Another dry warm day today has dry so far. Woke as usual to the sound of birdsong.A leisurely breakfast then off to Charles' church which is really a house church it is a tent in his garden. There were about 40 people very enthusiastic singing and dancing to a lovely small choir, Charles translating as we went along. Charles is a pastor and evangelist we have known for a long time Juliette is a pastor and teacher trainer, who live in a big house in Kigali a short ride from Solace. We heard the testimony of a young lady who had an amazing story. Her family were very in to witch craft and she was raped as a teenager fled to the city and ended up as a sex worker on the streets. She was diagnosed as HIV positive. She met some pastors who were evangelists among those people. At one stage she was in a quiet spot and heard God talking to her telling her she would be healed. Later she came to faith the pastors persuaded her to go back to the clinic for treatment and she was found to be persistently HIV negative on testing. She now has two healthy grown up children aged sixteen and eighteen. Charles says that she is now a pillar of the church, and has lead many to Christ through her testimony . After more singing and praying I preached a sermon about the four gardens in the bible. Garden of Eden, the Garden of Gethsemane, the garden of the tree of life in Revelation and the garden of our hearts which produces the fruit of the Spirit.
Then tea and chapattis in their house and return home via the golf course to a restful Sunday afternoon.
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