Celebrating two years in ministry

       Celebrating two years in ministry

Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

Let me first thank God my everlasting Dad for the grace and mercy that he has given me and having given me the heart to be hear see this historic moment in my life and My ministry. Its two years now since God gave me a dream and sent me to begin this ministry, it’s a dream come true.

God called me and sent me to begin this ministry two years ago Immediately after my mission harvest school in Pemba August 2010, i came back home,and on 5^th October which is at the same time my birthday I begun this ministry. 
So as I celebrate my life I also celebrate it with What God has done through us.

 I felt called to reach out to the broken four years Ago when I and my four brothers walked out of town and begun a Church 7kms from town.but i dint know what God was putting into my life.

We saw the hand of God,  and we were able to establish a church that is growing at a very good God speed. I then felt God calling me not to sit and become a resident pastor but to become a world changer when i was at the harvest school, when i came from the school i was able to train Church members who in turn became obedient and faithful and one of them was seen to be a leader, we gave him the responsibility to lead the church and he did it well, and he is still doing it happily without pay, I oversee the Church but God is the supreme overseer.

Then God sent me to A missionary school in Mozambique Pemba and I was able to meet laid down lovers there in a harvest school under IRIS ministries, Mighty women and men of God poured into my life, with the likes of Mama Heidi and Rolland Baker, they are amazing, I learned to go low and slow from their amazing testimony got from their humble walk with God. together with many men and women from allover the world we discovered our call and goal to serve God. On the left my green color team with our leader Deborah on an outreach.

Though I was an orphan without Dad and mum I understood that I have a Dad God in heaven, by A famous woman of God Patricia Boots ma from Canada, this was my turning point and my preparation training ground for my ministry. 

Acts 2:38-39 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

After three months I was able to come back home, and God Gave me this name of my ministry called STARS OF HOPE MINISTRIES. These words mean.

Stars Came after God showing that like a little star you can shine my light into the darkness and God told me that I will not do it alone I need other stars who will shine alongside me. Just as the stars shine at night and they are there even when nobody is watching, so i felt God calling me to do his work not because i want be seen appreciated by men but by him.

Hope this is a big word that has led me to where I am today, I have seen God do a lot for me because I believed for it unbelievable things, as also Faith is the substance of things not seen but hoped for. These two key words make our ministry all based on what God spoken and proved to us through what he has done for us and through us.

 It’s now two years since we begun it has been both the taking of the cup of joy and suffering which I have enjoyed. We have been able to have our ministry registered with the government Of Uganda  and its now growing steadily, little by little we are gaining ground,I personally can’t explain how this has happened but it’s all by God’s grace.

Let me reach out our thanks to all the people God has used to stand with us in this great move, we have been able to get a physical address in town of Fort portal, On Lugard road, Fort portal town plot4, Near Jabulani 
Arts.

We have done international outreaches to Kenya and Tanzania, South Sudan and DR Congo, we hope to reach Rwanda and Burundi, we are based in Western Uganda and we are operating in east and central Africa. 

These are pygmies a mother with the family while the husband had gone for hunting in the evening to get food for the family,they are amazing people of God who love visitors and and are friendly, i stayed in them for five months.

This a fire time where they come too when it rains its an amazing time because its when the parents teach there children many things, and we a chance to share with them the gospel.

Our Goal

We intend to parches 4acres of land each costs $500  and build a base in Nyabukara Boma area, and on it we shall put a hospital, a school, and a church and also a home for the home less, we intend to build a recording studio for Christian gospel music and a video studio. With this we shall be able to reach young the old and the aged, because in Africa music reaches every one and the videos music will change many for the love of Christ. 

We have done two Gospel music albums and we intend to launch them soon. We hope continue with our program of training locals for missions, I found out that the locals can quickly reach their communities as we who need the training on languages and culture of the people we have been to, and we  tend to delay in mistakes of learning a lot about who and where we are going to minister. I feel God has sent me to equip the born again locals with confidence that they can play a big role in reaching their communities. 

Psalm 100:1-5 A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

And through this we have conducted training classes for the local on how to reach their neighbors and villages with the gospel of love.

In this church located 9kms from the town center we trained the ministers how to be Jesus to their neighbors and we were able to take them to a practical mission in this little town.

We have reached a lot of success in our ministry in the two years; we have been able to hold conference and outreaches in and around Uganda,

This is one of the many outreach crusades we have been able to witness God move amongst us it’s been an amazing thing for us to be part of this.

We have done and outreach in Kenya Kitale.
 http://starsofhopefound.blogspot.com/2011/08/kenya-kitalle-outreach-08th-14th-august.html

I thank God for enable ling us do this which would not have been easy without him, My special Thanks to all my Family, my Grand mum in particular who has been their to encourage me, my Harvest school mates, my fellow ministers at stars of hope. I love you and without it would not have reached this far with you. God bless you. 

Have been able to preach to the masses on FM Radio Stations in Fort portal at free of charge we reach our thanks to the Staff and management of Life Fm, and Better FM all based in Fort portal.

