

It was the eve of Jesus’ crucifixion.  Brute soldiers had just beaten Jesus with a cruel whip fashioned from jagged glass tied to strips of leather.  The Savior of the World, almost unrecognizable from the beatings, was being dragged like an animal into the High Priest’s courtyard.  There, Peter warmed himself by a fire, trying to remain anonymous.  A suffocating flood of fear washed over him.  Perhaps he prayed for courage to speak out on Jesus’ behalf.  But self-preservation won out, and he remained mute.  He hoped to blend in to the crowd of on-lookers, but his notoriety as one of Jesus’ followers betrayed him.  A servant, recognizing Peter, shouted, “Didn’t I see you with him?”  Peter cursed and swore he did not know Jesus.  Just then Jesus passed by and looked straight into Peter’s frightened eyes — a look of intense disappointment Peter would never forget.

Now, a few days later, here he was sitting on a beach at night by a fire with the risen Christ.  The pain of his denial still haunted him, but Peter didn’t offer excuses.  Putting his past behind him, he answered boldly, “Lord you know all things; you know that I love you.”

The crackling fire warmed the chilly night air.  Peter may have held his breath for what seemed an eternity, waiting for Jesus’ response.  Then Jesus turned to the man who had denied knowing him and said, “Feed my sheep.”

How could Peter have been so bold – declaring his love — after failing Jesus so miserably?  Perhaps it was because, through the agonizing experience of the cross and the power of the resurrection, Peter at last understood the depths of Jesus’ love.  A profound love that erases even the worst of sins from a truly repentant heart.  A love that transformed Peter from a frightened failure to one of the boldest proclaimers of Jesus’ love the world has ever known.  Peter, indeed, fed Jesus’ “sheep,” becoming the first great leader of the Christian church.

So, the next time you think you’re just not good enough to be used by God, remember…you’re right.  You’re not good enough.  Peter wasn’t either, but God used him anyway.  When you give to bring:

  • Hope to the hopeless
  • Water to the thirsty
  • Families to orphans
  • Medicine to the sick
  • Empowerment to the poor
  • Light to the darkness

…you are answering Jesus’ call to “feed my sheep.”  The fact that none of us are “good enough” has no bearing on whether God can use us.  His love, working through our obedience to his call and despite our imperfections and past failures, can bring transformation to countless “sheep” whom he has called us to shepherd.

 

Love Refined
By Rod Robison
Unite 4 Africa Board Member

Kenya Updates – June 2022

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EMPOWERING GIRLS WITH DIGINITY PADS – ENOOSAMBURRMBURR SCHOOL

The local Maasai girls undergo more health challenges than their counterparts in the city. They face numerous challenges, in that their parents are not educated and may not understand the requirement for school going girls to have sanitary pads when they are having their menstrual cycle. Unite 4 Africa, comes in through their ministry and works in the communities where these local schools are and do capacity building and awareness among the Maasai girls and their parents, they provide the young girls with dignity pads to help keep the girls at school.

Fig.1&2 Girls celebrating after receiving dignity pads

PRAYER SUMMIT AND HEALING PRAYER FOR PASTORS – ZION CHURCH

Unite 4 Africa, in its quest to empower the local pastors and church leaders, organized a prayer summit and brought a team from the USA to come train and equip the local pastors. We had a target of thirty pastors but they turned out more. This shows the thirst and the need to be empowered. The Kenya team is grateful to Unite 4 Africa for organizing such training and empowering church leadership.

fig 3&4 pastor worship and pray during the prayer summit

GOATS FOR ORPHANS – KILALASH COMMUNITY

Many local orphans go through a lot as they either have lost both parents or have only one parent. Most of them are needy and live in vulnerable conditions. Unite 4 Africa, comes alongside communities to empower the orphans and vulnerable by giving a goat, cow or chicken depending on their community. The Maasai community depend mostly on cows and goats as their source of livelihood, hence U4A empowers by giving goats. This will give a young needy child dignity by having something he/she owns and takes care of. We thank all Unite 4 Africa partners and friends who come alongside to help empower the Maasai orphans.

