I was blessed in May of 2012, to visit this Organisation, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, in Colorado Springs, together with Denver Rescue Mission in Denver Colorado.

I was sponsored by the same two, as an intern to learn from them in setting up and establishing AUMA here in Africa.

Whilst I was with AGRM, I was shown administration management, from establishing and taking care of members, to establishing and taking care of donors, accounting, public relations, convention and event planning, as well as other mission association agendas. I learnt how they, as the hub of Urban Rescue Missions in the USA, have experienced the ups and downs in learning curves that have taken them to their 99th year of success. The Organisation represents God's mission callings, and is run solely for His Kingdom purposes.

The learning adventure I embarked on taught me that reinventing the wheel here in Africa is totally unnecessary, seeing as their wheels turn so wonderfully. Their cogs are well oiled and turn with practised ease. Denver Rescue Mission, who have been running for 120 years, offered so much in the nuts and bolts arena, of hosting and running rescue outreach programs for the under privileged, addicts, homeless, hungry, hurting and lost. Their first and foremost priority is to instil the love of Jesus into the lives of those who fall into their care, before they take them through programs to equip and empower them, to confidently step back into the often tough and trying realms of life, in a world full of satan’s destruction. But instead of being weak in themselves, they step out of the program, equipped in the strength and guidence of their Heavenly Father who has become their awesome Saviour.

It truly was an amazing experience, and, whilst there, AGRM offered to host AUMA’s initial website. AUMA presently only has this blog, together with Facebook, but, I am so super excited to share that the website is under-going construction steps, and hopefully will soon be up and running. This will create a global platform, and most importantly, will create a first of its kind, a broad and useful African Urban Ministry platform. This will be the place where the Urban Ministries throughout Africa will be able to obtain various resources, network on a wider scale, obtain links to necessary sites, and much more. AUMA will finally be able to subscribe members to join an Association which will equip and empower their Ministries, and grow their mission field for God's purpose and glory.

So, watch this space for more news on this upcoming exciting venture.

Until then, God bless you and your mission field in all the ways that God deems necessary, and may He give you and yours wisdom in all you do in His name, amen!