Our Pastor and Music Leader Off To Africa

Pastor, Dr. Ernie Varner and his music leader, Jeff Hundley, leave for Uganda and Kenya tomorrow, October 14, 2008. I believe they are to be with Bishop Charles Karangwa (Eastern Africa Christian Education Director) and Bishop Joseph Kagarama (East Africa's Regional Superintendent). I learned at our home church (the 6th Ave. Church of God in Lenoir City, TN) that Jeff's wife had already had a change in her plans. She and others had left a few days early and were going to visit the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) but this has been changed because there appeared to be war brewing on the borders. I believe Cherie has gone instead to Burundi and Rwanda. Our prayers are that God's perfect will be done as these people seek to be a blessing to the African Church of God in those countries. In some of the eastern countries we are known as New Testament Church of God (L'eglise de Dieu Nouveau Testament in French or Kanisa la Mungu Agano Jipya in Kiswahili).