I will be flying out to Kenya in less than a month now and will be preaching and ministering at a series of gospel crusades in and around the coastal city of Mombasa.

A gospel crusade is where a group of christians have a meeting together with the specific purpose of inviting others especially non christians. There is singing and an invited speaker gives an address with an evangelistic emphasis. There is usually a time for prayer at the end especially for those who are sick or ill in some way.

Gospel crusades are usually quite exciting times as the church prepares and prays expectantly in anticipation of God doing something special. Often these meetings are marked by people coming to faith in Christ, reaffirming a commitment they made to Christ in the past and miraculous answers to prayer especially in the area of healing.

I will be working with Bishop Samuel Kazungu who leads Jubilation Ministries in Mombasa and will be working in a few of his churches in Mariakani, Makeni and Ukunda.

The last time I was in Mombasa we saw many wonderful things happen. The people are so hungry for spiritual things and are very open and sincerely responsive to the gospel. This is true regardless of background, whether Christian, muslim or traditional African religious belief. They often have a great faith for miracles of healing. We saw many on our last trip to Kenya. During the five week mission last year only one week was spent in Mombasa but that is where we saw most of the conversions and testimonies of healing. One young girl had a serious heart condition which stopped her from running around with other children. Her family wanted to take her to the capital, Nairobi, for heart surgery. We prayed for her and when I got back to England I received an email letting me know she had been given the all clear and the condition had completely disappeared. An older woman we met in her home in the slum areas had suffered from what appeared to be arthritis for years yet was healed as we prayed for her.

Mombasa is an open door for the gospel and God is clearly doing something remarkable in that city, even by Kenyan standards. One of the things that impressed me was the commitment of the churches to work together. This is something I believe has in part contributed to the favour God has shown them. Tommorow a number of people in our church are meeting together before the service to pray for the mission trip. I am starting to get very excited. Wish I was going sooner.

regards...steve