Another day, another good day. The teaching time on 1 and 2 Peter went really well. And as usual there were many good questions and a few questions that take you by surprise. One of those, when speaking of Peter's teaching on women in 1 Peter 3, asked me why Adam was created before Eve? I hadn't gotten that one before. So I will just add it to the list.
I would ask you to pray for a man in Masaka named Victor. I met him in the local mini, mini market where I get a somewhat cold drink after lunch (Rwandans like them room temperature or hotter), I met him He was having a cold beer. He told me he wanted to stop drinking and asked for my advice. I told him he needed a changed heart to go along with a change in behavior and recommended the local church we are meeting at. I asked him if he read the bible but he said he didn't have one. I will give him one on Friday and have already introduced him to the local Pastor. Hopefully, a new birth in Christ will be the result.
We also busy making preparations for our final day on Friday. While Frank teaches 1, 2 and 3 John tomorrow, I will run errands with Theophile. As a part of the closing celebration on Friday each pastor will get a certificate of completion (we typed in all their names tonight into our template...spell check was having a fit), a new bible, a 25kg bag of rice, and 10K rwanda franks (about $15) to buy beans when they get back to their village. It should be a precious time.
Today they also hinted they would like to go a 5th week, but I told them that I was more than ready to get home to my "weaker vessel" (1 Peter 3:7). They laughed! They have truly become brothers in the faith.
Keep up the prayers so we will finish strong.
Neal
Neal,
ReplyDeleteI know you're in the stretch run here and I pray that you will finish strong. It's been an inspiration reading these postings, knowing you've been there a month now. I hope you get a chance to at least get a few days break before getting back into the daily grind.
Thanks for all you did for me, getting me over there and back in one piece. It was the experience of a lifetime. Tell the pastors I think of them all the time and pray that they will go back to their congregations filled with God's Word and His power.
Tom