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HOW IT BEGAN

Twenty-five years to this day, the seed of what eventually come out to be known today as MT GOSHEN INTRNATIONAL MINISTRIES was planted in the spirit of an impressionable gangling man known as Master Munyaneza Joseph Patrick Kanyoni, when at the age of 28 received prophecy of serving God. It was in march 1991 while in Aboke Sub county in then Apac District, where I was invited to give a word (Preaching) in Aboke church of Uganda (Anglican). After My Preaching which was touching and impressed very many, ecclesiastical by then Obua invited me at his home for lunch, while at lunch, he prophesized to me that God has shown him that I will serve him in the capacity of a Pasto r/ Reverend, thus that I am a servant of God in that Capacity of a Pastor/Reverend. He felt much more concerned and persuaded me to recommend me and the church sponsors me to Aduku Theological collage Apac District for grade III certificate, then I would be ordained Reverend in Anglican church, an offer I turned down, since I had not realised my calling and the time of God had not yet reached.

In July 2000 while in Jinja, I attended a service in Rubasy road with a new born again church, clerical I found there prophesized to me, that I will be a Pastor; That the work I was doing then, was not my job. I was very much contented with what I was doing and that time, I was very staunch protestant. I could not accept the prophecy of being a Pastor, moreover a sinner like me? “A Policeman!” That time I was pretending that I was saved while not, this was a period when I was so active in going to witchdoctors. Most of the time I visited many parts of Uganda, East Africa and party of southern Sudan I was going to witch doctors. This was time when I wanted protection, wealthy, wisdom; promotion and favour from my bosses and this is common with most Police officers. Going to consult fortune tellers and witchdoctors was normal and order of the day. Satan had dominated my mind; I could not think of any other power but of Satan. I was working but my monthly salary I could divide it into three, one portion to help at home, another portion for me to drink and enjoy life (women) and third portion for going to witch doctors. Wherever I could hear that there is a strong witchdoctor I could go, yet I was from the family of born again Christian of church of Uganda, my late grandfather Petero Bigega was among the first convert to Christianity, he was converted in 1918, blow-out the Gospel of Jesus Christ as saviour in Rwanda, Burundi and Mboga Zaire. In church of Uganda’s(Anglican) history, he was 27th person to wed in Province of church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Mboga Zaire. I was born in family that feared and respected God, but for me I had gone astray. I had taken my ways, the ways of destruction, without consent of my parents, brothers and sisters neither my wife, though my wife knew part of my life.

It is difficult to recall how it begun, but I remember clearly that by grace of God I got real born again in December 2005.This is the right time, when I took drastically decision that enough is enough and thereafter, I gave my real life to Jesus Christ. Indeed, enough was enough to myself, as had gone completely astray. This was my last time to visit a witch doctor and to work for devil. In December 2005 is my last time when I visited a last witch doctor called Mukonjo from Kasese who requested me to pay 700,000/= plus a cook with one colour, which I did. The same cook was well cooked, made me to carry on my head and he ate with his family of four wives and eight children. Satan is an enemy, with all my education background and qualifications, He made me to be a table for his family to enjoy a cook brought by me. After he gave me some medicine (witchcrafts) to put in my office chair, table and all my places of work, that I will get money, favour from my bosses and quick promotion. After five days having done the same and in the same week I was dismissed from the job. What a loss and sham on my side?

This is the time I realised that I needed the grace and favour of God, I realised that its only God who can provide and that with him everything is possible. There I saw the message that was in Mathew 16;19 I ‘will give you the key of kingdom of heaven and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bond on heaven and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven’. I started interrogating myself ‘that what is holding my blessings? Is it me with a problem or God wanted me to go extra mile? I got the answers of the message in Mathew 9;27-34, And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.  But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casted out devils through the prince of the devils. ’the voice told me that do not allow the devil to touch your faith even if everything becomes tough, that the angles of God has brought you back to Jesus who knows all your problem, I knew I needed deliverance. I started looking for God from different churches to churches. I visited new life Church, Glad Tidings of Gods Provision, His Grace Assembly, Kampala Pentecostal church, Mountain of the fire, Miracle Centre, Kadesh International Ministries, ministries, miracle centres, synagogue’s, born again churches, to mention but a few. I also joined so many fellowships which were trying to start as churches or ministries, at that time which were not churches yet, but not getting what I wanted.

