How I became a Christian:

I was born in Congo (former Zaire ) where I spent most of my childhood and early education. 

Being born in a very devout Catholic family, I went to church all my life and very early on learned the many Christian doctrines through catechism. 

For schooling I even went to a special Catholic Minor Seminary, since I wanted to become a priest. 

But the Lord had better plans for me and through His grace led me in His own way, first of all by bringing me to know Him more and then to grow in Him.

Since I was very confident in my Catholic faith I never really understood properly the meaning of grace, my own sin, and Christ’s cross, even though I believed what the Bible said about them. 

It was during my late teens through the witness of a friend’s friend that the Lord opened my eyes to see what sin, grace and the Cross really meant.

 I was in such a strong conviction of sin that for three consecutive days I prayed through Psalm 130 (which I had memorized) crying for my sins and asking God to have mercy on me. 

After the third day, I had peace in my heart that God had accepted me by grace through Christ, and since then my life has never been the same.

Call to and preparation for mission:

Being in a country with a volatile political system I decided to become a politician and turn things around for the better. For that reason I went to Law School to prepare to become a lawyer and politician. I was still very involved in the local church but had no desire or even interest in full-time Christian service.

It was half way through my first year at Law School that the Lord began pressing in my heart the fact that He was calling me to Japan to proclaim the Good News. 

After a good number of months of refusal, hesitation, doubts, and much prayer I was convinced that this was God’s Will. 

I then surrendered to the Lord and told Him that I would do whatever He would have me do, wherever, whenever, and with whoever He wanted. His will, not mine was going to be how I would live my life from then on.

After my first year of Law School, I left Congo and went to South Africa where I spent six years studying Theology and preparing to go to Japan. 

It was during my time there that I came into contact with OMF International and learned about OMF's work in Japan. After a three year application process I was finally accepted to go to Japan, first as a short-term worker, and then, if finances allowed, as a career missionary.

Japan:

I came to Japan in early 2000. My time here so far has been divided between language study, church work, Bible studies, music ministry, children’s work etc.

 Basically I feel I am called to be an  evangelist, and I also like teaching the Bible. That means that I would like to use whatever opportunity the Lord brings my way to reach out and to disciple. However in more specific ways I feel at this point that my calling is to:

* Encourage the church to earnest prayer for revival

* Train worship leaders and do outreach through music

* Reach out to young people and more especially university students

* Train and encourage young people in the church to be bold in their faith and to  use their gifts for God’s glory.

Please pray with me that the Lord will anoint me mightily with His Spirit, so that as I minister here, many will come to know Christ and put their faith in Him alone.