DIVINE CONNECTIONS

This is the mission report by Bishop Henry Mulandi on his mission to North America and Canada. The mission lasted six weeks and while in Canada he established new connections for ACMI. He also got to preach in several churches and home churches where he sold the vision of ACMI and got good feedback.

The connections with the Canadians were tremendous. I was very apprehensive prior to taking the trip that I almost cancelled the mission. I was hesitant about taking it alone after the singing team was denied visas. I thought I wouldn’t manage it all alone. But thanks to your prayers and God’s sufficient grace I made it and was so full of energy all through.

Provision of Water Tanks
From Kenya I went through Washington DC and stopped in Hagerstown, Maryland and we had a very good meeting. Ron Weaver was in Kenya in the beginning of the year and had an interest in helping us purchase a rig for water drilling. He briefed me on some other people that God brought to his life when he was in Kakuma who wanted to connect with other people working in Kakuma. I felt that was a divine connection.

I also met Monty, one of the people involved in the construction of the Agape Bridge in Ruiru, Kenya. He had an interest in building water tanks and when he heard about our drilling project he wanted to help. He said he wanted to walk alongside ACMI and help us know how to make this tanks and ship some of the metals and the machines here for making those tanks.

Connection with United Calvary Church
I had a week of fellowship with members the United Calvary Presbyterian Church in Canada. Their pastor had requested me to visit the believers in their homes before preaching to them on Sunday. This church heard about us from Roseanne, a girl who was in Kenya, who told them about the African Christian Missions International.

In March, the men of this church took a trip to pray. While they were retreating, they felt that they needed to connect with an African ministry or church and work with in two areas:

1. They would want to help them build a training institute.
2. They want to send their missionaries and workers.

Selling ACMI
In every home I visited, I set up the ACMI picture board and on the table I’d have our posters, newsletter, and child sponsorship forms. This way, they asked questions and I would explain to them about ACMI. Afterwards I would show them the latest ACMI DVD. They appreciated that.

The United Calvary Church has already arranged to send a couple to Africa for two weeks as an ambassador to come and have a feel of where ACMI is and where they can also come in so that we may work together.

HIV Orphans Sponsored
I had some child sponsorship forms from the Operation Hope Program and someone in Pennsylvania took Twenty-five cases and promised to find sponsors for those children. Going through Indiana someone else took Twenty-five more. I took the rest to Canada and didn’t come back with any. Not all of them are sponsored, but the last church took so many but left fourteen. One lady took up the fourteen and dedicated herself to finding them sponsors.

Provision of a drilling rig
I had the privilege of meeting a Christian businessman, Stuart G. Rempel, who loves the Lord. He invited us for a meeting and it was in this meeting that I met with the ambassador of Peru and the Kenyan High Commissioner attached to Canada and Cuba. I held a meeting with Stuart, Garry Lemire and Dave McElhinney who said they would help buy the Drilling Rig. They said Ron Weaver and ACMI should just concentrate on buying the Lorries that we need.

Life Changers in Canada
Brian, brother to Dale Bauman, my board chairman invited me to go to Toronto. He said he wanted us to do a prayer walk because he had a burden for Toronto. During that time, Brian said they would like us to design a program for the young people in Canada. He suggested that the young people would come to Africa for training for three months. He suggested that the young people could skip one university semester or year and train and later return to Toronto and work at planting churches. When I said we can do that, he went ahead and contacted several pastors and they arranged for a meeting on a Wednesday and I was supposed to address them about how we are going to go about the program. And after that they said that they needed to talk to more leaders. The leaders decided that it was not just the Canadian, but other Mennonite churches would start doing the same program.

This response was strengthened by a young man called Brent and his brother Mike who had been in the accounts department in the Thika office in Kenya. He took the news back of what was happening. Brent is the one who introduced me to his church and he did such a wonderful introduction that after the service everyone was asking, “What did you do to that young guy, because he’s different. Ever since he came back he has been different.” Every parent with a teenager was saying, “We want our child to come to Kenya. We want them to be trained and to come back here and impact the society.” Brian already drew up a proposal and we hope to have the first class in Kenya as early as April. Talk of Divine connections!

Canadian Board Re-established
Our Canadian board is now registered as a charity in Canada. That way we can get donations that are tax exempt. We have Colleen Wagler as the secretary. Previously, we had five board members and needed two more. Paul Wideman who runs four feed mills took up my invitation to become a fulltime ACMI board member. He said that he’s got plenty of time and is available to go anywhere anytime. He will be coming to Kenya in October with other board members and businessmen.

There wouldn’t be a better timing. God has done more than I would have imagined, more than I had asked actually. He gave me strength but after the last service, I felt I couldn’t do more. The mission was a success and a blessing. The meals were well arranged a whole month in advance. I also dedicated a church, a two million Canadian dollars building, for Stein and Fran. I was all by myself but I had great times with the Lord.

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