Fig 5&6 Orphans receiving goats at Kilalash community

PRAYER REQUESTS

  • please pray for Ololepo Church as we expand and build a larger church
  • please pray for Esiteti community as we plan to plant a new Church
  • please pray for pastors trained in our prayer summit as they go back to pray and help break the strongholds in our communities

Ghana Updates – June 2022

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“How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!.” (Proverbs 1:17)

Eye Screening Exercise

The Janjori Kukuo Int. Baptist Church which serves as the lead Pastor, partnered with a local health center to organize a one-day free eye screening service for over one hundred people in and around the Janjori kukuo community. At the end of the exercise over thirty people were identified to undergo surgery to correct their eye conditions

Facilitators Training

Samson was chosen for training as a Facilitator and Harvest International Associate to help promote the wholistic gospel teachings and helping people to understand the dangers involved in operating with the wrong worldview and how to shift to the Godly worldview. It was impactful and we are ready to help leaders at the grass root level to make a difference.

Training Of Trainers

The Church Planting and Discipleship training Samson is leading under TTI held the fourth TOT for the trainers in the Tamale Hub. It was great listening to what God is doing in bringing souls into the kingdom and seeing churches being planted.

Radio Broadcast

The weekly radio broadcast known as Seed of Hope Broadcast continues to be a blessing to listeners across the northern Regions of Ghana. Majority continue to call in every week to share how the program has been a blessing to them and their walk with the Lord.

Goats Project

A goat might look insignificant but it has the potential to bring about a lasting transformation in the life of orphans who are privileged to benefit from the goat project of Unite 4 Africa as a form of empowerment for their future.

 

Prayer Needs

  • Pray that transformation will continue to take place as the Holy Spirit works through the Seed of Hope weekly Radio Broadcast to reach out to our listeners
  • Pray for the multiplication of Discovery Bible Studies that are ongoing in some selected communities.
  • Pray for the Church planting training centers that Samson is overseeing.
  • Pray with Samson as he was made the National Point Person for TTI.

Yours in His Vineyard
Samson Abukari – Country Director, Ghana
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Ethiopia Updates – June 2022

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1. Another great Mass – Baptism Event.

God has given us another great mass- baptism event with the Unite 4 Africa Team. More than 400 people got baptized in the river Awash. This is the evidence that God still continues working among us and draws many people to Him through the preaching of the true Gospel. Those people have come from more than 10 various villages of Boset & Adama districts of Oromia region in the central part of the country.

Rev. Dr. Okongo Samson, Founder and President of Unite 4 Africa together with the team from USA attended this great event. He also gave a very powerful word of encouragement to the people and to our leaders.


The Baptism Event.

We also donated 400 Bibles to the new converts that is translated in their language. The team from the USA participated in giving out Bibles to the people and it was a very exciting experience to see the joy of the people in the presence of God. We also provided all the participants with local bread and bottles of water for their lunch after the baptism.


Receiving the Holy Bible and Enjoying the Meal.

We were super excited to be part of this great revival and we thank God for what He has been doing among us. I also take this opportunity to thank Rev. Dr. Okongo for his leadership and for empowering our leaders in every aspect of their lives so that now they are fruitful in their lives and ministry.

2. Empowering Orphans through our Animal Project.

Supporting our orphans is the ongoing work that we have been doing in the past many years of our ministries. We have seen the impacts of this project in the lives of our orphans and our communities at large. Just in the past month the team from the USA, led by Rev. Dr. Okongo, were able to participate in giving out goats to orphans who are placed in families and are entrusted with a stewardship. What a joy to be a witness of how God uses such a small gift and transforms the lives of those precious children and gives them hope and bright future.


Giving out goats to our Orphans in Adama/ Nazareth/ town, Ethiopia

3. New Organic Farming Project Kick off.

Pastor Taddesse Alemayehu is our regional coordinator in Ethiopia. He, together with myself, see the needs of the communities we have been ministering to. The majority of the people in the villages are farmers. But their land has become barren as a result of using chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides. Also, the price of chemical fertilizers is continuing to increase these days and our farmers cannot afford to buy it.

So, we came up with the idea of training & introducing our farmers about organic farming. Just last week Pastor Peter Jhon Mlay from Tanzania came and shared their experiences with us about how they produce natural fertilizers and the process of healing the land.

Now, our farmers have received this new way of farming and we believe that this is going to be a great total community transformation in the region and in the entire nation. We thank God for this great work.

Workshop with Pst. Peter Jhon Mlay on Organic Farming.

