Posts by Bruce Snavely
07/15/2017 – Women in Rwanda
07/13/2017 – Graduation in Rwanda
GBTF swerved into Rwanda’s spiritual future today! This marks the day we began the process of training the brightest of the local pastors to train their own nation with the materials of Global Baptist Training Foundation. Our originating vision for GBTF has anticipated this day in the process of training Rwandans. It was truly…
Read More07/12/2017 – Long, winding dirt roads in Rwanda
As we come to the middle of this week, I wanted to catch you up on a few of the pictures you might be looking at accompanying today’s blog. On Sunday when we participated in the outdoor meeting outside of Butare, the road leading to the location looked like this coming to the worship site. It…
Read More07/10/2017 – GBTF Milestones in Rwanda
As I begin the pastors’ class this morning, I’m reminded that this year marks a genuine milestone in the history of GBTF in Rwanda. Yesterday, about four hours away outside of Butare, where our first teacher/ intern for the Baptist secondary schools lived, we participated in a region-wide outdoor prayer and thanksgiving service for Rwanda. This was kind of significant for…
Read More04/01/2017 – Haiti Videos
We have finally gotten the video clips from Haiti in a format where we can get them to you! The video links are below so that you can watch them when you are ready. We grew to love this group of pastors and church leaders in this nation that has had such a difficult…
Read More7/25/2014 – Rwanda and Congo
I returned from the Congo about 9:00 o’clock Wednesday night by bus. Yes, that will be my last bus trip ever. In case you are still wondering why I am so opposed to bus travel between Rwanda and the Congo, let me offer another explanation on top of what I have already offered. Over one-hundred…
Read More7/23/2014 – Rwanda and Congo
Today was the long day of this three day seminar. There was more material, more questions, and more intensity. There was a lot accomplished in terms of the passing of sheer information. Africans learn differently than most westerners. They tend to be cerebral in the acquisition of knowledge, but in teaching more than preaching, they…
Read More7/22/2014 – Rwanda and Congo – 2
I shouldn’t be, but I am always amazed anew as I watch women around the world react and respond to the Word of God. It is such an amazement to watch the tears, the praise, and receive the thanks from these women for helping them learn to “rightly divide the Word of Truth.” Once again…
Read More7/22/2014 – Rwanda and Congo
Greetings from the Congo, We began our class today with about 45-50 participants. At first blush, it appears that some of the more distant village pastors did not make it this year. The hosts have not yet told me why this might have been. Because we are only teaching through Wednesday we can only cover…
Read More7/21/2014 – Rwanda and Congo
I began my pastors’ wives classes this morning. They have never done anything like this, so they kept the schedule light – Monday and Tuesday mornings from 9-12. Ok. I will roll with it. By 9:30, we had 36 pastors’ wives and eight nursing babies between the ages of six weeks and 2 years, many…
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