Trips and Events

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By Pastor Frank Michael Tweheyo   Driving in Kigali City these days gives you a tremendous sense of fulfillment and appreciation to God, since what happened in Rwanda twenty years ago is still fresh in the minds of many around the world. New buildings have sprouted and are mushrooming everywhere. Cleanliness on the streets and … Read more

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by Francine Thomas Our New Man, New Woman workshop this week in Kondoa, Tanzania, has been amazing. Our hosts are our dear friends, Anglican Bishop Given and Mama Bishop Lillian Gaula. Many people commented on how much they were learning and thanked us over and over. We have realized that this curriculum and the way … Read more

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by Sally Bryant We should seek not to control others but empower the powerless, lift up the fallen, reconcile, create opportunities, and encourage maturity. One of the groups in Malawi this year summed up their understanding of New Man, New Woman, New Life with those words.   Muli Bwanje…with a Chinese accent! It’s been two … Read more

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By Pastor Frank Michael Tweheyo   The New Man New Woman New Life seminar was held in Bujumbura, Burundi, at Centre Communitaire adjacent to the Anglican Cathedral of Bujumbura.   Facilitators were Sarah and David Nutter and Frank Tweheyo. Jean-Marie Nibizi and Yvette Ndayirukire translated into Kurundi.   Rev. Canon Seth Ndayirukire and Jean Marie Nibizi … Read more

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Lira is in northern Uganda and is the area terrorized for years by Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. Empower is honored to have the chance to serve people who have suffered much devastation and trauma. We traveled to Lira on 19th May 2014, and were accommodated in Gracious Place Hotel, which Pastor Obonyo booked … Read more

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(Sucheta Mohanty was in attendance at the Evangelical Fellowship of India Women’s Conference, January 2014)   One thing religiously I’m doing is that whenever I get a chance  to speak in a gathering,  I depict some part or other  from the Bible study you taught us. The latest one was on the Women’s Day celebration on 8th Mar.  I was invited from among the audience to speak … Read more

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I am Kasereka Mulemberi, a Theology student at Uganda Christian University, Bishop Barham University College, Kabale, but from Democratic Republic of C.ongo I have been attending Empower seminars together with my wife, Denise. After completing the first seminar we understood that man and woman were all equally created in the image of God, not that … Read more

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by Carrie Miles A team from Empower consisting of Pam Frohreich, David Nutter, Kristina Sachs, and Dennis Tarr, along with Doug and Nancy Stevens from The Leadership Connection, have been in Haiti for the last week teaching the New Man, New Woman, New Life seminar. I have been asking for prayers for their several-hours-long drive … Read more

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by Carrie Miles Donell, Alice, and Carrie Donell and I celebrated the new year by flying to Kolkata, India. We are eager to share our excitement about the programs we conducted there.The very-early-in-the-year travel was necessitated by an opportunity to present the Empower material to 200 women leaders from throughout India. Rev. Dr. Richard Howell … Read more

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by Frank Michael Tweheyo February 25, 2014 Over the weekend I visited with our Empower Alumni from Bishop Barham University College, the Reverends Alice Nabirye and Jeneva Terangoma. Each of them was  student coordinators for Empower during their study time at BBUC and each graduated with first class! Alice is now chaplain of Rwenzori High … Read more

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Wayne Pelly flew from Washington State to Kenya to join Pastor Frank Michael Tweheyo, Empower’s African Director; Mrs. Margaret Kiswiriri, President of Empower /Uganda, and the Rev. Canon Jovahn Turyamureeba, president of the Empower chapter at Bishop Barham University College in Kabale, Uganda, and deputy principal for the school, for a series of New Man, … Read more