Way forward

We intend to reach more unreached villages and small towns in and around Fort portal area, we intend to put more efforts in helping build for our elderly and disabled in the villages and do outreaches via house to house and personal evangelism to these places. 

We therefore call upon you as the spirit leads you to answer the call of God upon your life and step out, come and we reach the hopeless world with the message of love. You too can make a big difference in this move of God, stand up and say yes lord. And your dream can become a reality. If God has called you to Africa and east Africa in particular you are welcome to Uganda, you will find us and we shall reach nations with you. 

May all the glory be to God who has enabled to reach this historic time,

Psalm 16:11 

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Acts 2:38-39 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

John 6:55-59 

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

1 Corinthians 10:15-17  I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

John 14:1-3 

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”- Jim Elliot
 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3294447734666.108464.1672013117&type=3

yours in Christ service
Edwine Businge,
Founder president

Address

Stars of hope ministries Africa

P.O box 800 Fort portal

Uganda East Africa

Email: starsofhopemins@gmail.com

Tell: +256 788 447 023

How to Become a Christian Missionary:

Following God’s call to become a Christian missionary is a great way to serve the Lord. However, there is more involved than just declaring that the person wants to be a missionary. Each mission field, mission agency and mission work will have its own special requirements. The person interested in mission work needs to take time to prepare properly for serving the Lord long-term.

Missionary Calling
People can be emotionally moved by a dynamic speaker. But an emotional feeling will only sustain someone on the field for a short time. A true calling by God on their life is what is necessary to keep a missionary on the field.
How does one know they have been called to mission work? First there is an internal compelling desire to serve the Lord in some capacity. The person cannot deny that God is leading them, by the Holy Spirit, to perform a task. The best external indicator of God’s call is one’s pastor. He can often see fruit in the person’s life and recognize God’s leading. Of course a man can be wrong about God’s calling, but most pastors will make a mistake the other direction—they may think someone is called when they are not. Therefore, if a pastor thinks the person is either not called or not ready, then he should honestly and prayerfully seek the Lord’s clear direction.

Initial Preparation
Once God’s call to be a Christian missionary has been confirmed, then the person should begin preparing for service. Many decisions must be made in the process. Where to serve? What type of ministry? What mission board? What special training is needed?
Preparation for missionary service should begin by seeking the pastor’s council on a missionary agency. The mission agency does not take the place of the pastor or the church, but they assist the pastor in getting the missionary to the field. Therefore, the candidate’s pastor can recommend a mission board that he is comfortable working with. The mission board will have their own requirements for missionary service. This may include a certain level of Bible knowledge or specific training based on the type of mission work to be done.
It is possible that the pastor recommends that the candidate not use a mission board or agency and work through the local church instead. This is a good arrangement as long as the pastor helps the missionary prepare for service on the field. The church will need to take a more active role in the missionary’s life as a mission agency normally handles the financial and tax information. A pastor and church may not be prepared for these extra responsibilities.

Formal Preparation
Many boards will require that the missionary have a college degree. This may or may not need to be a Bible degree. They are interested in knowing that the missionary candidate has enough character to complete advanced training. The board can recommend programs where the candidate can get the Bible training they need.
If the missionary will be involved in a ministry other than church planting, he may need special training beyond Bible school. This may be practical training such as on the job experience if the missionary will be involved in trade type ministries like construction. If the missionary will work as a teacher, or in some other professional field, he needs formal training in this area.
A foreign missionary may need to go through language training. As much as possible the missionary candidate should begin personal language study before he has to dedicate himself to regimented language training. With the online tools available to missionaries today, a candidate can get a head start on his language training before he arrives on the field.
Practical Preparation
Reading missionary biographies will help the candidate learn about life on the field. Knowing that men and women have gone through incredible trials of faith gives encouragement to new missionaries when they are preparing for Christian missionary service. These stories are brought to mind when when the missionary has their faith tested on the field.
Short-term mission trips help the candidate get a burden for people. It is one thing to read about a country and know all the facts; it is a very different thing to interact with people and get a burden for their need for Christ.
The Christian missionary candidate should get to know other missionaries. These could be missionaries who are working in the same field as the candidate or in other countries and ministries. This gives the prospective missionary a chance to build relationships with people who understand what they will experience on the field. Veteran missionaries can be called upon to give council and encouragement during trying times

Final Preparation
One of the last things a missionary must do before getting to work on the field is to raise their prayer and financial support. This involves several months of visiting churches, pastors, friends and family to share their burden for missionary work. This can be a precious time of fellowship with other believers who partner with the missionary to support their work. It can also be frustrating knowing that there are lives on the field who can be touched and changed by God’s salvation. The missionary must continue to keep their eye on the goal while enlisting other Christians to be a part of their ministry team. This time of support raising is part of God’s plan to prepare the missionary for the needs he will have on the field.
Preparing to become a Christian missionary takes time. Rarely does someone have God’s call on their lives and then go to the field in a matter of weeks. It is a time of preparation for long-term service. This preparation can take years. But the missionary will be properly prepared for a lifetime of service.
blessings
Edwines