NAKURU, KENYA

***UPDATE 23rd July***

I wanted to provide you another update of the amazing results from our pre-crusade outreach currently taking place in Nakuru, Kenya. In just 4 weeks, we have visited more than 400 schools and have seen over 168,000 salvations! Last week alone, we have seen another 39,000 students make decisions to follow Jesus.

These are exciting times, but we are not finished yet! Please pray as we continue to minister in the schools, believing for even more young people to be saved as well as our main crusade taking place on August 8-11 in Nakuru, Kenya. The best is yet to come, in Jesus’ name!

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***UPDATE 16th July***

I am excited to share with you that our Pre-Crusade team of evangelists have seen over 129,000 salvations in just three weeks of ministering in the schools throughout Nakuru, Kenya! Nearly half of the total decisions were received this past week alone while visiting 150 schools and seeing over 60,000 young people give their life to Jesus.

While we rejoice and stand in awe of what God has done thus far, our team isn’t slowing down at all. Instead, with over 3 weeks left of outreach before the main crusade next month, we are only increasing our efforts to maximize on this window of opportunity. The young people of Nakuru are being impacted by the Gospel and seeds are being sown that will bring salvation to entire families and villages, producing lasting fruit in Kenya.

Thank you for your partnership and for standing with us to make this all a reality. Please continue to pray for our pre-crusade team as we continue to minister and for the main crusade which takes place on August 8-11 in Nakuru, Kenya.

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I want to share some exciting news with you! As part of our ‘Decade of Double Harvest’ initiative, we have been hard at work increasing our efforts in order to see 150 Million souls saved within the next decade. In fact, just last year when I announced the use of our Gospel Trucks for pre-crusade village outreach, I stated that ‘I believe the days are soon coming where we will see as many or more people saved BEFORE the crusade than during it’… and I believe those days have come!
 
In preparation for our next African Gospel Crusade on August 8-11 in Nakuru, Kenya, we already have a team of evangelists on the ground paving the way for Kenya to be shaken by the Gospel! This team of just four evangelists have each been personally trained by myself and played a role in our pre-crusade outreaches in the past. Now, to impact Kenya’s high population of young people, we have set our sights on ministering in the schools, meeting them where they congregate together each day.
 
This past week our pre-crusade outreach team has preached the gospel in 51 schools (mostly public) and have seen over 33,000 decisions to follow Jesus! I believe what is happening right now is unprecedented and will lead to the salvation of entire families…and this is just the beginning!

Thank you for partnering with us both prayerfully and financially to reach these precious young people of Kenya. Please continue to pray as there is still another month left of outreach leading up to the main crusade in August. The best is yet to come, In Jesus’ name!

WE HAVE ARRIVED

We have arrived in Nakuru, Kenya for our next African Gospel campaign! Please be in prayer for our team and for the people of Nakuru to be impacted by the power of the Gospel.​​​​​​

DAY 1 - NAKURU

Dear Mission Partners,

The first night of our campaign here in Nakuru, Kenya has just come to a close. As we arrived on the field tonight, ominous rain clouds threatened to drown out our open-air meeting. After a few minutes, we could see a wall of water just on the perimeter of the field coming down in thick sheets. But it was as though the glory of God hung over the ground, like a protective canopy. Only light, refreshing sprinkles of rain fell on the field. The moment I stood to preach, even the sprinkles stopped.

I preached the Gospel, and the people responded with open hearts. Wonderful miracles happened when I prayed for the sick.

The most interesting healing was an acrobat whose back had been broken. He was totally healed tonight. I asked him to bend over and test his back in front of the crowd. He must have misunderstood me because he got down onto the ground and contorted his body in the most amazing way. He was standing on his hands with his legs completely bent behind his back until his feet dangled in front of his face. See the picture below.

Two ladies who could not walk without crutches were healed tonight.

A young woman who’d suffered for a couple of years with a painful lump under her arm said that it completely vanished tonight during the prayer.

There were many testimonies of pain vanishing from various parts of the body instantly.

The Fire Conference also began this morning as Peter Vandenberg and John Darku taught thousands of pastors and church workers. These are the men and women who will be discipling the new converts that are saved this week. That is why the Fire Conference is such an important part of the Campaigns. 

Please continue to pray for us as we reap a mighty harvest here in Nakuru.

DAY 2 - NAKURU

Dear Mission Partners,

As the sun was rising this morning over the Rift Valley in Nakuru, Kenya, it illuminated an amazing scene (see the attached picture). By 6:30 AM, thousands of pastors and church leaders had already gathered on our campaign field, under the African sky, to hear the Word of God. One local pastor said to Peter Vandenberg that he has never seen anything like it – not even in the churches – much less on an open field.

There is truly a tremendous hunger here for the things of God, even among the leaders. This to me is a great sign that God is doing something powerful in Nakuru.

I am joined this week by a number of amazing men and women of God from around the world. Among them are Eddie James and his team, all the way from the USA, leading us in beautiful and powerful worship each night. Also, I have a team of evangelists – graduates from the School of Evangelism, who have been ministering here for the last seven weeks!

They have conducted more than 600 outreaches – sometimes over 30 in one day! Together they saw well over 200,000 decisions for Christ before the Campaign even started!

Last night I asked one of those evangelists, Michael Job to share with the people. He is an actor at the Holy Land Experience who plays Jesus. Some local journalists had published the false report that Michael was claiming to be the real Jesus. It generated quite a bit of publicity, even making headlines on Fox News and the BBC (online).

Last night Michael confirmed to the crowd, what he had already said many times – he is not Jesus. But he took the opportunity to give glory to the one and only King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The name of the real Jesus was lifted up.

Tonight, I asked another one of those evangelists, Jared Horton to share for a few minutes before I preached. He told them the story of a young lady in one of the schools where they ministered. She had been given a braided piece of cloth to tie around her waist by a witchdoctor who told her that it would protect her against evil spirits.

Meanwhile, this young lady had become completely demon possessed. As our team ministered in that school, this young lady was dramatically delivered. Afterward, she voluntarily gave that cloth to Jared as a testimony to her newfound freedom.

After that testimony we burned drums full of witchcraft Juju that many people surrendered and broke the curses in Jesus’ name. One lady testified that she was healed when the curses were broken.

Many other wonderful testimonies of healing followed, including deaf ears, stomach ulcers, asthma, arthritis and all kinds of pain and paralysis!

Thank you for continuing to pray for us. More tonight.

DAY 3 - NAKURU

Watch this update from the third day of our Gospel Crusade in Nakuru, Kenya. We saw many salvations and miracles yesterday, and Jesus is continuing to move in the hearts and lives of the people of Nakuru.