... before starting on the painting I thought of using Joh 3:16. Our theology, Jesus with the

children and his death and resurrection should always land in those words: For so loved

God the world that He gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not

perish but have eternal life... Bente had made a very nice page in the program with that

Bible verse.

We arrived early in the morning to prepare for the dedication. We had brought the crest

painting and the cadets assisted in placing the painting.

 

 

... that General Secretary will cut after dedicating the Hall to the Lords work in the

Salvation Army Rwanda

 

Before the dedication of the Hall the cadets invited to an Open Air meeting in the center
of the village and prayer.

Then we marched back to the hall.

General Secretary gives a speech in front of the entrance of the hall. Mr Francois is

translating to ikinyarwanda.

 

Speeches and greetings...
Project Officer talked about Jesus as the cornerstone that

 

Opening of the Hall...

The Rubirizi salvationists singing

I, Sponsorship Secretary gives a speech about walking in faith...  pray and work...

"If you (parents, villagers, salvationists in Rubirizi) do your part, I as Sponsorship then

the Lord will do his work. We have to believe in our vision, and work for it, accomplish the

very most we can. Today the Lord has blessed us- we did our work- you cleared all this land,

the whole village helped and even if it was The Salvation Army land you had a vision that

maybe one day the Salvation could build a hall that could benefit the whole village.

The preschool would be able to move in and that would also benefit the community. "

 

"You did this because you had prayed and had a vision that this could happen. You want to
the very best for your children and to create a good future for all families here. I saw what you
did, here in my hand I have one of the stones you cleared. I saw that you were committed to
your vision and I as Sponsorship Secretary wanted to share that vision - to be able to provide
a good environment for the preschool children and a place for the salvationists to meet and 
worship. The Salvation Army in Rwanda and Burundi Command decided to commit to the vision

you had. Today we celebrate our shared hard work and the blessing that salvationists in other

countries have assisted with means to build a hall on this ground. So are you done praying now?
Do you think everything is done now? Have you no more prayers to pray and work for now?
(The crowd shouted "No!")
Let us keep praying Let us share the visions for the Lord´s work in Rubirizi. Let us do our part
and He will do his part..."

The Salvation Army had no funding nor plans to build anything in Rubirizi, and yet the

villagers went out in faith and did what they could to start a chain of events that the Lord

acted on. Today we have received some funding and thanks to village builders, salvationists

and volunteers, we now can provide 80 children with preschool.

Now we will say good bye... for now - see you soon! God bless! 

/A-M