Farming Gods Way

With members of our church and a team of 7 from Canada we planted a model garden of beans and corn next to our church building using the Farming God’s way method.

http://www.farming-gods-way.org/

December 2009

The past few months have been significant for the Kigali Vineyard. In September Antoine Uwamungu who pastors the church in Kigali was able to join our Halifax Vineyard pastor Larry Levy at the PAVLN (Pan African Vineyard Leaders Network) meeting in South Africa. <more...>

Fall 2009

So much has happened in the past 6 months that it is hard to know where to begin. Val left for Durban early in February for a simple surgery that should have had her back in Rwanda 3 weeks later ready to start preparations for our family furlough. As it turned out she was still in ICU after 3 weeks having been at death’s door and back. <more>

Fall 2008

Since returning from Kenya in June, we have been readjusting to daily life in Rwanda. At the end of July we enjoyed the annual missionary retreat at Kumbya on the shores of Lake Kivu. We had the pleasure of sharing a cabin with the speaker Antoine Ruyatisire and his wife. It was a good time of refreshment and renewal.<more>

July 2008

Many of you are aware that because of the land being sold where the Kigali Vineyard meets, they were in the position to look at other options for a future meeting location.  This last month they were able to purchase land for future development with the help of many individuals and churches. <more...>

March 2008

Dear friends: this newsletter exists to help tell the story of the kingdom breaking through in Kigali, Rwanda. It strives to tell people stories. When Ginny and I received Val’s email we turned the TV off and I read out loud the story of the earthquake and then the story of the names. Feels like Pentecost. R. Hodder. <more...>

February 2008

On Saturday the 13 th of January we had our second Baptism ceremony and this time we decided to go to Lake Muhazi about 40 km outside Kigali. We hired 2 busses and pickup was at 9.00 am by our Church. <more...>

A Word from our Pastor Larry Levy
January 2008

I’ve been speaking on giving lately and I’ve been struck with the words of Jesus as found in Matthew 6:21: “Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.”  Eugene Peterson in his fresh translation, The Message, writes even more succinctly: “The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being”.  These are dangerous words indeed!  The words of Jesus have been discovered to be true by millions around the world: when you give financially to church planting and community development in other parts of the world, your heart follows your gift. <more...>

Finnerty Newsletter
October 2007

It is now autumn or fall where most of you who are reading this newsletter live and here in Rwanda we are about to enter another rainy season. In the west of the country they are experiencing flooding and in the east, drought!! Despite the peculiarities of the weather God’s work here in Rwanda is moving ahead consistently and we feel encouraged with the results so far. <more...>

Rwanda/ Finnerty Newsletter
July 2007

From the heart of Africa we send you greetings and blessings.
For one and a half years our family has served the Lord in this beautiful country of Rwanda.
But beauty is only skin deep and below the surface lie the pain and fear of a people trying to put an ugly past behind them.<more...>

Rwanda Ministry Trip Report
April 2007

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‘Muraho’ to all our friends and supporters of the “Linking Arms with Rwanda” mission. If you
would reply in Ikniyarwandan, you would say ‘Muraho Neza’, or a ‘very good hello to you to”.
It’s been a few days since arriving home from Rwanda with our team of seven, so I thought we’d
give you an update with our impressions. <more...>

Finnerty Newsletter
August 2006

The tie-dye wall hanging in our office of an African map with a small Canadian flag over Rwanda has gained new significance for us lately. We are finally beginning to see some results of the efforts spent on moving to and getting settled in this sad but beautiful country.<more...>