MEDIA TRANSFORMS DODOMA

Tanzania is an East African country located just south of Kenya, along the Indian Ocean. Years before InterComm was founded, we met Rev. Fuataeli Munisi at the Amsterdam Conference for Itinerant Evangelists. He was highly motivated towards Media Evangelism, but with limited resources. Not to be discouraged he pondered what could be done to share his evangelism dream with his fellow countrymen.

First he organized a choir of 20 people, and they traveled by foot to various villages. God blessed! Eventually, he rented 16mm media, and the result was, “The most successful meeting we have held.”

Faithfully, he moved forward through the years, using media whenever money to rent was available. In

2000, we found his correspondence in some very old files. Our letter found him months later and through the magic of email, we received his excited response. Wherever his church had placed him, he continued to enthusiastically use media to reach souls for Christ. At that time, he was ministering to the Masai people with encouraging results. Could we help him now with equipment? God provided a courier, and in June 2002, he received his own personal 16mm Projector, Spare Bulbs, and 4 dramatic Christian Films. His letter simply stated, “Asante Sana”, which in Kiswahili means “Thank you very much”.
 

Later he wrote, “I can’t wait to send you my first Report of what the Film Ministry is doing here. Jesus is good. He has given me an evangelistic team of 14 committed Christians to help me with ministry to unreached people. We also like to sing a lot with the various ethnic groups before our film showings take place. Jesus is doing marvelous things.” To date, Evangelist Munisi has reported over 50 showings to more than 20,000 people with thousands of souls joining newly planted local churches.

 

Nearly a year later he wrote, “I am starting a small group outreach in private homes. We could now make use of the 8 Kiswahili Language videos you offered, and we would welcome the English Language and African stories as well.” All arrived safely. “The videos are now running here in Dodoma Town. Many families are inviting me for small group meetings. I have started a pastoral counseling unit to meet the need. We are active almost every night with 8 to 26 people. After each showing, discussions go on for hours. This is the golden chance to touch lives for Christ.”

More recently he wrote, “Today I am writing to tell you that after 9 years of ministry in the Dodoma area out to the Masai jungle, God has moved me to a new mission at Kondoa, a heavily Muslim area. We greatly need your prayers for this new effort. I will always thank God for my ministry at Dodoma. Let me give one example. We began a work at a village called Magumgu where we found 8 souls interested in the Gospel. In 9 years, 650 souls have come to salvation out of paganism. We give God Himself the glory. He is good. 6 new churches now exist where none could be found, and God has done this through the film ministry. It is my prayer that God will open similar doors in my new location where 85% of the people are Muslim. Please pray for us.”

Please join us in remembering Evangelist Munisi and his committed Christian team.
 

HANA VIDEO MINISTRY

Challenge Enterprises of Ghana is an example of a ministry distributing InterComm Media that does not result in listings of showings, listings of audience, or listings of people coming to Christ. Over the last 6 years, however, they have placed at least 3,500 videos of various titles for ministry and personal use throughout their country. Just imagine the potential of 3,500 missionaries, each waiting for an opportunity to be viewed so that they can share their Gospel message. That, in reality, is what a Christian video in the hands of a praying believer in a foreign country has at their disposal. An important opportunity, as you pray for InterComm, is to remember these types of ministry potentials. Perhaps in Heaven we will get a greater glimpse of what God has chosen to do through this type of distribution of His Word in the country of Ghana. Thank you for continuing to join us in praying for God’s blessing for this African country.
 

INTERESTING AND USEFUL

Mr Rabenja Andrianavalona of Madagascar writes:

“We thank God that He allows us to share His Gospel in different places. Everywhere we go we are bringing always this interesting and useful tool, so precious. This time we brought the Torch during our holiday time where we ministered to many different churches. We even reached the capital, but also some villages where we traveled over 12 miles on very poor roads. The trip took 6 hours. Thank you for your prayers. God is producing fruit.”

They reported 10 showings to 1500 people with 25 accepting Christ.
 

LEARNING GOOD LESSONS

Pastor Rathna D Kumar of India writes:

“These drama Filmstrip stories are very helpful for our ministry. By using these tools, many people are gathering to see the stories. Children and also their parents are coming to know about Jesus and are accepting Christ as Savior. Many of the children are also learning good lessons, such as love, forgiveness, sacrifice, and the spirit of helps, simply through the Filmstrip stories. We have ministered to over 1,000 people with 166 salvation decisions. Praise God for the Torch Kit.”
 

HEARTBEAT
By Ken Anderson

    
I was sitting in my room at the Mission’s Guest House in the Philippines, where we were doing a film production, when the phone rang. It was the Field Director. “Man, Ken, have I got a story for you.” I came to his office where the “Story” awaited me.
 

He introduced me to the wife of a successful Nebraska rancher, experiencing the emotion of finally setting foot on foreign mission soil for the first time. She shared that from childhood she had wondered what it would be like to receive God’s call to the mission field. Then, during her senior year at the University of Nebraska, the wife of the Philippines Field Director had spoken at a women’s gathering in her dorm. The impact of the meeting was her sharing with us that God had laid it upon her heart to challenge young women of her denomination, specifically one young lady from this gathering, who would partner with her in helping American Christians understand the opportunity in missions today.

The missionary came to my table, as the others were leaving. She put a firm hand on my shoulder and said, “You are the person, aren’t you?” Without replying, I pointed to the engagement ring on my left hand.

Later that day, my fiancé reacted hurt and confused. “Are we canceling the wedding date?” Tears filled his eyes. “Marrying you is what makes my call valid,” I told him. “I’m to be a model other women can follow.” The 2 of us continued serving on the Inter Varsity Student Missions Committee on our campus. Our university also offered excellent training, providing many overseas missions applications with scores of vocations suited for the mission field.

Missions was quite different back when it was necessary to spend weeks on a ship to reach your place of God’s calling, as compared to now when you can fly from Nebraska to the Philippines in less than 24 hours. When email would abolish limitations of geography from any 2 points on earth.
As a child, my husband had early in life committed himself to becoming a Christian cattleman. Later, skilled at making money, he would finance the salaries of ministries and missionaries overseas. His first candidate became his wife. He would make possible her representations of overseas missions opportunity to members of Christian colleges and churches throughout North America. Thus, together, they realized their missions calling.