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Rungou

Vieux (literally translated to mean “old man”) has a great desire to see his family know Jesus as their Saviour. He had been searching for quite some time for somebody to go and preach the Gospel in his village. When I heard the story from missionary John Cooley, my heart was broken. To see a man whose great desire is to have somebody preach Jesus in his village really touches my heart. Bro. John Cooley and I decided to go and see what we could do. The village is about 2 hours from our house.


Our first baptism. I had the wonderful
priviledge to baptise 34 people.
One of the people from Rungo
that has trusted Christ.
After the baptism we ate together.
We had about 200 present.

The African way to eat. One bowl in the middle,
no utensiles, many hands
and of course finger-licking good.

Church Dedication at Roungo

We finished our church building at Roungo and because of that we felt it would be good to have a church dedication. We have met under tress and grass hangars for two years. I felt it was the right time to help them build a building. They did lots of the work by getting all the water, sand and rock necessary for the construction. We were privileged to have David Lundy and David Velke here. Bro. Lundy is a faithful member of Vision Baptist Church where Bro. Austin Gardner is the pastor. He is in charge of the children's ministry and also is very faithful with Businessmen Committed to World Evangelism. He has helped greatly with our construction needs. Bro. Velke is a 19yr old that is being trained by Bro. Gardner. He preached for us 4 different times and God used him greatly. Our people said that they were amazed to see a young man with a love for God and a great vision.

We arrived in Roungou on Friday afternoon. We built benches and painted the inside of the building, the doors and the windows. We also put our church logo on the outside of the building.
We had well over 300 in attendance for the church dedication. We had many of the old men and chiefs from the area. I was also able to baptize 16 people.
Here is a picture of Vieux. He is a real blessing to us!
Missionary John Cooley taught on what a real church is.
David Lundy and David Velke have worked very hard while visiting.
David Velke preaching while I am another Brother tranlates.







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