Pais Africa is Growing!
Pais Africa is Growing!
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pais! During this time, we have seen our leaders pioneer and establish Pais teams in 18 nations all over the world.
For the next 5 years, Pais is working to grow 2 nations per year. Our vision is that one day the primary mission of every Christian will be to advance the Kingdom of God and be equipped to do it the way Jesus modeled it. Growing in new nations allows us to multiply our impact across the globe!
In 2022, we start with two new nations in Africa:
Pais Uganda
In 2018, a pastor who lived in the United Kingdom connected with Pais England due to a shared passion in reaching young people and raising up missionaries. This pastor was originally from Uganda, and had the dream to take the Pais Movement to his home nation. Armstrong Okeyo, Pais Kenya’s National Director, served as a support in pioneering this nation.
After three years of sharing the vision of Pais with several local church leaders in the country, Pais Uganda officially launched in 2021 thanks to your continued support! Since its launch, Pais Uganda is now reaching 300 local youth on a monthly basis.
This year, the new Pais nation is partnering with three local churches in Northern Uganda, which was the center of the Uganda Civil War. The region still sees many negative impacts due to the conflict. There is a big need to raise up a generation of young people who are grounded in Christ and can make a difference.
Pais Tanzania
In May 2021, the Pais Kenya National Director also traveled to Tanzania and met with several churches who were interested in a Pais team. He shared the vision of reaching young people in the local communities, and one of the churches in Nkinga related to the mission! They decided to receive Pais missionaries and lay down the ground work for a new Pais nation.
Pais Tanzania officially launched this February 20th, 2022! A team leader was sent to Tanzania from Pais Kenya to help pioneer, and there are strong recruitment efforts for missionaries in Tanzania.
Join us in prayer!
Your prayers and financial contributions have been essential to the expansion of the Gospel in the African continent! Right now, Pais Uganda and Pais Tanzania are raising funds to provide a Training Conference for the new missionaries and to recruit even more apprentices who will reach young people. Pray with us as we raise the finances and for a good start of the mission year in Uganda and Tanzania.
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2021 Year-In-Review: Pais Africa
2021 Year-In-Review: Pais Africa
As the year comes to an end, we are celebrating all that God has done through our Pais nations in 2021! During the month of December, we will share the highlights of each Pais region here in our blog. Read below to discover the great ministry stories from our nations in Africa:
Pais Ghana
“One of our highlights this year was that we participated in four nights of crusades at Adeiso (eastern region of Ghana). The event was a collaboration with the youth department of Harvest Chapel International. Various activities included:
-Career guidance and counseling sessions.
-Distribution of free Bibles and free school uniforms.
-Donation Drive for teaching and learning materials.
-Donation Drive for food items.
-Donation Drive for clothing items.
1207 people attended the event with a total number of 752 giving their lives to Christ!”
Pais Kenya
“Our mission initiatives towards businesses grew to a great extent this year!
-We are now preaching in over 5 supermarkets (similar to Walmart) every month. They allow us to do church services for their staff on Sunday morning before they start their work.
-We partnered with the businesses of the Limuru area by asking for donations to repair broken windows of a local public school. Many businesses joined in to support this project.
-A weekly movie project is a new tool for us to spread the gospel. A local movie business owner agreed to use his movie place to show free Christian movies and allow us to engage the audience in a gospel debate.
We also continued with our youth work in 2021:
-We ran a VBS program in 2 different schools. It was awesome to see schools opening up again after the pandemic.
-Pais Kenya participated in the Gospel Flame Project, a special evangelistic team that goes to towns preaching the gospel. Our team of 4 missionaries have been able to win about 713 people to Christ Jesus from January 2021 until now.
This year we have seen a total of over 1500 people come to Christ Jesus in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania mission work.”
Pais South Africa
“Aaron has been part of the Pais Youth Academy since 2019. When he first joined, he was one of the quiet ones. Keeping to himself and not being very vocal in group discipleship discussions.
Since then, he has shared his testimony in youth, been a part of a leadership team launching a kids program for the community, preached in Sunday service, his school asked him to pray at the opening of their new library, he has been a leader on kids camps, mission projects and has attended every training opportunity he is given chance to.
We are so proud of how Aaron has grown from being quiet to being a key leader among the youth and kids in the community. The kids in the community are always looking for him, he has become like a pastor to the kids in the community.
Aaron’s heart is really for God and the children, as Pais teams have come and gone and the members have changed he has remained an integral part of the youth academy and built strong relationships with every Pais team present in his local church. Many children are attending church because of his leadership at such a young age.
We have been delighted to hear that he would like to join Pais upon completing school as he is such a pleasure to work with and an impact for God’s kingdom.”
Pais Nigeria
“One of our major highlights this year was when we were allowed to minister in a school for the first time in over 7 months due to covid!
Our work revolves a lot around schools and student communities. We find that the impact we have on young people easily filters into every fabric of our society, hence our frustration when we couldn’t go into schools for such a long time.
But we kept knocking and praying until we had our breakthrough, and it came in style. We were accepted into an unusual school: one of the best high schools in western Nigeria owned and run by a former president of our nation and with a very notable and well respected alumni community.
Fast forward from that breakthrough, we are already reaching 5000+ students and youths in 3 regions all through the country.”
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From a Pais Student to a Pais National Director, Grace Asare Was Inducted Into Office In Ghana
From a Pais Student to a Pais National Director, Grace Asare Was Inducted Into Office In Ghana
When Grace Asare was in basic school at the age of 11 years old, she met Pais missionaries who mentored her and poured into her life. She saw their ministry and genuine love for people, which influenced her life decisions as she was growing up.
In 2017, she started a new chapter in her journey by joining Pais as a missionary herself and committing to spiritual growth. As she experienced and shared God’s love, Grace was offered the position as the Personnel and Communications Director in 2019. Through equipping missionaries, she showed others how they are also capable of advancing the Kingdom of God no matter where they are.
Now, two years later, Grace has been appointed as the new National Director for Pais Ghana. Her vision is for Pais Ghana to fully impact students with God’s Word in all the 16 regions of Ghana. She desires to see the lives of students being completely transformed, just like hers once was too.
Looking back to 2017, Grace says “joining Pais has been an inspiring and life changing moment”. From a Pais Student to now a Pais National Director, her induction into office happened this past May. Joined by the Harvest International Ministries, Pais Ghana’s Board Members, Missionaries, Pastors, and some family members, they laid hands and prayed over her leadership and the work ahead. A citation was also given in honor of Pais Ghana’s former National Director, Samuel Amasah’s, achievements and good work.
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Pais Team in Ghana reaches out to 365 Students in one week!
Pais Team in Ghana reaches out to 365 Students in one week!
The Ring Road Pais Team in Ghana visited 3 schools in the last week of April, they reached out to 365 students with the word of God and also spread the Gospel to four people on the street of Kaneshie, a suburb in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Theophilus, the Team Leader, introduced Philomena, a new Team Member, to the assistant Pastor, Rev. King Foli and also sought an opportunity to announce the #thruhikeforschools in the second service to register people who are interested in joining. This Pais team is rocking it!
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