 

4. Conclusion, Praise & Prayer Requests

These are praises and prayer request items to pray about with us: –

  • Thank God for our Evangelism & Church Planting movement pray that it continues and reaches out to many for Christ.
  • Praise God for our new Organic Farming Project and continue praying that God would use it to transform the lives of our farmers in the region.
  • Pray for our Orphans and their Care takers; May God continue bless them and help them and that their goats would reproduce more and benefit from this project.

Samson Weldemariam /Pst/
Vice – president and Africa director of U4A

Note From The Board – Ken Martin

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It ‘s difficult sometimes to relinquish our pace in life to a different rhythm and cadence. You may feel out of place and the beat of life’s music is not quite right for you. You may find it necessary to sit out for a while and look at what goes on around you. Efforts to sync up may be fruitless and feel out of character or forced, and not right. It may be time to recognize the wisdom to acknowledge the times, the seasons of life. In-as-much as there are times to press in and do much, there are also times to rest and discern.

The treadmills we spend much time on may be required to feed our families, accomplish the tasks where we are relied upon by others. Even the treadmills we spend time on for our avocations and passions to get grounded and be refreshed, may develop thin spots and weaknesses. When the tread finally becomes so worn, or torn, or breaks, we are forced to step off and evaluate its usefulness to us. Are we driven to repair it to get back on, or should we just stop? Is it time to pay attention? Is it time to adjust the narrow focus that keeps us from a different dance in life? True, a narrow focus may accomplish much, for a time, but will probably cause us to one day find ourselves needing help. “Be still and know that I am God,” may be the season God nudges us toward at this point. A time for quiet and patient awareness of His whispers and guidance.

This is where Unite 4 Africa is rooted. Helping those who need someone to come along side and encourage and build up, to discover our Creator God. This is what so many need and flourish from, places where we are doing God’s work in the villages and cities of the countries where we are focused. Our people on the ground there face difficult circumstances yet God provides and the dance of life becomes a pleasant rhythm like the beating of the heart. Dance with us as God may lead. His yoke is easy and the burden is light. Thank you to all with whom we share this dance floor. The beat of life is here.

Written by Ken Martin

 

Note From The Board – Jim Weisert

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As often as I remind others and myself, “that you (I) are as close to God as you (I) choose to be”, it always stands true. We are either chasing after God daily, like He chases after us, or we’re not.

For instance; I can either put the newspaper or the tablet down and read scripture, or not. I can either turn off the television or my computer and read scripture, or not. I can either join a bible study group and study God’s word, or not. I can either attend Church with others on Sundays, or not. You get the idea. So why are we so focused on the trappings of this world, the temporal? Why are we so caught up in the now instead of the eternal? I would suggest that in part it’s due to how we have programed ourselves. As you know we will spend months, even years learning a trade, skill, craft, ability, or profession, but most of us won’t do the same for our faith to follow Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior to the best of our abilities; we think that is for Pastors/Preachers. We live as though we are going to get to know Jesus/God/The Holy Spirit by osmosis. We don’t do that with our temporal desires, but we do that with our eternal desires. Does that make any sense when you look at it that way? The answer is absolutely not.

In Revelation 22:17, the fifth verse from the end of the Bible, God invites us to “Come.” To drink His living water, His word, which teaches us about our eternal position in Heaven with Him forever. This must be very important to God because he chooses to close His living word with this invitation, he is pleading with all to join Him forever in Heaven.

So, if it’s that important to God, that it’s one of the last things he tells His creation, shouldn’t we take His invitation more seriously and live our daily lives glorifying Him through all our thoughts, words, and actions? The answer is absolutely yes. And how can we begin doing that? By saying Yes to God’s invitation in Revelation 22:17, and living it out daily by reading His word, His truth, His direction for our lives. And then living it out daily as we share life with others around us.

I hope you are encouraged to step up your discovery of who you are in Christ Jesus by chasing after him every day for the rest of your life. By saying Yes to come into a blessed relationship with God through studying His word daily, joining a life group, and attending Church regularly. Fellowship is what God wants every child of His to enjoy now and in eternity, so let’s start today! That’s what we teach and do through Unite 4 Africa, so please “come” and join us.

Serving together for His glory!

Jim Weisert
Unite 4 Africa
Board Chairman

 

Ghana Updates – May Newsletter

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“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5:13)

Training Of Trainers Training

To the glory of God Samson was part of the Facilitators who took over 60 participants through the Church planting model of the Timothy Initiative in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana. These trainees will go and recruit Church planters to be trained over a period of 2 years and it is anticipated that several hundreds of Churches shall be planted within these 2 years.

