What a day. Yesterday we studied the Gospel of Matthew and it was a bit of a struggle. But today was such a different experience. They had talked the night before about Matthew and still had lots of questions for me. And then we dug into Mark. I could tell some lights were going on and that they were finding truths and insights they had never seen before. What a blessing to be a part!
At one point one the pastors, one you could tell who longs to be a good pastor, said he would not want me to come to his church because his teaching is very shallow. Then he asked me to come back again beyond this month, because he knew it was going to take more than this month to grow in his teaching as he should. In terms of their teaching, I could tell they were like sheep without a shepherd, and they are trying to be the shepherds! It is humbling and gratifying all at the same time. It made me feel just a shallow for wondering the other day if I could really take being here for 30 days!
John was great today. He organized the distribution of the suits. While I taught inside, he stood outside in the sun and patiently worked to make sure every Pastor got a well fitting suit. They were delighted. They came back into the room after their turn with big smiles on their faces. When we came back from lunch, they were all trying on their suits again. It was a pleasing sight. John has been such a great blessing to have along. A good friend, good insight and a servant heart.
And today, we learned God still does miracles. I drove the car that has been rented in rush hour traffic in Kigali and we all survived. Our assigned driver wasn't available this afternoon and by early evening we were without any driver at all. So since Theophile doesn't drive, and the Luke copies needed to be picked up, off we went. Actually, it wasn't all that bad!
Keep us in prayer as we plow through Luke tomorrow and John begins his time with the MicroSeeds people here in Rwanda. Should prove to be another eventful day here in Africa.
Neal
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