We are so excited to say that we are staying in America until April 27th. This last week we were invited to the University of the Nations YWAM base in Kona Hawaii. While we were there we saw so many blessings. We had meetings with many leaders at the base and even got to speak at the thursday night gathering that had over 1,000 people. While we were there we were asked to come back in April to attend an African Pastors Gathering. Below is what the gathering is about.
“We are in an amazing season of time, as Bible translation is progressing at a pace never before seen. We expect the last of the 7000 languages spoken on earth to begin translation sometime between 2020 and 2025. And we can expect that the translation and publicationprocess will have progressed so much that by 2033, everyone on earth will have the Scriptures available in their mother tongue! That year will mark the second millennium anniversary since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! What an important milestone! Just think of it: for the first time in history everyone will have access to God’s written Word in his/her own heart language. What an exciting time to be alive! Indeed, God is certainly at work around the globe preparing for a great new wave of Kingdom harvest. We believe this coming spiritual awakening will be fed and undergirded by a new level of engagement with God’s Word. As Bible poverty is eradicated and the Scriptures spread throughout the earth we can expect God to draw people to Himself, resulting in the redemption of individuals and the transformation of nations.
In light of this opportunity we felt it imperative to visit with key leaders who represent the various streams of the Christian tradition as well as those engaged in filling the world with God’s Word. Our purpose was to be cheerleaders, encouraging these leaders to encourage their constituents to engage afresh with God’s Word. At the same time we wanted to explore with them means of collaboration and cooperation around the Scriptures: getting them translated, produced, distributed, read, used, understood, and applied. We wanted to hear what these leaders are doing in these areas and learn from them as we also shared with them what we see happening in these categories. Though these leaders represent many different Christian traditions we all agree that the Bible is God’s Word, and it needs to take a vibrant place in the life of the reader.” Lauren Cunningham
When Fahamu and I heard about this meeting, we were so excited. As we prayed we realised that it was very important for us to attend. We looked at our finances we saw that we could just move our tickets back a couple months rather then fly to the D.R Congo and back to Hawaii. This means we will be in America for another two months.
As we shared our dreams and visions with so many people in Kona it was so exciting to see how many cared and encouraged us. We saw this small dream we had, become more and more real. We know that what lies ahead of us will be tough but we have so many people who are standing behind us. Thank you everyone who is praying for us and supporting us. You really don´t know how much it has blessed us. I will write a more detailed account about our time in Kona. We just wanted to share the big news of our extended time in the states.
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