Miraculous Permission to Evangelize in Kenya
Miraculous Permission to Evangelize in Kenya
By Susan Gitau
Hello brothers and sisters. Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We thank our Father for being with us as we work in His vineyard. Here in Kenya, we're still carrying forward the message of God's Character and the knowledge of the Father and His Son. We decided to hold a two-week evangelism in our home area before the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread (See the blooket Fountain of Blessing), but we encountered some challenges.
First, here in Kenya, you're supposed to inform the authorities if you plan to preach for more than a week. We were wondering what to do since we are not registered under any church organization. We prayed about the matter and we decided to write a letter to the officer in charge of the station (OCS) informing him we would like to hold meetings from 30th March to 12th April. One of the elders took the letter to the OCS, and we were told we would get a reply one week before the commencement of the meeting.
The letter was taken in the last week of February, so it would be weeks before we would get a reply. During our long wait we were tempted to ask ourselves: maybe they forgot about the letter, or maybe they will not allow us to hold the meeting since we're not a registered church.
We thank our Father for sending angels to impress the government leaders, because when the elder went back, one week before the starting date, they had not forgotten. The OCS didn't even stamp the letter we had drafted but wrote another one for us and stamped it. It was a miracle to be permitted to hold the meeting without being registered with any church organization. The elder was sent back to the OCS and shared some books with the other officers. We were so happy that we even started preparing the place to pitch the tent and set up the pulpit. Everything was ready on 30th March, and on the 31st we started the meeting with power and zeal from heaven.
During those two weeks, people received the message with gladness. When one of the speakers didn't come to do the morning devotion at 6 am, they would even ask about his or her whereabouts! We thank God because on the last day we shared 100 copies of Identity Wars and 150 copies of Biblical Forgiveness and Lake of Fire and the Second Death booklets and also some tracts about God's law and false justice. We pray that the message they received may help them to come out of darkness and enter into the marvelous light of the knowledge of Father and His Son Jesus Christ. May our Father also help us and guide our minds to give to His children pure and non-veiled gospel that are Spirit-filled to turn them to Christ.
