Rwandan Vineyard's Discipleship for Developement

The weather has been strange here in Rwanda lately. We seem to have missed out on a dry season altogether. Two of the small groups from our church have embarked on a very ambitious business scheme. They have rented more than 5 acres of land and are preparing to plant beans as a first crop. Not too much profit but safe. It is hard back breaking work to get the land ready for the first planting but future crops will be much easier as 'Farming God's Way' does not require digging again. We are praying for the rain to hold off another few days to get the rest of our 80 kg of beans planted. We are short on fertilizer so we are fertilizing with prayer also. Please add your prayers to ours that this aspect of God's kingdom among us will bear as much fruit as the lives that have been changed through faith in Jesus. The picture shows 9 members of our Tuesday group preparing the soil for planting.

Coventry Vineyard Visit

For the past week we have been blessed with 2 visitors from the UK. Germain Ndaruhutse who is a Rwandan living in England and Nick Sutton who pastors the Coventry Vineyard with his wife Vicki have been checking out our development projects and doing training with some of our small groups. We've been to visit 3 genocide memorial sites and have had some great times of fellowship. Our Sunday service ended with a time of real celebration where most of the congregation including Germain danced in the traditional Rwandan style. Afterwards we got together for a group photo with Nick in the center. We look forward to developing a lasting relationship with the Coventry Vineyard.