Welcome to our Blog! What are the goals of "Africonnection"? To further the Kingdom. To help North American friends make a connection with the lives and experiences of their brothers and sisters in Africa. And to give North American friends an opportunity to partner with Africa Nazarene University as it supports the Kingdom through the Church of the Nazarene in Africa.

Mark and Nancy

Saturday, June 6, 2009

African Lives Update

Well we already shared with you the article about Fidele Senga from Rwanda. Fidele graduated from ANU last week and was honored with one of two "Character and Leadership" awards. If you were going to buy stock in a person, Fidele would be a "stock to watch."

Beyond that, Bwana Asifiwe (Praise the Lord!)--The glory and work of graduation are over. We graduated a record number (225) students and gave honorary degrees to Michael Ranneberger, the US Ambassador to Kenya and to a wonderful Christian lady named Ingrid Munro who has started a very successful self-help ministry to street people in Kenya.

We've finished editing the other interviews we've had over the last several weeks with the people for the book: Regional Director Eugenio Duarte; Central Africa Field Strategy Coordinator Paul Mtambo; French Equatorial Africa FSC Chanshi Chanda; Horn of Africa FSC Ermias Choylie; Recent ANU graduate and new Kenyan Nazarene Jackie Mugane; Benson Phiri, a wonderful B.Th. student from Malawi. Even as we speak, our ANU boss, Professor Leah Marangu, is putting the finishing touches on her article. In the next few weeks--especially since the work is done--we'll be sharing pictures and stories of these people with you. Would you do this? Would you pick one or two of them and make the Lord and yourself a promise that you'll pray for them and for the prayer requests they made at the end of each article.

We'll be at General Assembly in a couple of weeks and will be working part of the time at the ANU booth. We'd love to see you either their or on our deputation tour in July and August. Blessings on you all. Read down to the two additional posts: one for Eugenio Duarte, our great Regional Director, and for John Yual, the district superintendent for Sudan.

1 comment:

Teresa Glenn said...

Nancy and Mark,

It was great to see pictures of the kids. No pictures of Rachel and Andrew? You both look great. Have been reading all of your blogs over the last couple of months. What a journey you have been on. We pray for your safty as well as for your good works. We think of you often and I do miss those boys.


Teresa Glenn