Newsletter – October 2023 – Poured Out For the Nations

I am so happy to report to you some of the great things our Savior is doing with our ministry in Africa! Of course, the August outreach in Rwanda and then the Eastern DR Congo was a smash! We counted 621 who prayed to repent and receive our Savior Jesus Christ!

There is ongoing discipleship with the new believers and for that we are very thankful. I am adding a picture or two and if you are a regular viewer of my program Watch Therefore you may have seen video footage of many new believers being taught basic Bible truths in a discipleship meeting for the new believers. (Above: Bible distribution)

This is in accordance with our Savior’s command to preach the gospel and make disciples. One should lead to the other or something is very wrong. An initial prayer to receive Christ must lead to then following our Savior.

Here are some passages establishing my assertions:

"And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” Romans 1:16

“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”
Matthew 28:18-20

Tragically, the “Great Commission” has been lost in the shuffle of our modern Christian environment that is too often focused on the things of this life with very little thought of eternity. But the mission from the command still stands to go with the gospel and make disciples. Oh please, prayerfully consider joining us on mission by praying and giving as I do the going! (praying, giving, going!)

For many years I have been working with a dear brother in Christ who is a pastor, translator, and an authentic disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ. His name is Winner Luzolana and he has been my translator in Western DR Congo since I began traveling there about ten years ago.

Finally, our ministry has taken him on as a monthly partner in that we will help with his most urgent needs monthly and he will send us reports and be our man on the ground reporting from Kinshasa, DRC. He is deserving of much more than we can give his dear family, but we will do what we can to help every month Lord willing. I asked him to send an introduction for this letter—so below please meet Winner Luzolana.

Hello, my name is Winner Luzolana. I live in Kinshasa, DRC. I am a church leader and Watch Therefore/Poured out for the Nations partner. I am married to Princess Mushitu Luzolana, we have two Kids: Acacia Luzolana, our daughter, is nearly 5 years old and Gift Luzolana, our son, is one year and nine months old.

Actually, the poverty rate in the DRC is alarming. Unemployment, malnutrition, epidemics, criminality, insecurity and so many other kinds of strange and wicked phenomena are increasingly happening in this country because of war and bad political administration. I’m currently one of the people affected by this poverty. Being poor, jobless and suffering from diabetes type 2, it is hard for me to take care of my family and my treatment.

However, my wife and I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord—we met pastor Dov Schwarz. He was moved with compassion when he found out about our life situation. So he made up his mind to support us with a monthly donation. We are very grateful to Pastor Dov and his Ministry Watch Therefore/Poured Out for the Nations for the monthly giving support that they are sending to us. This support enables us to supply our family with basic foodstuffs such as: semolina, cassava flour, powder cream, oil, sugar, and baby’s diapers and medicines to treat my diabetes type 2.

Lastly, I pray God to provide for this Ministry and to fill their baskets in Jesus Christ's mighty name.

Blessings,

Winner Luzolana