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Through my host of the last two trips, Peace, we met them Monday at the restaurant they own in Kigali. After discovering some of the common experiences we’ve had they invited us to dinner at their home which is walking distance from the airport.
I was amazed at the things Freddie & I have in common like:
1. Dislike of being called Pastor, or some other title.
2. Commitment to use our businesses to support the kingdom of God, not our ministry to get $.
3. Same age
4. Swindled & lied to by the same person, Emanuel.
5. He recently invested in business in Sudan, but his large investment was lost when the trucks they had bought were destroyed & dozens of people were killed, but his truck wouldn’t run, so he was delivered from the ambush & escaped with nothing but his life, but still had a wife, restaurant & house in Kigali. Similar to how I lost my business & have had 4 narrow escapes in the last 3 yrs.
6. Put in jail in the last year for crimes committed by other persons. He was jailed for 3 days by being accused of using a false invitation to the USA by the USA Embassy, because of Emanuel’s underhandedness using my invitation to him saying things that were not true.
7. He volunteered that he eats no sugar, or white flour for his health.
8. His joy is to see people growing in truly obeying the commands of Jesus.
Having spent most of his life in Kenya his English is good. I don’t know the discussion our wives had, but they seemed as intent & excited as we were talking late Wed night. He was aware of something my wife had seen, that we know a person who could be dangerous. He said we are family & my wife with be safe in their care. They will help us if we need anything.
He is leading a new church he started with some unusual, but perfectly scriptural & balanced teaching. We are both looking forward to me sharing with them when I come back & traveling together to a place he went with Emanuel where many were saved when he preached, but they were confused by the dishonesty & immorality that came with Emanuel. Through him there are a number of groups in Rwanda that we can contact with again that are still having church in houses, despite the failure of Emanuel.
He also said he could effectively help us finish registering New Wave Ministry, which will allow us drastic customs reductions, for sales to support the ministry.
I’ve been typing this at the airport in Kenya for my 8 hr lay-over.
My wife cried a little this morning after we came home late last night, but we have great confidence of the Lord’s amazing goodness & future for us.
We did just get a lot of the products I ordered for resale at no customs fee, but it was difficult for the ministry who helped us, so we have to find another way to ship items in the future.
I have $100 in my pocket that Mama gave us as a gift for our US house & now my wife has lots of goods to sell to pay her expenses & to send more to me to buy more things to ship to her.
I used about $1.20 in British change at the internet café to check, my emails, bank balance, & make one transfer from the ministry account to repay my personal account that will catch up on my child support, as soon as I have time to make the on-line bill payment. Maybe in Chicago Saturday when I can use my wireless card for the internet.
We lost my wife’s cell phone at the paid for hotel after our last wedding, but I brought two, which I don’t need in the USA. So I kept the camera-phone because it is durable with a flash & left her with the Palm Treo & made sure it had all the important #s. It will synch with a computer when I can afford to replace the one we sold to help pay wedding expenses.
I figured out how to use the camera phone to send messages while I waited for the plane in Kigali, so I sent a message to Grace, my Dad, my wife, etc.
Thanks for the donations we used to make the Jesus DVDs in 8 languages, audio bibles, etc. We’re almost even with those expenses. I think they’ll arrive soon for Congo, & Rwanda, but I told Justus to return the other shipment, because they wanted $163 in customs for the cameras that we also shipped, so my wife will give him 2 from the 12 that we got Tuesday. Then we’ll ship the media again for maybe only $11 after it gets back.
After about $100 more we need our $400 mission & translation budget for June in Burundi. I did get a report of conversions from last month but I need more internet time to put that in a news letter.
Thanks to some good old friends, I am happy to apologize for something I wrote that was not wisdom to write. I actually changed the email when I thought it didn’t send, but it did send, referring to my 1st wife as demonized. I think that wasn’t wise to tell so many people, since she was not available to respond. As far as I know she is doing very well, & she has many good qualities that I’ve often expressed to friends & our children. I can’t honestly say my statement wasn’t accurate, since I saw and heard a lot of things first hand, but that was a long time ago (about 12 yrs.) & we are all a new creation in Christ, even day to day. I’m not offended if you should have input like my old friends gave me. I feel that, “faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an ememy.” I wanted to send a separate letter for this to give it more attention, but I think I’ll be so busy for some time after arriving back in the USA, that I should not delay to get this done.
Naye Lia kwa Mapenzi na Furaha,…
or
He Who Weeps with Love & Joy, for the Beautiful African Bride of Christ
(Known in the past as Greg Cunningham)
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New Wave Ministry
29731 C. Rd. 28
Elkhart, IN 46517, USA
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Three New Waves:
Ø Passionate Love————–From & for Jesus
Ø Never-Ending Humility—To follow the King
Ø Total Sacrifice ————–Living out His Love & Humility
