Mission in Rwanda- Amber Book

Amber Book has been a full time missionary (and is now a full time mom) and has had many trips to Rwanda. Her gentle boldness is a powerful tool in the hands of the Lord. Here are a few of her stories from trips to Rwanda with e3 Partners.

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Walking along the beaten path, my evangelism team came upon a bar where a handful of men were circled up outside. We stopped to share Jesus with them. No more than 2 minutes went by when a crowd of men came walking out of the bar to join the circle. All were hanging on each word of the message and were nodding their heads in agreement. Towards the end of our conversation together, I asked if any of them would like to pray to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Many of them seemed to be chuckling. My translator told me they were laughing because I would even ask them this question. They responded, “Of course we all want to!”.

Signs and Wonders Will Follow

Do you believe miracles are still happening? Let me tell you they are!! The bible says in Mark 16:17 that “signs will accompany those who believe…..they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” v 20 “Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.”

We saw this with our own eyes. There were many stories of people getting healed after they put their trust in Jesus. After sharing the gospel with a mother, she asked us to pray for her baby. The baby’s head and body was covered in terrible sores. The next day, the mother came to the fellowship meeting and shared a testimony about how God healed the baby. She said, “ I tried everything before; I even got medicine but nothing worked. Then, you came to my house and told me about Jesus and prayed for my baby. Today, my baby is well.” An elderly woman we called ’grandma’ found us as soon as we arrived at the mission point. She was acting out all that God had done! We found out that before g’ma had put her trust in Jesus, she could hardly stand and couldn’t stretch out her arms. When she came to us she was walking and would not stop raising her arms to God! She went out with us that day to share the gospel and tell her story to others. G’ma ran to people telling them to come listen. That day, grandma even shared the gospel with people in her village. She knew God healed her from the inside out and she couldn’t wait to tell everyone!

The whole team had numerous stories similar to these. It’s so easy for us to say the circumstance we have or our friend has is too big. We deny God and His miracles because we have a small view of God. God calls all of us to be used by Him. Many have different responses. Some people will delay and say I’ll do it another time. Some will reject and ignore God, but some will answer Him and say, “Here I am!” Which one of these responses will you say? When the opportunities are so big, we realize we can’t do it on our own. There is a crazy feeling inside of us like we can’t do this. God wants us to feel this way so we understand that we need Him to help. You must be willing and ready for these opportunities. No matter how difficult the call, it will all be worth it when we are in heaven with Jesus. (Grandma and the Gang)