In June 2009, I got a lot of challenges whereby I needed a word from God, for guidance of what to do and Help, I was interested in Gods Prophecy and messages, wherever I could hear that there is a prophet of any nature I could go there. This time I happen to meet so many prophets like Peter Kigali, Pr. Michael Matovu and Maama Grace, Pr. Daniel Mugabonake, Pr Augustine Bigirimana, Pr John Paul from Kigali, Pr Elisa Manirafasha, Ms Beatrice Kampire, Madam Kwihangana Clemensia to mention but a few who prophesised that I will serve God, without specifying under which capacity apart from Pr Elisa Manirafasha and Ms. Beatrice Kampire who told me that I will be a pastor.

One Peter Kigali told me that I like prophecy and indeed it was true, He told me that I do not need the prophecy that, what I need is to pray and allow God to use me according to his will. In August 2009, I meet Pr Daniel Mugabonake and prophesized to me that all my problems cannot be solved by anybody but God alone, he advised me to go to the prayer Mountain Ssekuku and spend Five days there, while praying and feasting, that God will find me there and speak to me, indeed, it happened and I saw God in Action. I was not knowing the prayer Mountain, Pr Ndizeye Peter of Kadesh International ministries, the Ministry by then I belong to, offered to take me there and show me the place. After one week when it was Monday, he offered to take me there, we walked from Kampala to prayer Mountain in Ssekuku, since we did not have transport. On arrival, he showed me the place and told me that I do not need any helper, that it should be, between me and my God.

I choose to enter I small Bush for my personal prayer, while there I got the memories of my early good days, then memories of how much time and money I wasted to the witch doctors and women, I started repenting to God, I was really sorry and ashamed of all my sins. After repenting I started seeing visions of my calling.

In the second day at prayer Mountain Ssekuku, when I was in my small bush Feasting, at a point I couldn’t hold it in any longer at 8.00pm in the evening, God send to me Pr Manirafasha Elisa with message, he was not knowing me neither had he ever seen me before. He came under the direction and guidance of God. After seeing me he prayed for me and delivered the message God had given him to me.

  • The first message was that God Loves me that, he has never abandoned me that he looked for me, that he could not find me, that now he has seen me he wants me to serve him as his massager and minister. That he wants me to take care of his people the one he has called and who are called by his name. God had entrusted me with his people.at that time, had no money with a lot of debts. I could not afford I meal for the day, I could only eat once or twice a week not because I was feasting but I had no money to buy food. I started doubting the prophecy. Pr. Elisa looked at me than said to me, that God Has told him to tell me that he has paid all my debts and that from that time on wards I will never stay hungry again unless when I am feasting, I thank almighty God that he has fulfilled his promise.
  • He again told me that, God has told him to tell me that he has removed shame on me and he has uplifted me, but all he needed is me to serve him and lead his Church, thus Mt Goshen International Ministries therefore in not any bodies church but Gods church. That the holy spirit will guide me of what to do, since the church is not mine but Gods church.
  • That God has chosen me to led and keep his people as he did to Moses, those whom he has called, that I preach the Gospel of the lord that is unshakable.
  • Lastly he told me that God has told him that he tells me that God has given me freely that I should also serve people freely without discrimination, on wealthy, race colour or creed, rich or poor they are all Gods people. As I was doubting where to get money to do all that, the poor and needy person like me, God told him to tell me that, I read Haggai 2;8 ‘the silver is mine and Gold is mine said the God of host’, then he told me that by the time I leave the mountain I would have got all the money I needed, I laughed it over, as I knew very well I had nobody I knew or who knows me to the extent of giving me money at prayer mountain. Pr. Elisa prayed for me and blessed me and went away, left me at prayer mountain since he had delivered God message to me as directed.

On the third day on the prayer mountain at around midnight while praying, I got a vision in form of a dream, God appeared to me and told me that he has chosen me to serve him, that I should start his work with all my strength and focus on him for guidance, that I should not focus on resources, that he has chosen me to pray and to preach the word of God to the hearts of people, that many who will hear his word and believe it will get saved.

