2 posts tagged “burundi”

Celebrating the Lord with a crowd in Bujumbura, Burundi on my first trip to Africa in June, 2007. I really loved the Burundi way of worship although it took me a little while to get into the groove of it since we didn't have time for any rehearsals at all. But my earlier experience in African music came to rescue a bit. I had a chance to join the mission trip of Times Square Church from New York for ten days on this action packed trip. I had a chance to help distribute malaria pills to hundreds at a medical clinic and visit a deaf and mute kids' school as well. TSC was invited there by the president of Burundi to do medical mission and hold crusades among other things.

In June, 2007 for the first time in my life I had the priviledge of joining the team of Times Square Church in a short term missions trip to one of the poorest countries in the world, Burundi. The current president of Burundi invited TSC from NYC to his country to help the country recover from years of civil war and strife between the Hutus and the Tutusis.  During a period of ten days I had a chance to join my friends from New York City in various ministries, such as music, malaria clinic, school for deaf and mute kids. I played the bass guitar, - something I haven't been doing in a while, - with their musical ensamble. What a joy it was to join with thousands of our brothers and sisters from Burundi expressing their gratitude to the Lord in singing, dancing and even rocking chairs above their heads. The President's personal choir also joined us during one of the crusades with the President himself as their soloist. In the medical clinic we gave malaria pills to thousands of children who might have otherwise even died of this common pestilence in Africa. We performed Biblical stories through drama at the school for deaf and mute children. The children gave us all new names in sign language.