Mission of Hope to Rwanda - April 2007

On the 5th April 2007, the day after my 50th birthday (!) I will be taking my youngest daughter, Heather (18), to Rwanda for a weeks mission.

We will be visiting all the RSVP projects and I will also be speaking to staff groups at ANLM - our partners in Rwanda. I will also be speaker at a Leader's breakfast and in churches.

Our Gifts of Hope distribution is likely to be radical this time - thousands of refugees have been evicted from Tanzania, back to their homeland. As they streamed across the border they have settled near where we have most of our projects. ANLM have asked us to stretch our faith to bring a large fund for Gift of Hope for the refugees.

Along with the team from Freespirit (Sheffield) we hope to take out £10,000 to meet urgent needs of the refugees. Some have been out of the country for 30 years and have arrived back with nothing but the clothes they stand up in.

Please pray - that we will be allowed access to the area - the government is obviously keen the western media don't see the problem and unsettle investors with stories of instability.

- for the safety, success and anointing of the team.

House of mercy update

We are really grateful to those who have given to the House of Mercy orphanage project in Rwanda. The costs have slightly increased for various reasons beyond our control.

We have however, just sent £5,000 to Rwanda to keep the building work moving and this will cover most of the remaining costs.

An additional, £1,000 plus will be required for completion of the project which should be sent in April.

This picture shows the progress as it was at the beginning of March. We hope to have the 16 children who will live there, in the house very soon. The need is so urgent.

Full details of this project can be found at www.rsvptrust.co.uk/housemercy.html

Rwanda Mission FEB 2007

Alison and Richard Fenning have recently returned from their Mission of Hope to Rwanda. He are a few pictures of their mission.

Alison ministered to women involved in Rwanda's sex trade. Alison also ministered to other women in poverty during the mission.



At every meeting women came forward to receive Jesus into their hearts. The meetings were held at Kigali Family Centre which is sponsored by The RSVP Trust.


Alsion and Richard also used RSVP Gifts of Hope funds to feed the poor and hungry who are living in severe poverty. Richard also prayed with people during the feeding programme, that God would meet other urgent needs.



Later in the mission, Alison and Richard held a day conference with chaplains and evangelists working with Prison Fellowship Rwanda. These chaplains are not paid and live by faith. RSVP is helping the chaplains and evangelists meet basic needs so that their ministry can continue. We do this through our ongoing partnership with Prison Fellowship Rwanda.

Changes to Child Sponsorship

We are busy this week working on changes to the way we sponsor children's education in Rwanda. Our problems are ones created by success!

Many of the little children we started to help years ago are now attending High School which costs more than we charge! A few of the older ones have left for college or university and need help with that, which is more again.

We are just working on a new 3 grade sponsorship programme - Primary, Secondary and College.

We will be writing to all our sponsors soon.

For more information have a look at:
http://www.rsvptrust.co.uk/sponsorship