Mission Possible: Serve the World

John Mulisa
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Mission Possible
Ephesians John Luke
Eden's Child Rwanda
Sunday Morning

Mission Possible:  Serve the World

Eden Temple International has six ministries

  1. Six Churches
  2. Four Vocational Schools
  3. Two Medical Centers
  4. Eden Trust Fund
  5. One Pre-School
  6. Radio Ministry

Six Churches 1755 Members

  1. Butare Church (450 People) Both Services
  2. Muhanga Church (600 People) Both Services
  3. Vumbi Church (205 People)
  4. Mukindo Church (160 People)
  5. Karma Church (150 People)
  6. Runda Church (190 People)

Eden Temple International has established two Medical Centers in the last three years.

  1. Eden Medical Center (BUTARE) Huye District
    1. Hase FIVE experienced medical nurses, and do diagnosis, consultation, treatment and prescriptions
    2. One laboratory technician
    3. Three  supporting staff for taking in and document verifications
    4. One Pharmacist (medicine distribution to the patients)
    5. The number of patients treated in year 2021 up today 42,238 Patients
    6. With TV at reception, all these patients were also able to listen to the Gospel.
  2. Eden Medical Center (MUKINSO) Gisagara District
    1. Two experienced medical nurses, consultation and prescription, distribution of medicines.
    2. Two supporting staff for taking in and documents verification of patients
    3. The number of patients treated in 2021 are 51, 460. Both medical centers have signed agreement with government of Rwanda for service delivered to patients National Community based Health  Insurance and the government to reimburse for services given to patients through medical insurance.
    4. Both medical clinics are now self-sufficient in all the medicines required and allowed to be prescribed.
    5. The most treated diseases are malaria (60 %), parasites and respiratory sickness.
  3. Eden's Child Program (702 Kids)
    1. With $35 per month to sponsor a child  gets the following;
      1. Medical insurance for all family members and co-PAY to the bill of treating sponsored child (about 5,000 get medical insurance Every year(50,000 people in ten years)
      2. Payment of school fees and feeding them at school
      3. Books, pens, pencils to all sponsored children
      4. School uniforms and shoes every year
      5. Child’s family support with 55 pounds of rice and 23 pounds of beans four times a year.
      6. Lotion and soap to the family every month
      7. Mattress, bedsheets and blankets to every sponsored child
      8. 6 Cooking pots to every sponsored child
      9. Nutritional hot meal every Saturday at the church
      10. Mandatory youth service to all sponsored children every Sunday evening
      11. Give back participatory community work to all kids during Holidays
  4. Vocational Schools Mini-Cece Sewing School (1,000 Graduates:
    1. FOUR SEWING SCHOOLS : BUTARE, MUHANGA, VUMBI AND MUKINDO
    2. OVER 1000 GRADUANTS HAVE COMPLETED IN THESE FOUR SCHOOLS
    3. SOME STARTED SUCCESSFUL SELF OWNED BUSINESS AND SOME TEACHING IN OUR SCHOOLS
    4. $150 PER SEWING MACHINE BOUGHT IS A TOATAL FAMILY LIFE TRANSFORMED BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY
  5. Eden Trust Fund and Self-Help Groups
    1. It is Eden Temple’s saving scheme initiative, created to promote the culture of saving for self-sustainable development among its members
    2. It is currently active at BUTARE AND MUHANGA Churches with 366 members grouped in 38 self-help groups
    3. With total amount of 8,569,000francs saved by all groups
    4. 345 Domestic animals raised( cows,goats, pigs, chicken and rabits) for business.
    5. Self-help groups for self-sustainable development to all parents of children Eden’s child
    6. Savings of little amount of money for small loans among the group members to start small business
    7. Buying domestic animals (pigs, goats, chicken, rabbits and cows) out of the small savings
  6. Radio Gospel Program
    1. EVERY SUNDAY ON THE RADIO THAT CAPTURES MORE THAN 12 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM RWANDA,  PARTS OF BURUNDI, TANZANIA AND DRC LISTEN TO THIS PROGRAMS.
    2. HUNDREDS HAVE RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOUR.
  7. Serve the Word/Why we do what we do?
    1.  John teaches us some fundamental principles as to why we should serve the world, even attempt to answer some of the above raised questions  (JOHN 3:16-17, Luke 22:27 ).
      1. We should serve the world because God loved it so much that he gave His only Son to die for it. We should understand that, as true disciples of Christ, bringing love, patience, not boasting, not being proud, dishonoring others etc. as mentioned by apostle Paul in the 13 chapter of his letter to the first Corinthians are fundamental pre-requisites to serving the world.
      2. We should serve the world because God valued it to extent of accepting His only begotten son to die on the cross for the sins of those who are in the world and that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
      3. His son did not come to judge the world but to be its savior.
      4. That everyone who believes in Him may not die but be forgiven and have eternal life
  8. Point to take home
    1. Do you LOVE like Jesus?
    2. Do you VALUE people  like Jesus?
    3. Do you ACCEPT people like Jesus?
    4. Do you FORGIVE people like Jesus?
    5. Do you SERVE people like Jesus?
    6. Do you IMPROVE, ENCOURAGE, people like JESUS?
    7. IF you are  A true Disciple of Him , don’t you think as you should think about the above questions
  9. Take on (Ephesians 4:2)
    1. HUMILITY
    2. GENTLENESS
    3. PATIENT
    4. BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE
    5. UNITY
Scripture: John 3:16-17, Luke 22:27, Ephesians 4:2
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