Pastor Updates

Martha:

Martha and her husband Paul have grown their church to  include over 100 youth worshiping weekly.  Many of these youth were at one time street children. The youth lead the praise band and are mobilizing local youth in the schools to learn more about Jesus.  Their testimonies are a witness to the Power of the Gospel to transform lives.  They additionally are using materials for Sunday school that members of RUMC sent on a regular basis and want more.

Mercy:

Mercy and her husband Francis live in an area that is largely Islamic and underdeveloped because of gang control. As their church grew a price was put on their heads. They confronted the gang leader with boldness in Christ stating that if he needed to behead them, do it right then and there. He was amazed at the strength of their conviction and wanted to know about the God they served to be so bold. Over time Mercy and her husband have led this gang leader to Christ and now are being invited into the homes of the gang members to share the Good News of salvation and how to walk with the Lord.

Mercy also has mobilized 15 young women- she calls them babies having babies – and is using her training to teach them how to raise their children in a godly manner and to be godly wives. Additionally Mercy has about 25 children she is nurturing in the Message of the Savior. She believes these children will lead their parents to Christ as it is easier for them to come to church initially rather than the parents due to Islamic pressure. One of the children has risen up as a child prodigy. He is a three year old boy and he has led his mom and others to Christ as each week after the service he goes out and stands up on a table or stones and repeats what the pastor said. He also leads little children in songs and praise. Amazing what is happening in this area.

Lucy:

Pastor Simon’s wife Lucy went to the True Identity workshop in July, a women’s ministry led by RUMC’s Jennifer Brommet and her daughter Carina. Since then Lucy has taught other women in her area the True Identity message. Now the men want their own True Identity workshop and one of the pastors is adapting the message for men and even posting this on Facebook..

Judy:

Judy is the wife of our Dean of Students and she has taken the True Identity message to the school where she works and also to her church. She wants to grow the message amongst adolescent girls.

Samuel:

We visited Samuel at his new church of 60 members in July.  On the November trip we discovered that his church has now grown to 100 plus members and is looking for a larger space to hold services.