It’s been a two week long Tour with Christafari Band, the world’s most renown Gospel Reggea Musicianaries featuring Avion Blackman from Trinidad and Tobago. Gracing over 70 nations proclaiming the word of God and running Billboard charts all over the United States with their music.
Christafari, like Tunedem Band is a Christian reggae band that
was formed in 1990 whose essential goal is to promote Christianity to all
people; including Rastafarians. A mission that we both share in as Tunedem
Band. A Kenyan Gospel Reggae Band that has been in existence for over a decade.
Our vision being to tune our listeners to the word of the God the best way we
know how – Gospel Reggae Music.
We were so privileged to host Christafari in sharing the gospel all over East Africa and creating awareness on the two most powerful Gospel Reggae bands alive today. It all started out three years ago with just a message from our visionary Kepha who approached the living legend of gospel reggae music and Evangelist I Defender of the gospel Pastor Mark Mohr, Christafari’s band leader. Talks that would manifest years later on this side of the planet in hosting them three times over.
The Tour kicked off in Rwanda with two main venues, Youth
Camp New Life Bible Church and Camp Kigali in Kigali, Rwanda where lives came
to the Lord and an ocean of people adorned us with their presence in coming to
experience live reggae music.
We later on joined each other in Kampala, Uganda for more
ministry in different churches and Children’s homes each manifesting in a way
we can’t explain. Our first stop - Mercy children’s home that is run by one of
Uganda’s renown Gospel Musicians and Pastors, Mr Wilson Bugembe of Worship
House Ministries in Nansana, Kampala Uganda. Interacting, Playing and sharing
the gospel with kids who were abandoned at very young stages of their lives, and others with
special needs who were just victims of circumstances. The experience reminded
me of scriptures, that “whatever you do to the least of these you do unto me”
and our hearts went out to all these people, spreading Gods love the best way we knew how.
We were later on hosted by Mission House Ministries by Pastor
Fred Kajumba who heads a school, a home and a church right in the same
compound, a man who’s story has touched many and has continually reached out to
the destitute in a tremendous ways. Opening up doors for kids who are
hungry and need a place to lay their heads, educating them and feeding them
spiritually and clothing them with love from all corners. We had a
great time here because this is where we slept the one week we were there and
got to spend time with the ladies and young men from the ministry. Boy did they
feed us well! I’m recovering from a week-long of meat and peanut delicacy’s
that came from Wakiso District in Kampala!
Nansana, Kampala Uganda was heaven! We ended our tour there
with a concert at Pastor Bugembes church that was a true picture of a city on a
hill! Man, the crowd came out in large
numbers to receive the word of God in music late that evening and were blessed
because they came. It was an ocean of people and Pst Bugembe got what we call a
throw of the century to the crowd to celebrate his birthday! Christafari called
it “The Legendary Crowd Surfing”! Mark
Mohr with all his weight wasn’t left behind, he got one just like Pst Bugembe!
The city does us good, but not as good as the countryside, early
Sunday morning we headed straight to Awana, Maasai Land, Kajiado County, where
we were joined by fellow Maasai Christians and non Christians to worship. With
Both Men and Women doing their thing - daaance! The ladies looked exceptionally
beautiful with their their large neck jewelry, folkloric tailored clothing that
were strikingly decorated and gracious moving of their necks and shoulders and the men jumping tall high, reaching the
heavens! Having touches of the wild by sleeping in tents and being able to hear
wildlife move around at night! You need guts to do this!
The tour wouldn’t be complete without doing some roots reggae
in the sluuum! Kibera Slums! Where most of Tunedem’s Band members grew up. A
place where most people dread going because of insecurity and dirt, poor living
conditions and extreme abject poverty. This tour was dubbed – Spread the Love
concert and this depicted majorly in Kibera where the gospel was preached and
clothing was given to some of the less fortunate amongst the crowd. This turned
out to be one of the most high energy and most engaging performances given by
our duo. There was so much joy and enthusiasm aerating from each corner and the
crowd responded in a way that was unexplainable with lives coming to Christ and
fellow musicians from the slum joining us on stage! It was truly something!
This entire tour ends with the breaking of bread led by
Pst Mark Mohr who reminds us how communion is where the Lord dwells, not
forgetting it is by Jesus’ stripes that we find our healing. Remembering why
we do what we do and who paid such a heavy price for us on the cross,paving way
for people like us to reach out to the lost.
One thing stands out from each of us, the love and passion
for missions, our flexibility and drive during difficult times in our ministry’s
and forever defending the gospel at all costs. Remembering Paul’s letter, “that he who began a good work in us will
carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus”. We had fun with these guys and pray for even greater tours together outside East Africa's corners.
Details on Tunedem Shows and Tours also coming soon!
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