Spread The Love Tour - Christafari I TuneDem Band

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!

 Kenya in its own right also welcomed Christafari in style at the Kamiti Medium Prison with lots of music on stage from some of the inmates and choirs formed inside the prison. Scripture reminds us that “ I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.”

And there was no better way to exercise this than to be right in the prison walls to feel what the inmates feel and share in their day with a touch of feel good reggae music and sharing a meal together with them. Parklands Baptist Church made all this possible by organizing this with the Kenyan Government and going ahead to host Christafari. Late Saturday evening we rocked Parklands Baptist in song and chant! A feeling that is always so surreal.

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. 

Christafari heads out to Europe as of yesterday night for yet another tour. Lets join them in prayer as they spread the love of Christ to everyone who hears the sound of their voice. Check out their website for more  www.christafari.com

Details on Tunedem Shows and Tours also coming soon!

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