He told me that from today on ward I have chosen you to be my Shepherd that I keep his frock, since I was not understanding what God was exactly saying, an angel of the lord appeared to me powered an anointing oil on my head, then when I come out of the dream I found myself wet with anointing oil. immediately I realised what God was referring to in the vision and prayed for it to come true.

On the fourth day I saw the congregation of many people before me while preaching them. I was wondering and said to myself that. this may be, it might be in the church I was serving Kadesh international ministries. Overtime, I continued praying over it, God told me that it’s not Kadesh, mine will be Mt Goshen international ministries where the name came from, that, that was the church God was telling me to serve. Mt Goshen meaning a good place of peace and Blessing. Gen 47:27 ‘And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly’.

On the fifth day at noon while preparing to come back from prayer Mt to my place of abode, it was hot noon I feared sunshine, then said to myself that I should wait and start my Journey at exactly 3.00 pm, when it was approaching 2.00pm there come I lady from Kigali-Rwanda got hold of me started praising God and saying that I am the one, that she had looked for me from morning, she told me that her name is Clemensia Kwihangana, she told me that God had instructed her to give me all the money she had, she gave me all  Uganda shillings she had and Rwanda francs. I started getting manifestation of all what God had said and revealed to me earlier on through Pr. Elisa Manirafasha. All what God revealed to me come to pass. I came back from Prayer mountain, with money, the person who went on foot, I boarded a tax while coming back, paid the rent and all the debts, thus the work of God started as I developed confidence and believed on what God had spoken to me through his people. I continued searching God and praying with all my strength.

In April 2010, I was persuaded by politicians of the day and joined politics. This time I was running away from serving God. I stood as a member of Parliament Bufumbira South, where I narrowly lost the seat.

It was during the time of politics in October 2010 that’s when I was bewitched and fell sick, I have moved in whole country (Uganda), but I have never seen witches and sorcerers like those of Kisoro. I fell sick to the extent I tried all the specialist I knew by then and all the doctors, who failed to treat me, the only option was to go home so that I wait for my time die. I was paining all the parts of the body, vomiting blood, passing blood and all the openings were oozing blood. When I failed in all hospitals, I was taken home from Kampala to Kisoro, when I reached there, I lied in my sisters Dinah Kambabazi’s room, waiting to die, then my nice Niyisambwa Rebbeca and My Brother Christopher Ntirandekura come and agreed to take me to Rwanda to be prayed for, I was not in my normal senses to take a decision. While going I know I am being transfered to Ruhengeri Hospital, to my surprise I found myself in Pr. Thomas Musabyimana house, we reached there at 10.00 am. He started praying for me and at 2.00 pm, He prophesied to me, that I should prepare myself, that the time of leaving this world has reached, that the following day which was Friday, I was going to die. Having revealed the message to me, I started preparing myself for my journey to heaven. I repented all my sins, wright away from my child hood. Confessing in my heart and supplicating to God, by that time I was being helped in each and everything.

At that night I gained strength, but continued in supplication and prayer. On Friday the fateful day. I walk up with a lot of strength bathed, brushed, my teeth and dressed myself in best attire, the thing I was not doing, then started criticizing the prophecy that it was not true. At exactly 10.00 am than I died and came back to life at 13.45 hours. I spent 3.45 hours’ in the life of dead. But really God loved me and I saw him in action. As I was coming back to life, I saw four angels of the lord, two on the shoulders two at the feet. I had the voice talking to me and I had the following promises/messages

i). The voice talked to me, that I have healed you, brought you back to life to serve me, that Go and serve me with all your strength and all your resources.

ii). That I have given you a bonus of twenty years but that twenty (20) years you should not do anything but to serve me.

iii). That all the sickness in me, they are all healed, after that word, the Angel of the lord, injected me at left buttocks, very painful injection. Then God told me that I have healed you, you will pray for the sick and touch them and they will also be healed, you will send away demons and all satanic powers.

Then God promised me, That God has healed me all the sickness I had and that time I had pressure, ulcers, diabetes etc that from that day on wards no witchcraft will attack me or affect me. I think this is a privilege God gave me to be a forerunner of Mt Goshen international ministries, so whatever we do I give Glory to God for that privilege.

