Mission Redemption Rwamagana
December 2009

In This Issue:
Mission Accomplished  Glasses, Goats, and the Gospel  Festival Perceptions  Team Testimonies
A Personal Note from Dan  Photo Gallery

Festival Perceptions by Gary Losey

Gary Losey, EMM Festival Director, shared his thoughts with the team in London regarding the week ahead.

As we turned the corner and neared the Festival grounds on the first night of the Festival, I couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing - thousands of people gathered. It was an incredible sight as we looked over a sea of people. Each night the crowd grew even larger, reaching an estimated 12,000 people on the final night.

Pastor after pastor mentioned that Dan’s messages were anointed of God; and God used the preaching of the Word to penetrate the hearts of people. Hundreds of people streamed to the front of the platform each night as the invitation was given. You could see that God was working mightily in the hearts of people as tears streamed down some of their faces. The number of counselors on hand was woefully short compared to the number of people who responded to the invitation. The pastors reported that not only were there hundreds who indicated that they had received Jesus as their Savior, but there were hundreds of believers who re-dedicated their lives to Him as they were challenged to truly live for God and not themselves.

Here are some of the comments that I heard from the local pastors:

“Historical in the city.”

“Biggest they’ve ever seen in Rwamagana.”

“Have never had this kind of response like this one.”

“People don’t want meetings to end.”

“Humanitarian aid left a huge impact; helped spread the word about the festival.”

The Festival meetings far exceeded the local pastors’ expectations, as well as mine. Some words that might describe the meetings would be awesome, powerful, incredible, fantastic, amazing, and life changing. Praise be to the Lord!

Gary Losey

More articles in this issue:

Mission Accomplished   Glasses, Goats, and the Gospel   Festival Perceptions   Team Testimonies

A Personal Note from Dan   Photo Gallery