Happy Mother's Day, Soul Winning, Convert & Founding Father (James Muhanji)

Let me preface this journal entry by wishing my wife, my mother, my daughter and all Mother’s a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY. We continue to enjoy God’s blessings and grace upon our lives and ministry here in Western Kenya. There are five weekly Bible Studies that have been started in addition to the four Church plants which have weekly Bible studies as well. I hold two of these weekly Bible studies in Eldoret with men who are Welders, Mechanics and Fabricators.

In January, there was a young Muslim man named (Mganda) from Uganda who received Christ at one of these meetings. This week he brought one of his co-workers named Rafael to the Bible study who also received Christ.
Now the reality of his conversation is that not only did Mganda get saved but he now has a passion to obey Christ and a burden to reach others. When I think of the gravity of his conversion I am reminded that only God does the redemptive work for lost man and only God could take someone who believed in Mohammad and prayed to Allah and transform him into a “fisher of men”. One of the many things that I believe every missionary wants to leave behind when his watch is over is those who will continue the work of reaching the lost and discipling the saved.
Yesterday we were blessed to experience that very pattern in action.

Terry and I received an invitation to visit a man named James Muhanji.
He currently is the Pastor of the Shirumba Landmark Baptist Church located in Western Kenya.
He is also one of the founding fathers of the Landmark Baptist work here. Not only did he help plant and Pastor the First Landmark Baptist Church of Nairobi along with our first missionary in country, Bro. Lynn Raburn, but for 30 years he has help plant Churches from one end of the country to the other. He is truly a pioneer in our work here. We have had seven missionaries here in Kenya over the years and James Muhanji help lay the foundation that each one has been blessed with and benefited from. I preached on Prov. 22:28, "Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set" and was very much encouraged to see the first Pastor in our work still faithfully serving God at an elder age.

After services he shared old stories with us about his missionary journeys from the Southeast coast of Mombasa to the Northwest desert of Turkana and everywhere in between.
As we parted I assured him that he had been a blessing to this missionary. He did not ask for anything but prayer and he said that he is getting old and is slowing down. From time to time along life’s path you hear of great Men of God that are somewhat legendary and yesterday I had the opportunity to share time with one. Please say a prayer for Pastor James Muhanji, Shirumba Landmark Baptist Church.

I am thankful for his great testimony and his many years of faithful service for us to follow!

May God Keep you and Bless You,

Chuck & Terry Fernandez
Kenya
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