Mwangaza Choir

The Mwangaza Choir are in the United States for the next six months. They arrived a week ago from Kampala, Uganda with the goal of sharing a great message of hope. Africa Renewal Ministries is sharing the story of how to help children, families, and communities. It starts with the gospel, and leads to a changed life, a church, and a changed community. Come hear the kids and be a part of proclaiming this messge of hope. For the schedule, go to www.mwangazachoir.org and click on "concerts". You will be given the great opportunity to change the life of a child at a time through sponsorships. You can also go make a difference personally. Africa Renewal Ministries is teaming up with E3 partners in San Antonio for four church planting campaigns; two this July and two in February 2011. Go to www.e3partners.org and look for the campaigns lead by myself and fellow staff e3 staff member, Carmen Bennett (also from San Antonio).

The Williams' Family

God has blessed us with 5 wonderful children. New to the family is George Onyango. George just married my daughter Ashley this December 30th. George comes from Kenya, via Uganda. Ashley met George on mission three years ago and the love story began after that. They live in the States at present, and will for the next few years.

Overview: Janelle and I have been married for 30 years and have five children: Erin 26 (married), Ashley 24 (married), Andrew 21 (single), Christopher 19 (single) and Rebekah 13 (single- and no boys better get any ideas for a while!). Erin gave birth to our first biological grandchild, Hunter, this summer. She is married to Allen Atkinson and both are health professionals. Ashley is finishing her degree in Elementary Education and working as a nanny full time. Andrew goes to college full time and holds down full time work at Chase (credit card division), Chris just started Palabra de Vida (Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina. Rebekah is homeschooled and plays tenor drum in a homeschool pipe and drum corps.

Evangelism Training

It is a blessing to share the good news of Christ and see a person place their faith in Christ. If you have never had that joy, I would love to serve you by training you and your church in evangelism. I am available to come and share on Sunday mornings during worship or set up a Saturday afternoon training for your church. I know that after you learn how to simply share Jesus using easy tools, such as the evangecube, you will be equipped to share the good news with the lost.

Uganda Mission July 2010

This coming July I will be leading two teams to Uganda for the purpose of planting new churches. The first of the two teams will be working in the Kampala area (July 1-11). The second team will be focusing on planting churches in the Western Uganda area, near Mubende (July 17-28). Our host pastor is Peter Kasirivu. Peter is pastor of Gaba Community Church and head of Africa Renewal Ministries. We are excited to partner with Peter and the churches in Uganda to extend the work of God, for God's greater glory. To read about Africa Renewal ministries, go to www.africarenewal.org To sign up for the campaign and go with us, go to www.e3partners.org and sign up for the campaign. Email me if you want me to speak to your church or Sunday School class.

Argentina Church Planting Team

Our March mission teams are in training right now. We have met the last two weeks and it is exciting to see how the Lord is already bonding us together. We are currently developing our support team and prayer teams for the two campaigns this March. We meet on Saturdays at my home at 222 Shannon Lee in San Antonio. We have time of prayer, study of the Word, training, and team building every week. I think we have around 7 churches represented on the team, PTL. Looking forward to seeing how the Lord is going to use the teams in the Buenos Aires province (March 12-19) and the Santa Fe Province (March 19-28). If you would like prayer updates from the field, email me at john.williams@e3partners.org and we will put you on the list.