On next day Saturday the same Month the same year I went to Shira Cathedral to give thanks and glory to God and testify what he has done to me, but that moment I was doubting whether I spoke to God or devil, But God spoke to me through Pastor Thomas’s prophecy justifying exactly what God had spoken to me.

I thank God for how far he has lead me, I think I have not reached a step of what God want me to do, if you consider the revelations that God gave to me, that I have been sharing, then we still have a long way to go.

When I came back to Kisoro, I continued with politics until after election of 18 January 2011.where I lost narrowly. After settling a bit, I left my village Gahunga, Nyakabingo Parish Kisoro District to Kampala to begin a new life. I joined my former church Kadesh International Ministries, I found each and everything changed, I tried to fit in Church and to change the status quo, but all in vein until the Pastor dismissed me in his church that I go and start my ministry. I had nowhere to go and life become had, I decided to go to prayer mountain to consult God what could be next with me and his ministry, I spent five days there, while consulting God and God told me that it’s not yet time, I should go and apologies to the Pastor and after I start a prayer room at my place of abode. I went and apologized to the pastor as God had directed me.

on Wednesday 27th February 2011 of that week I started I prayer room in my rented double room in Makerere Kikoni. We started while four people that is myself, Scovia, Silvia, and Nayebale Rosebell, we started by having prayers every Wednesday of the end of the Month. Of course, with time I was joined by my children, Turinayo Yonah, Precious Vivian Nyiraneza, Byiringiro Leah,Niyonsuti Ollen and Uwera Emma Ruheke who could do most of interpretation. God started doing his work a mong us he started sending men and women of God to help and encourage us. At first we had in march 2011 Pr. Daniel Mugabonake and Beatrice Kampire who all prophesied to me that I will be a Pastor, then Maria Clare Kwizera and Pastor Manirafasha Elisa who helped very much to strengthen the prayer room.

In April 27/2012, God send us Beatrice Kampire to tell me that I am Gods chosen Pastor to keep his people, she encouraged me to do Gods work and helped us very much to strengthen our prayer room.

In August 2012 God again sent to me Pr. Daniel to tell me to start the church with my own strength, but Pastor Daniel was moved by fresh, seeing Gods promises on me, he wanted to use me that we start a church in Kikoni. I prayed over it, fasted for five days over it and God revealed to me that he is not the right person to work with, that it’s not yet Gods time.

God also sent Pastor Augustine Bigirimana in November 2012 with the same message, that I start the Gods church as he instructed me, that God had okayed me, that I had God’s promise, that I am sitting on. Pastor Augustine being a prophet and human being, he developed interest and wanted to work with me, we hired Kikoni Makerere II Parish community Hall, before I could start, I went to consult my master Almighty God, he told me that he is not the right person, that God has some one, he will send to me at the rights time. I came and explained to him what Almighty God had told me, whereby refusing to work with him soiled our relationship.

In the beginning of December 2012 God sends Kampire Beatrice, with a message that to serve God I must be righteous person and I have to wed first, that I am delaying my blessings and work of God. It is on the same day that God promised me a baby girl, ’Priscilla’. After that message I went to prayer Mountain to consult God.it is at prayer mountain that I received the confirmation message and God set the date as 18th January 2013 with condition of not going beyond that date. The process of my wedding was also a challenge and God performed many miracles which is along story to tell. By that time our prayer room increased the number ,we were about 20 people and we were praying every Wednesday, but on Sunday I could go to fellowship with Kadesh international ministries. The problem came after my wedding when the Pastor was very un-comfortable of many messages and prophets that were coming about Gods ministry, that I will be A pastor, others that I am Pastor anointed and appointed by God, which was true and this threatened him and his ministry. Pastor Peter called me aside and told me  that two Pastors cannot be in the same church. He told me that I should find my church, I was very puzzled and deeply displaced, there and then, I decided to go to prayer mountain to consult God of what to do next. I was to stay there for five days while feasting and consulting God, while still at the mountain God sent Bishop Jackson Nirangire from Kigali, bring me the message that this was the right time for me to start the Work of God as he talked and promised me, that I should start the way I feel like with my strength that God will be on my side, that God has big church under me. He also told me that God had directed him to wash my feet only, He directed me where he was residing in Kabalagala that I should meet him there and washes my feet. The following day as we agreed I went with my daughter, Nyiraneza Precious, he washed my feet and that of my daughter and wished me well in God’s Ministries.

