It is hard to communicate the immeasurable opportunities waiting for WMP booklets. A new ministry partner in Rwanda will be receiving 3,000 boxes (1,485,000 booklets) in the Kinyarwanda language. “Literature is the key. We can’t do it without the literature,” he insists. His ministry will also work in 8 other countries of East Africa. In addition, the WMP national coordinator in Rwanda will be receiving a new supply to meet the continuing needs of many other ministry partners.
"I am a 36-year-old, single woman with two children. Before accepting Jesus Christ into my heart, I was in debauchery and delinquency. I was also using drugs. Volunteers approached me and began to tell me the good news of Jesus Christ. With the help of my new Christian brothers and sisters, I realized that Jesus is my one true, valiant Friend Who has forgiven my sins and given me salvation! This faithful Friend is now guiding my life and I am especially thankful for World Missionary Press' 'The Way to God' booklet. It is helping me in my relationship with Christ." -Claudette, Rwanda "I was 61 years old and had no idea about Jesus' salvation. I felt that good behavior would lead me to heaven. With the help of God's servants, I accepted the Good News that Jesus loves me and came to save me from my sins! I am now following the Lord Jesus, Who is the Savior of the world, and I am determined to help others by sharing the good news from house to house. I'm so thankful for World Missionary Press Scripture booklets, which are helpful in my relationship with God." -Semigabo, Rwanda We put things in our pockets every day without thinking: loose change, business cards, gum wrappers. We never consider that an item we drop in might have a transformative effect on our lives, but that was the case for Hakiziyaremye Vianney. Vianney was selling goats and sheep in Rwanda’s crowded Rugarama street market when he noticed a sudden burst of activity. People were fighting to receive booklets from a group of EHC evangelists. Curious, Vianney took one and glanced at it before absentmindedly slipping it into his pocket.
“He was a drunkard and was beating his wife every day,” says Ananie Bagaragaza, the EHC National Director of Rwanda. “He wasn’t interested in hearing the Gospel.” When Vianney came home that night, he emptied his pockets and didn’t even notice the gospel booklet, The Way to God, drop onto the table. Propping up his feet to relax, he asked his wife, Everyne, to bring him a glass of water. When Everyne didn’t respond, he looked up, irritated that he had been ignored. To his surprise, she was coming toward him slowly, carrying a glass of water in one hand and reading the gospel booklet with the other. “The content of the whole booklet pleased her,” Ananie says, “but the message on page 43, where it said Jesus is the only way to God, deeply penetrated her heart.” Annoyed that a piece of paper had stolen Everyne’s attention from him, Vianney stormed off to a bar. When he returned hours later, Everyne was still reading the gospel booklet. At that point, Vianney’s annoyance turned to curiosity, and he asked to read the booklet for himself. “After reading, I thought immediately of God and my death,” Vianney says. “That night, I had a dream.” In Vianney’s dream, he was on the verge of death and surrounded by a crowd of people. With cruel laughter, they told him that, because he had rejected Jesus, it was too late for him to receive salvation. Desperation and regret washed over Vianney. Suddenly, a tall, strong man emerged from the crowd and had compassion on him. This man told Vianney that it wasn’t too late. When Vianney shared his dream with Everyne the next morning, she was thankful that God had used it to reach her husband. They immediately went to a Christian church near their village, and the pastor prayed with them. The couple accepted Christ, and it wasn’t long before their entire family of eight was saved. “The amazing thing is that they were baptized together,” says Ananie. “On Christmas Eve, they were both baptized.” Today, Vianney and Everyne’s marriage is transformed. They are being discipled by a pastor, and they regularly volunteer in EHC home-to-home evangelism. Everywhere Vianney goes, he carries a pocketful of gospel booklets to share with others whenever he has the chance. “Now, I and all my family are baptized and have Jesus as our Savior,” Vianney says. “It is all because of a gospel booklet. Praise God!” Every Home For Christ uses our literature to reach the lost all over the world. This article was taken from their webpage with permission. |
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