June 2016 – West Nile/Uganda 

Gospel campaign in Paidha, Uganda: Paidha is a city in northwest Uganda and is directly on the border to Congo. From June 9-11 we held an event in the city center that around 2500 people attended. Around 300 people made the decision to follow Jesus, and after praying for the sick, around 40 people came to the stage to share how they had been healed from various issues. It was a very moving experience for me personally. As an evangelist, I am, of course, always happy about lots of decisions to follow Christ, but what really impressed me this time was the earnestness of the decisions: people came running to the stage and were ready to invite Jesus into their hearts. Some of them were crying, or on their knees. I was amazed that God touched their hearts so deeply. During the prayer for the sick, a muslim lady also came with her baby (Picture on the middle right): On the first evening, she herself was healed from terrible headaches. On the second day, she asked for prayer for her sick baby, and Jesus’ healing power came into play again – God is so good! Afterward, she gave her life to Christ. When she shared this news at home, she was thrown out by her own family, which, unfortunately, happens often when muslims give their lives to Jesus. However, she was able to sleep at the Pentecostal church from then on, and was accepted warmly. During the day on Friday and Saturday, pastors and believers from various denominations came together to a conference in order to hear God’s Word and be filled anew with the Holy Spirit. It was also a very intensive time in the presence of God. Especially the young people were touched by the Holy Spirit, some for the first time.

Leadership Training in Umulu Mee, Congo: In the end we held a leadership training event near Mahagi in Congo for pastors and believers from different denominations. Not even extremely corrupt officials, downpours of rain and a height difference of 1800 meters on really, really terrible streets could keep us from our goal. I taught on topics like biblical character, healing, evangelism and baptism in the holy spirit. God worked visibly and many of those present were deeply touched by the Holy Spirit. As we were praying for healing for each other, five participants were completely healed and twenty experienced a significant improvement.

Seminar @ Bible School ILEM, Pakwach: During the last few days of our trip, I taught several pastors and leaders of the ILEM Bible School in Pakwach about the subject of gifts in the New Testament. Our organization is a financial supporter of their work. The ILEM’s vision is to make theological training possible for pastors from rural areas who do not have enough resources. Three times per year, a block seminar takes place there for three weeks each time. God is so good and faithful! I am very touched and grateful for that Jesus did during those days.

March 2016 – Mindoro/Philippines

In the beginning of April I and Paul Rapley (www.paulrapley.com) and a team from the USA had the privilege to support the work of Jill Boyonas and CMC (www.4cmcinternational.org) in the Philippines. It was wonderful for me to see how much both leaders have multiplication on their hearts and therefore constantly send others out to evangelize and heal. The whole team (consisting of twelve people) was involved in the outreaches and was able to preach, teach and pray for healing. We had seven days full of preaching in schools and churches and outreach events in the evenings. All in all, around 5,000 people made the decision to follow Christ and God worked through the team to heal more than 1,000 people (see story below). It was really overwhelming to see how Jesus follows through on His promises. I learned many new things on this trip and am exciting to bring it to fruition in our work as well.

Healing from night blindness: A young man was led by his mother to the stage at one of the evening events, because he suffered from night blindness. After I prayed repeatedly for him, he began crying and hugged his mother. Astounded, I asked him was what going on. He looked at me with open eyes and said, “I’ve been healed and can see fully again.” I was moved to tears, since, to be honest, I could hardly believe it! I’ve often experienced that people are healed from something small, but never something so serious.

Healing from cataracts: An older lady (see picture below) had a visible milky layer in the lense of her eyes (cataracts). Because of it, she could see only very poorly. After our prayer, we were amazed to discover that her eyes were clear and she could see properly again! The other team members reported about tumors that shrank, deaf ears that were opened and many other wonders that Jesus performed. I am really overwhelmed from our experiences – to God be all the glory! He worked then and works now through His followers.

The organization CMC Philippines and the local churches work together to provide ongoing support for the people who make the decision to follow Jesus. This happens mostly through new church plants. Their vision is that someday, every Filipino would have a church within walking distance.

Januar 2015 – West Nile Region/Uganda

We look back on five powerful weeks in Uganda in January 2015 and we are so grateful for what God has done through our ministry. Beside different opportunities to preach and minister to churches we had two bigger evangelistic outreaches lasting several days accompanied by leadership training. Many people came for the outreaches, between 300 and 800 a day, to listen to the worship music, watch the Jesus movie in their local language, hear the gospel and receive prayer. Altogether, about 300 people gave their lives to Christ, and we saw some healings and a lot of deliverance. For example, one woman testified through the microphone that she was healed from chest and abdominal pain. Our team of pastors prayed for some of the visitors until late at night. Many people in these villages are seriously entrapped in witchcraft and sorcery. Especially young women are often abused in occult rituals. The feedback after the outreaches was amazing. During the days after the outreach we had radio announcements to encourage people who got saved to go to church. The pastors from the local churches told us, that many people came to fellowship with them. It is so good to know, that these people will have a spiritual home after the outreaches and after and we are gone.

