“For as the soil makes the e up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.” -Isaiah 61:11

Jean Marie owns a restaurant and farm in southern Rwanda. After his first year in business, he worked with Urwego, a local micro-finance partner with HOPE International, to secure a loan to purchase more animals and improve his land’s fertility.

Today, he employs 8 people, supports 11 orphans, and has 5 children:

His story is another great example of how something as simple as access to capital can be a key to achieving success and stability in the developing world. And yet Jean Marie’s story points to something even more crucial: a love for Jesus, faithful obedience, and the fruit of bothacross munity, and enterprise.

“Every morning, after preparing what will be served in the restaurant that day, we invite God e take over,” he says. “I have seen God blesses me way more than I give. He multiplies what I give….In all we do, we must involve God.”

For more of his story, see here.