Visit to Church Planting Training Centers

It was a great delight meeting a cross section of one of the Church planting centre in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana. It was a joy listening to the Trainer in charge of the training centre sharing about what God is doing in their lives and the positive results they are getting. The gospel has been sent to over 10 villages and the community where the centre is I was told when into the community and meet any group young 10 guys seated, 6 out of the number will be Christian

Radio Broadcast

The Seed of Hope weekly broadcast continue to enjoy good listening across the Northern, Savannah and North East Regions of Ghana. Majority continue to call every week to share how the program has been a blessing to them and their walk with the Lord.


Goats Project

Many more orphans continue to enjoy some assistance from the goats’ project. The impact of certain gestures like the goats project, however, the future prospects are so bright and promising that in some few months the results are amazing. Continue to pray for the recipients, that the animals will be healthy and the full benefit enjoyed

Prayer Needs

• Pray for the Women Cycle , Training of Trainers in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana
• Pray for a great move of the Holy Spirit through the Seed of Hope weekly Radio Broadcast
• Pray for the multiplication of Discovery Bible Studies that are ongoing in some selected communities.
• Continue to pray for the 24 Church planting training centers that Samson is overseeing.

Yours in His Vineyard
Samson Abukari – Country Director, Ghana
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Ethiopia Updates – May 2022

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1. Our Underground MBB Ministry grows

Reaching out communities from other religion by the Gospel of Jesus Christ is one of our key focus ministry areas as U4A. This ministry is very sensitive and we are doing it underground. God is doing tremendous things in this Horn of Africa region by drawing many souls to Him.

In the past month I visited one of the countries in Horn of Africa region and met our leaders. I encouraged them, prayed for them and strengthen them in their faith. We thank God for the great salvation He reveals in this region.

Discipleship & Mentoring time with one of our leaders in the region.

 

2. Equipping Leaders and the Churches in Tanzania

Unite 4 Africa offers different levels of training, seminars and workshops for local leaders, church leaders of various backgrounds and for believers as well.  These training sessions empower the people to address the issues of their own families and communities.

In the past month I have got the opportunity to travel to Tanzania to speak in churches and train leaders there. The meeting was successful and many lives have transformed by the word of God. I thank God for the door of the ministry that He has opened in this country.

Ministering Churches and Leaders in Tanga City, Tanzania,

3. Visiting our Orphans in Butajira town in their Family Home

Family is the foundation on which we build our lives. Every strong foundation requires cornerstones that bear weight. Those cornerstones established in a family setup. Unite 4 Africa is working in villages and communities to provide orphans with homes and families with whom they will live and grow.

With prayer and wisdom, U4A meets with local leaders, demonstrating the value of caring for the orphans of their own community themselves by placing them within the families in their own communities. This increases accountability within the community and the precious children are redeemed from deplorable situations into the safety of a family unit. The family unit within the community creates a nurturing environment where the orphan receives a healthy diet, medication if needed, and a quality education that will serve them for the rest of their lives.

Recently my wife and I visited one of the family homes in the town called Buatajira. We have three boys in this home with their mother figure. We provided them cloths, food and other holy day gifts for Easter celebration.

Our local church in Butajira has taken all the responsibility of taking care of those boys since from their childhood. Now, they have grown in good health and reach to Grade 10th, 9th & 8th. We have observed that they are doing very well in their schooling, in their Spiritual lives and in their character. We spent good time of fellowship in their homes during our stay there; visiting & encouraging them and prayed for them. We thank God for the opportunity that He has given us to serve them.

My wife, I and the three boys in our family home in Butajira (Biniyam / Benjamin/, Chalew & Samuel)

4. Conclusion, Praise & Prayer Requests

These are praises and prayer request items to pray about with us:

• Thank God for the breakthrough that he has given to preach the Gospel, to win souls in the Horn of Africa region and to see thousands of people to respond to the Gospel from other religion background.
• Praise God for connecting partners to work together with us in many areas of the ministry.
• Pray for the new believers who live in this persecuted region.
• Pray for our ministry for the impact of our movement in the lives of our leaders to be seen in terms of multiplication and lives transformation.

Samson Weldemariam /Pst/
Vice – president and Africa director of U4A

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