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February 19, 2007
San Diego, CA
First Lady of Burundi Africa Publicly
Extends Appreciation to Eternity Minded Ministries (EMM) for Building a
Christian School in Gitega at Evangelistic Festival
 On February
4, 2007 First Lady of Burundi, Janet Nkurunziza, representing her
husband, President Pierre Nkurunziza, attended an evangelistic festival
in Gitega, Burundi sponsored by Eternity Minded Ministries with Dan
Owens. During the festival, the First Lady publicly extended her
appreciation to EMM for their efforts in ministering to Gitega and for
building a Christian school in the area.
Eternity
Minded Ministries, a faith-based non-profit organization, has been
provided a plot of land in Gitega, Burundi, Africa by the Burundi
Government with provisions that the land is used to build a school.
Gitega is a nation shattered by civil war, and demonic activities. As a
result of the civil unrest, schools were destroyed leaving many children
without a school to attend. The few children that have a school to
attend are sharing small classrooms with 80-90 students per room.
Partnering
with local churches in Gitega, EMM is building a school that will hold
up to 250 students. Construction is scheduled to be completed before
Fall of 2007 when classes will commence. The Burundi government will be
providing funding for teacher salaries and supplies required to keep the
school operational.
Dan Owens,
evangelist, founder and president of Eternity Minded Ministries says,
“My heart goes out to the people of Gitega. We are honored to be able to
reach out to the children by providing them with a safe and loving
environment to learn.” Owens continues by saying, “Not only will these
children receive a great education; but it is our prayer that they will
be grounded in the Word and become followers of Jesus.”
Eternity
Minded Ministries is raising funds to cover the construction expenses of
the school and future ministries in Burundi. EMM is not a stranger to
Africa. The organization has been ministering in Uganda and Kenya Africa
since 2004, and is now expanding their footprints of ministry to
Burundi. Dan Owens and his ministry team developed and practice a
ministry model based on a holistic approach by providing humanitarian
aid, proclaiming the gospel through festivals and events designed to
reach the unsaved, discipleship training, pastoral training, and church
planting. The EMM ministry team recently returned from their first
scheduled ministry trip to Gitega where over 5,000 people responded to
the gospel message and received Christ as their personal savior. A
festival report will be released soon. Dan Owens shares “It is exciting
to see how the Lord is transforming this land of genocide by replacing
hatred and killing with spiritual healing and education. Praise His Holy
Name!”
About
Eternity Minded Ministries
Eternity Minded Ministries is a non-profit 501(c)(3) evangelistic
ministry founded and led by Dan Owens, evangelist, author, and speaker.
EMM is devoted to proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to a lost
and hurting world, providing humanitarian aid, training disciples, and
promoting renewal and spiritual growth in local churches.
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