Rita Mutabazi (centre in picture) studies electro-mechanical engineering at the Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management, the premier English-language higher learning institution in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. For two years, despite having many of her friends come to church services, Women's Days and other church activities, she did not see her evangelistic efforts result in fruit. Then Eugene Sangano (far right in picture) got baptized.

The two of them continued to invite people to church, including their class representative, Didier Mukama (far left in picture). But Didier's excuse was always that he was too busy. God dealt with that excuse by having Rita, Eugene and Didier's class go on an academic trip to Arusha in Tanzania. There, Eugene challenged Didier to come to church since, being away from his customary environment, he really had nowhere else to go. As full of excuses as Didier had been up until then, he was now full of excitement. "Though I had been so religious," says Didier, "I didn't know the importance of the Bible. So I still remember how I felt when (then leader of the Arusha church,) George Khisa showed me from Scripture that it is the word of God, and not my behaviour, that will judge me! I also liked the challenge to repent with deeds and not just words."

Another thing that helped Didier was his relationship with Rita and Eugene. "I had resisted changing until we went to Arusha. In Arusha I became close to Eugene and with Rita, so when Eugene invited me to church, I finally promised that we would go together."

After the three of them returned to Kigali, Didier continued studying the Bible and attending church, and was baptized into Christ.

Eugene says that he has learned a lot from Didier's becoming a Christian. "It changed the way I look at campus society, and my zeal to reach out to others increased," he shares. "My list of 'impossibles' shrank." Rita shares similar sentiments. "I was so happy," she says of Didier's baptism. "It changed the way I looked at other students in terms of evangelism. As Didier is someone who students look up to, his becoming a disciple gave us more attention as students stopped joking and started taking the church and our faith more seriously."

"One way that discipleship influenced me is when it comes to challenging the students," says Didier. "Before becoming a disciple, I would often give in to whatever the students wanted, like reporting any claim they had. Now they know, for example, that I am not the right person to ask for tests and exams to be postponed when there is no genuine reason for it." Eugene adds that Didier "doesn't react to things the way he used to. He used to get very angry easily, but has overcome that. Galatians 5:24,25 ("Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.") has become manifest in him and in his leadership.

Didier has gone from merely representing his class to representing Christ. And he, Rita and Eugene look forward to helping many more campus students in Kigali become faithful disciples of Christ.