The Conference in Rwanda - Video and Pics
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| Amethyst giving a message |
The organizations brought African leaders from Burundi,
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and we brought our core group from Congo. It was a
time, we thought, for them to be poured into and create good relationships.
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| Some of the Congo team |
The truth is, we got more out of it then any of the
Congolese did.
The Lord poured into Andrew and I like a waterfall.
He gave us peace after feeling weary and frustrated. He gave
us clear direction after spending two months fighting for an end-result we were
unclear about. He gave us a mandate when we were simply asking for a
confirmation. And most importantly, he revealed to us some key areas of
weakness in our ministry and brought us to repentance.
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| Alter call during a meeting |
We sat with elders like Dean Niforatos, Steven Mayanja and
Shannon Coenen to brainstorm about what was next for Congo. They would give us
their advice and wisdom... But nothing was solidified in our hearts until I had
a dream.
Foundations
I won’t share the whole dream, but there was one word that
echoed through the dream. The word was foundations.
God gave us a strong word about the responsibility we needed
to take in building a strong foundation in Congo. A foundation that others
could lean on that will last beyond our ministry.
The point of decision
It seems in my life, that there is always a special point of
decision, a point of reckless abandonment. It’s the point where you stop
thinking about all the costs and just say “yes.”
That point came for us during the conference in Rwanda. We
realized Congo is going to take more commitment then we had imagined—more
money, time and more flat out
responsibility. I think that if God had revealed this to us three years ago—we
would have declined the invitation. But he’s shown us with clarity now.
Phase Two
This clarity has lead us into a sort of “phase two” in the
Congo-vision.
We returned home with our feet hitting the ground and
running. There’s a new pace, new anointing and a lot doors that seem more open
then they were before. But with that, there’s definitely a different kind of
gravity over us, we have a lot more responsibility and a lot more drive—but it
doesn’t feel as burdensome as it has in the past. It’s been easier to dedicate
the mornings to prayer and messages, dreams and words have been coming from
every direction.
We will begin to share more about phase two in our upcoming
newsletters and blogs. We ask that you cover Andrew, me, and our staff (even
those we don’t have yet) in a prayer. I know that there’s a lot of progress
being made at this time in almost every aspect of our lives and sadly, that
means the enemy is probably out to mess something up along the way.
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