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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, cleansing as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom-----
Ruth 1:16-17 NKJV
But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”
This very well known scripture was an encouragement this week to many women in the DRC, who have been hurt by people from "another race" - to be able to forgive again, and to let go of their pain and hurt, and instead rise up from all the pain they have been through, and to come back to God again....
Below is a message received from Ps Armstrong this week, after an outreach he arranged for the day - with 3 different activities all on the same day. Which is a real miracle for them - as this was not possible for most of this past year in Bukavu !
And the wonderful part of the message is that he was able to have an open air meeting in the early evening again - and that in the market place !! Keep in mind this was possible after they have all been making haste for their respective homes or hiding places long before sunset for most of this year - after all the conflict started in January already - as they were in so much fear that the rebel soldiers will attack them if they were caught outside after dark.
Yes, the conflict isn't over yet, but it is clear that the tension is lifting slightly, and we praise God for His Mercy and Protection on them all. And we pray that God will bring real peace to the cities of Bukavu & Goma, and also bring healing and restoration to those that have lost everything, and are living on the streets, who have been through so much pain living in constant fear for their lives, and for their loved ones. It sure has not been an easy 2025 for them.
Here follows Ps Armstrong's message:
We thank God for enabling us to have three activities yesterday! It was a day full of activities where I have been preaching to women's conferences in a village.
The hall was packed with women, and outside , we assisted a crowd of women who followed the conference
After that, my local church organized an Evangelism door to the door. I have assisted youth, and some mamas joined them to tell people around the good news of Jesus !!
In the evening, we had an open-air meeting at a small market where we had preaching about Jesus is coming back soon
Many people gave their lives to Jesus, and we gave glory to our God
The fear and trauma is among people but the gospel must be preached to give hope to nations who are desperate of life! We trust in God that during this time, revival is going to happen in our city
The situation remains critical the war is still ongoing and every day we are losing people. There is a lot of fear and anxiety in many people
After our first activity of women, we had time with our youth in church, and some mama joined us to preach the message of Christ to those who have not yet received Jesus Christ the response on the field was very good, as many responded positively to the call and they gave them the directions of repentance.
We got 17 people say yes to Jesus in the afternoon
In the evening, we had an open-air meeting to market where we met many people, and we proclaimed the name of Jesus and made a call to people for Christ !
We got some problem of instrument (ie. sound equipment) as it was in the market and we could not be able to organize well - with some spiritual attacks and some people did not want us to preach to the area because it is for catholic area, but Christ was preached and we pray for the sick, and many people of different issues...
Some people responded positively, but we will go back again to preach to the area as many say we need to be saved and we will make next time to arrange the sound in a good technical way!
Yesterday we went with my team to a village approximately to our city. We visited women of sexual violence and preached to them about time of crisis and the coming of Jesus Christ. The conference has welcomed more than 300 victims of the war, and it was tremendous how many received the message positively and we spoke how Ruth and Naomi live together as they were two women of different nations and how they interacted in all the matter by honoring one another despite they were widows until Ruth became a wife of Boaz. It was a message of hope for the future no matter how life is somehow hard, but the end God will show mercy!
Many women responded positively, and tears on their faces came out their eyes. Many asked forgiveness as many women could not forgive those who harassed and raped them.
We got some 23 women say yes to Jesus, and many repented
Thank you for always take time to pray for us as we are preaching and work in time of crisis!
Ps Armstrong
DRC (Congo)
Please, will you keep Ps Armstrong and his church, his city Bukavu & all of the DRC in your prayers. And also see if the Lord might guide you to support him regularly to continue assisting those affected by the ongoing conflict in their region - While he is Preaching Repentance and Forgiveness, and bring healing to many people in his City and Villages all around!
Know that your faithful contributions are bearing much fruit in many African countries and will also impact the people in the DRC even further.
May God Bless the DRC (Congo) !!
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