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| Elder Eric Ndikuriyo |
Elder Eric Ndikuriyo is 26 years old and is from
Burundi. He was baptized in 2014. When
he was 17 years old his father died. He
was killed in the Burundian Civil War, an armed conflict lasting from 1993 to
2006.
The civil war was the result of long standing ethnic
divisions between the Hutu and
the Tutsi tribes
in Burundi. The
conflict began following the first multi-party elections
in the country since independence from Belgium in
1962, and is seen as formally ending with the swearing in of Pierre Nkurunziza in
August 2005. The estimated death toll stands at 300,000 killed. One of those was Elder Ndikuriyo's father as he was confronted one evening in the street by rebels who walked up to him and killed him.
Elder Ndikuriyo’s mother had
died of illness in 1992. After the
passing of his father, he went to live with his older brother who raised him
and his other siblings (3 sisters and 5 brothers). While studying at university, he was found by
the missionaries. Their message of the
restoration touched his heart and sparked a profound testimony of the restored
gospel.
Today, Elder Ndikuriyo is in
the Ghana MTC and has been called to serve in the Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan
Mission.
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