When he was washing my feet one Julien Ayinkamiye, who was working with Pastor Peter Ndizeye in Kadesh international ministries, hard from Bishop Niragire Jackson of what God hard sent Bishop of what to do and to tell me, she requested me to work with me in my new ministry, since I was young and I needed some experience I accepted to work with her on 28th March 2013 I started the Sunday service at my room in kikoni Makerere II parish Kawempe Division. We went on until 27th February 2014 we went to Kabalagala.

In general, Mt Goshen international ministries started way back on 27/2/2011 as prayer room in Kikoni, we prayed until 27/2/2013, when the number had increased from 4 people to 27 people. We went to Kabalagala near Zzimwe construction Company, where we stayed up to 28/03/2013 and moved to Kanyanya in wampamba zone. It was official registered on 28/03/2014 after one year in Wampamba zone Kanyanya Parish Kawempe Division, we stayed in Wampamba Zone from 28/03/2014 up to 28/12/2014 when we shifted and had our first Sunday service and prayers at Makerere Primary school(yellow). We were 27 people all with testimonies of what God had done.

Whatever God told me I will give it whatever it takes to see it realised. I worked with Julien Ayinkamiye for a short time because she had no direction, purpose, passion and guidance of God. She left to green pasture in World Mission Maranatha church. Once you are able to lay hands on what God has created you to accomplish and you commit yourself to seeing it realized and asking God for his daily basis for his grace, divine, enablement, as you study the word, as you pray as you remain sensitive to the holy spirit, God will help you.

What I learnt God calls everybody, it depends what your calling is, some are called to be Teachers of the word, others are called to be preachers, Doctors, some are called to be lawyers and some are called to be prophets, etc, but for me I was called to take care of Gods Alter. God told Abraham to keep his alter because he was a believer, I wondered why God told me so, Indeed God calls everybody a reason why he called me the sinner like me. 1.Timothy 1:12- 15 ‘And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. ‘I realised that you do not need to be a pastor to be called of God. We all have reason for living a purpose in life, we should understand that, we are not there by accident. God had a plan and purpose for me, what I needed is to seek to discover that purpose and take hold of it and say ‘I will give it whatever it takes to see it realized. God showed me averse in Psalm 32;8 ‘I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye’.

For Mt Goshen international ministries to exit, I think it’s just the grace of God, God promised me guidance as he said I will guide you, I will counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee, psalm 25:9-10, psalm 33:18; Prov 3:5-6; Isa 49:10. But again the bible says, whatever is born of God, overcomes the world. If something is of God that is the basic foundation, today I am happy what God told me come to pass. It is amusing that within a space of six years of my vision and dream and ten years of giving my life to Christ I started this ministry.

As Jesus said, if you deny me in front of your friends, I will deny you in front of my father as it is indicated in Mark 12;30 ‘love God your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your mind and all your strength, ‘due to that, we started the work of God. Surprisingly in all the process, I was consulting and getting guidance from Holly spirit. What amused me was in drafting of constitution and statement of faith, in this exercise, whatever I wrote I did it at night after dreaming or getting vision from God of what to write. This went on for three months than I completed it. This was not my work but the work of God. Mark 10;27 with men it is impossible, with God it is possible. Indeed, God Answers, as it is written in Jeremiah,33;3 ‘call onto me I will answer and show you the great things,’ indeed God answered me and showered me great things, in Mathew 7;7 It is written that ‘ask it shall be given ‘I am happy God Gave me what I wanted. When he was sending me the emphasis was that he has sent me to preach the heart of all the people, that I preach to them the word of God and pray to them, those who will adhere to the word will be saved and healed of their sickness and I thank almighty God who is fulfilling his promise and protecting his word.

In psalm 145;18-19, ‘God is near to those who call on him’ truly God is near to Mt Goshen international Ministries, though the journey was with difficulties and roughness, I thank God we are where we are. We give Glory to our God. I continue to pray that Mt Goshen international ministries be a ministry that brings total turn around in people’s hearts and brings to every on open doors to blessings and financial break though. We need to appreciate that God is able and his economy is not earthly economics, we Just put him first in everything, the rest will be done to us.