The leadership training was a big blessing, also. Pastors from different denominations came together (even a priest from the Anglican Church). They were all very thankful for the talks on topics like finances, godly character an personal evangelism.

Two years ago we planted a church in a place called Got Apwoyo in the northwest of Uganda. First we helt the services outside and after some time we built a shelter. Now I’m back and in the meantime a real church building, made of bricks and covered with iron-sheet, has developed. The church was still growing in numbers and people are even coming from a distance (by walking) of 10km to visit the church. Yesterday we dedicated the church and consecrated the new pastor. I’m so happy and grateful for what God has done in this region.

October 2015 – West Nile Region/Uganda

We were with a three-person team in the West Nile region in northwest Uganda. In the beginning, we had to discover that disappointments are also part of our work: unfortunately, we were unable to travel to DRC (Congo) as we had planned. The original information regarding entry did not comply with the regulations at the border. Therefore, it was financially impossible for us to go. However, other doors were opened. I was able to speak to middle schoolers about the topic of God’s calling, and at the end almost all of them made a decision for Jesus. In the evening we had another outreach in a hall that is usually used for viewing soccer games. During the worship, many of the visitors were touched deeply by the presence of God and there were also many decisions for God. Thank you, Jesus! During the second weekend, we were able to offer a three-day gospel campaign and leadership training in the region of Paidha, Uganda. Even though rain interrupted the event on the second day, we were still able to reach hundreds with the Good News on the last evening. 80 people filled out decision cards and therefore made it possible for local pastors to follow up with them. As we prayed at the end of the evening, people experienced liberation and were strongly touched by God’s presence. During the day we were able to teach spiritual leaders about topics like finances, biblical character and everyday evangelism (following the T4T principle from Ying Kai). During the entire trip, we were able to reach about 600 people with the Gospel and about 200 people invited Jesus into their lives. We as a team are grateful for God’s impact during the trip and are grateful to all of you for praying faithfully. We were also able to lay the foundation for a leadership school while we were there. We are working with Vincent Ofungi, a pentecostal bishop from the Pentecostal Assemblies of God. Vincent has it on his heart to train pastors and leaders from remote regions and to help them form a theological foundation. We will begin the first three weeks of leadership school in November.

At the beginning of June I organized a prayer outreach in Lviv and Kharkiv in the Ukraine. There I was also able to serve in a local church, especially through prophesy and preaching. Mid-July, we and the youth from four different Bavarian churches went on a mission trip to Novi Sad/Serbia. In addition to lots of practical “loving our neighbors,” through which we even ended up on Serbian television, we offered lessons on spiritual gifts and the topic of callings.  I was also able to serve in Krivyi Rih/Ukraine at a conference for a few days in October again. The topic was deliverance and inner healing. It’s always amazing to see how people get set free from burdens when they allow themselves to forgive and let the holy spirit work on them. I was also able to learn lots about this topic, especially in regard to dealing with spiritual gifts. In addition to the main conference, I served in two churches through preaching and prophesy. Mid-November I held my first two-day evangelism-seminar in Sofia/Bulgaria. Besides evangelism, we also learned about our identity in Christ and making use of our spiritual gifts, which went along with our main topic. The highlight of the seminar was an outreach on the streets of Sofia. The participants were visibly surprised and excited about how open the people were for the Gospel and how easily (with the help of simple methods) they could start conversations with them. Again, during the trip I was also able to preach in multiple churches. It always brings me great joy when people are filled with the Holy Spirit during personal prayer and receive new passion and enthusiasm. Thank You, Lord!

From late 2012 until mid-2013 I stayed for five months for mission in Uganda. In the first months we brought God’s love in remote villages, around Latoro in the northwest of the country. At our outreaches we showed the Jesus film, made ​​worship, prayed for the sick and preached the gospel. Hundreds took a decision for Jesus at different outreaches. As there was no church in one of the villages we just planted one. So the last months of my stay were filled with church planting in a village called Got Apwoyo. First we held the the church services open air and later we built a “grass-touched” shelter. After three months, we handed the church in to the hand of local leaders and to the  NGO “Nobody to Somebody”. The NGO is continuously supervising and supporting the church and the community.