July 11,
2014
The high for
today was in the low to mid 90’s with a slight breeze and extremely comfortable
in the shade of a beautiful, full Acacia tree.
Evening temperature is in the low 70s providing a comfortable sleeping
temperature for those enjoying serving the Lord in Africa. We had a wonderful
day full of adventure. After a delicious
breakfast and morning devotion we set out for a morning of African style evangelism
(i.e. hut-to-hut). We divided into 4 teams to cover some of the area around the
local missionary church. Each team had very different experiences. Testimonies
were given, questions were asked and answered, and there was rejoicing for
salvations. Rhonda and I, decided to see if we could get a Bible club going. With
2 to 3 children present I started reading from a Bible story book and before we
knew it we had 17 children gathered. We went from one story to another and then
gave out stickers – we had great fun!
Upon
returning to our host missionary family’s home, we enjoyed homemade chicken
salad sandwiches for lunch and then we all headed to the children’s hospital.
We found our good friend Florence (head nurse for the hospital), she gave us a
small tour of the new section where we distributed beanie babies. The hospital visit
and handing out the beanie babies has become a tradition that we’ve carried on
for several years now. Though there have
been some recent renovations the suffering and crowded conditions have not
changed.
By the end
of the day we had searched through all our trunks to find story ideas and craft
materials for over 200 children that we expect to work with tomorrow. We thank God for getting us one step further
out of our comfort zone and allowing us to serve Him. We have made our plans
for tomorrow, but we never truly know what tomorrow holds.
We would
like to request prayer for Martha who is the daughter of Andrew (our long time
friend and driver). She has malaria and pneumonia.
Susan
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Well, I had
a very interesting day, I was assigned to go out knocking on doors to spread
the gospel today. This was way out of my
comfort zone after living a very sheltered life in my Christian growth in the
states. We had another Missionary with
her daughter and an Interpreter from the local Church to go with me. We stopped at 5 different homes talking with
them about Jesus. We had 7 young men and
one young girl to pray the salvation prayer with us. We hope they will come to services on Sunday and
learn more about Jesus , his life, what He wants us to do with our lives, and to show others how to live.
Deb
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