I'm Augustine Kambale. I'm from DRC - I'm Congolese. I'm from Bukavu and I was born
in Bukavu. Concerning studies I have been to university and I spent 5 years studying
Economics and Financial Management as the option. After my study I was involved in an
internship at Le Phare church. Le Phare is a daughter church of Christ Church Midrand.
Something that's important in that is that I loved my studies very, very, very... I can
say a lot. And I couldn't spend maybe a single time without thinking of my studies. So, in
brief I can say that my study was an idol. But I couldn't discover that at that moment.
But as I was committed to Christ, after understanding the Gospel, after understanding my salvation
I have in Christ, I discovered no no no! I should love Christ more than my studies. And
this is how I got the opportunity when the church invited me to do my internship and
I started doing my internship. And it was not easy for me to do, to start doing my internship.
Because when I was ending my studies at university my family was putting their hope in me. As
they invested much money in me it was an opportunity for me to start now helping my young brothers
and sisters. I mean to find a job. Then the church also was inviting me to do my internship
full time. So, for me it wasn't easy. The pressure of my family, looking for a job,
and the call of God to start serving full time at the church. But God helped because
at that moment we'd been studying some series of... a series of teaching about the cost
of following Christ. So I found encouragement in those teachings. But also, as I started
sharing the Gospel in my family, that helped also for them to understand that... to stop
putting pressure on me. And to see that there is a priority. The priority is not my studies.
The priority is not a job. Even though those things have their place in our lives - but
they are not priorities. At that moment I decided to start my internship at Le Phare,
Bukavu. The new vision that god has put now in my
heart is to serve Him more in planting healthy churches in DRC. Or to be part of people who
are planting churches, healthy churches, in DRC. And healthy churches implies somehow
good theology. So, here is the plan - I need to join the college to study theology so that
I can be more equipped in the knowledge of the Bible and I can be also able to spread
the Gospel clearly and properly. And to be part of that community of planting healthy
churches. So, I plan to join a theological college for three years and then I will be
back in the DRC so that I can be more involved in the ministry. So, the choice God gave me
now is that - to serve Him full time in the ministry and I hope that I will be used by
God so that I can touch other people who don't know Christ in DRC. To bring the change using
the word of God. So, through the word of God we need to change DRC. We need to help people
who are lost - be it in church or out of church - to help them know Christ personally.