Burundi Bumps and Blessings
3rd Quarter Report – 2016 – by Pastor Isaac Peter Oyako
Dear friends and payer partners,
Special greetings in the wonderful name our Lord Jesus Christ!
I am now enjoying a much deserved rest at home after a successful mission trip to Burundi, bumps and blessings, both experienced there. where a Bible School is fully initiated.
On my way to Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi, close fiends had requested that I do some work for them in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.
I had also two trips to Kenya; Bungoma and Migori; where I spoke in a National Women’s Conference, and general regional meeting respectively. In Migori, I had the privilege to be accompanied by my wife, Christine.
You are all acquainted with the difficulties we had been going through; the difficulties of frequent accidents, financial hardships, persecutions etc. These were for a purpose, and I can now say as king David said, “It is good that I was afflicted that I may learn your Statutes.” (Psalms 119:71). Through these difficult times, we learned to rely on God, learned the value of human relation-ships and sought wisdom and discernment in all situations. These have been so helpful to me of late.
It is not safe in Burundi, as they say, “life is cheap in Burundi.” However, God kept me safe, and He will always do so. To appreciate God’s protections I would like to narrate one incident and also give you the security background of Burundi.
The first few hours was scary for me: Five minutes after checking into my hotel room, two gun men forced their way into my room, demanding for my pass-port and reasons as to why I was in Burundi. They ransacked my baggage and . . .
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