Other Current News
// February 20th, 2012
Current News Blog:
**** January 2012: Economic Conditions in Tanzania have slowed SRI collections. Please pray for the ministry and for the people throughout TZ impacted by this
**** November 2011: SRI Tanzania has launched a facebook page !! Please go take a look. Search Self Reliance International and you will see it.
**** November 2011: Bob and Rodney just returned from Tanzania working with the SRI staff and board and hosting PEER Servants who is considering a partnership arrangement with SRI. SRI will end the year with 235 family businesses being served. People are growing in Christ and being transformed both physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
October Golf Tournament a Great Success- Thank You
RHMI Flyer for Tournament -October
Updates: Microfinance Ministry, RHMi address Change, Paypal available
October 2011: Over 900 small loans and over $150,000 in capital have been granted in the last 3 years with all loans repaid (except for $870).
**** Please note RHMI address change- the current address is suite 302 ( not 310) 400 Office Park Dr. Suite 302, Birmingham, AL 35223
****Attention All Donors: Donations can be made through this website using Paypal effective March 2011–
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Christian Microfinance Conference Details – July-August 2011
What a time God provided. SRI and RHMI were invited to participate in a 10 day Christian microfinance conference in New England hosted by PEER Servants. This opportunity brought over 100 Christian microfinance people from a dozen countries together for Praise, worship, and learning from each other.SRI chairman Bonney Majila and Executive Director Chris Mwasongwe was joined by RHMI board member and SRI advisor Bob Quinn. The best way to describe our time together is : transformation. We use this word a lot but what the Lord did was transform our hearts for this ministry to be all about His glory His Kingdom.We surrendered the ministry to the Lord and repented on issues he brought to our attention. It was a special 10 days followed by a trip to see friends and family in Birmingham.
The time in New England and Birmingham has passed and we pray that the Lord transfers the excitement and knowledge gained to the ministry staff and the rest of the board of SRI in Tanzania. In the US we want to support in prayer, our time, our talents,and our treasure. We see an expansion of the advisory team involvement in this ministry in the coming year. Pray for the board retreat in Tanzania in December. This will be a most important time as they seek God’s wisdom for the plans for SRI. May God use this time to enhance the vision of what they should do.
All glory and honor be to our God
Conference Summary From PEER Servants Below:
Friday, August 5, 2011
What A Conference!
Leslie/Todd: We had been preparing for years, literally, for Reciprocity 2011. We only have these global microfinance conferences every 3-4 years, and this was the first we held in North America. We wanted our guests to experience “heavenly hospitality” while being encouraged spiritually and learning a lot about how they could empower the materially poor more effectively. With such extremely high expectations, it would have been easy to come away from the event slightly disappointed.
Such was not the case with Reciprocity 2011! As high as our expectations were, they were exceeded with the event! What made it so special?
- Great preaching. While all speakers were excellent, Reverend Oscar Muriu from Nairobi Chapel in Kenya was exceptional. He spoke on unity, the body, mustard seed faith, sin (when’s the last time you heard a message on sin?!), partnership, simply following Jesus, and coming off of the mountaintop into the valley. All were powerful and provided what conference attendees needed most — being refreshed in their commitment to follow Jesus and encourage others doing the same.
- Great teaching. The highlight here were the intensive seminars at the end of the conference, led by Professor Ron Chua from the Asian Institute of Management. All of our microfinance partners identified steps they can take to better achieve their vision/mission of empowering the materially poor.
- Fantastic fellowship. Imagine gathering with 140 brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world 15+ countries) with a conference theme from Romans 1:12 that is focused on encouraging one another. We had a preview of heaven just in being together and remaining focused on Jesus.
- Wonderful worship. Our conference band was excellent – well-prepared, extremely gifted, and very sensitive to God’s Spirit, but what made Reciprocity 2011 worship that much more special was how well the band integrated worship leaders from around the world. We were thus also led by Africans, Asians, Latins, etc. singing their own music, not just singing ours, and gained new experiences in worshiping God.
- Sufficient free and fun time. Reciprocity 2011 was not a conference where we ran from one session to the next. We intentionally created plenty of free and fun time for folks to interact with each other. One of the highlights was a phenomenal Kopano World Cup of Soccer (which we hold at every global microfinance conference) in which Team Eurasia finally edged out Team Africa after three overtime penalty kick sessions! And who kicked the winning goal for Team Eurasia? Duza Baba, a Nigerian! Now THAT’s reciprocity!
The REAL highlight of the time together was God choosing to visit us with His Spirit. He seems to choose to do that when brothers and sisters in Christ gather from around the world seeking to extend His Kingdom. We thank God for blessing us with an amazing summer.
The next time we’ll do this, Lord willing, will be 2015 in the Philippines with the central theme being “celebration”. This will be a celebration of Old Testament proportions as we rejoice in how God has moved in our midst to transform the materially poor and non-poor! Stay tuned for more details as the year approaches – we’d love for you to join us in the celebration as well!
Mission Trip Team 2010
>2010 Team Photo
2012 Summer Trip Application,Guidelines, and Immunization Info
// December 20th, 2011
Trip Participants: Please review all three documents. Sign up for the trip by returning the application and signed page of the guidelines along with a minimum of a $200 ( non refundable) donation by January 20th.
Checks should be made payable and sent to RHMi, 400 Office Park Drive, Suite 302, Birmingham, AL 35223
or electronic- scan the application and signed guideline acceptance and email to rejoiceandhope@hotmail.org – Donation can be sent by paypal from our website or a check can be sent to the address above please add 2% for paypal fees.
Summer 2012 Mission Dates – Ministries
// February 11th, 2011
Note: First deadline for application has passed. The trip cost is at $3000 but could change for late applications. See Summer 2012 Trip details for more information.
Travel dates are:
Team #1: Leaves US ( vis Atlanta) on Friday May 25th and returns on Sunday June 3rd ( arrive back in US June 4th)
Team 1 members can also serve an extra week and return June 10th arriving US on June 11th.
Week 1 includes ministry options of a medical clinic and children ministry in Morogoro ( about 2 hours from Dar es Salaam)
Microfinance and Business conference ministry areas are available week 1 in Dar es Salaam
Team # 2: leaves US on Friday June 1 and returns Sunday June 10th arriving back in the US on June 11th
Week 2 ministries include conferences: Pastors, Women’s, Youth as well as ministries to Orphans and Widows
Week 2 also offers microfinance ministry opportunities
All week 2 ministry activities are in Dar es Salaam
See Summer 2012 details for printable application, team guidelines, and immunization information
The Trip cost is $3000. This cost is based on airline ticket prices in early February and could be subject to change. You are going as a missionary to Tanzania and all checks should be payable and sent to RHMi , 400 Office Park Drive, Suite 302, Birmingham, AL. 35223. Please note on the check- 2012 Mission Trip and the name of the missionary. RHMi is an IRS qualified charity and donations are tax deductible
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