Dear Friends,
It has been our privilege and honor to be a part of taking the Gospel to the to the precious souls of this Dinangat village. We’ve been blessed by your partnership, the encouragement through prayer and correspondence has meant the world to us. We’ve been humbled and amazed to watch the growth of the Dinangat teachers through this adventure, their faith has been tried and proven in many ways. God is Good!
This week we’ve enjoyed having Jeremiah close by as Ralf went up with the teachers for this round of lessons. The teaching centred on Jesus’ deity, and Him being the only Door to Heaven; wonderful lessons, and the majority of the small crowd were thrilled to hear the hope conveyed through the Scriptures. A few of the questions were still focused on their fear of the spirit world, or determining what habits or actions are considered sin. Wouldn’t the enemy just love to get their minds totally wrapped up in issues that take the focus away from CHRIST, and put it on himself or individual works! But we are SO THANKFUL for the honesty and vulnerability of this group, to know where they are in their hearts is truly key to being able to teach well, and we praise the Lord for the insight He has given us! There was much discussion on Jesus being the ONLY way, the only “Bridge” to God, which is paramount since their traditional teaching emphasizes many different ‘logs needed to build the bridge to God.’
We will be combining the last two weeks of this initial teaching into one, so the teachers will be gone from Sunday through Friday. PLEASE PRAY!!! This final week will take us to the Cross, and as we portray Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, please pray:
· That hearts will be humbled, and the people will truly recognize their inability to do ANYTHING of themselves worthy enough to make them clean before a Righteous God
· That the focus would stay on point and they would not be distracted by past beliefs or trivial issues
· For wisdom for the teachers to discern and teach unto understanding
· For good weather, many of the believers from the home village will also go up this week to help support the teachers and talk with people after the lessons to help them understand
· For health among the village and the teachers (many have been sick this last week, including Jeremiah!), so that everyone would be there and not miss a single lesson
· Each person in the village would be able to comprehend what Jesus has done for them, what the Cross means, and BELIEVE in the name of the only Begotten Son unto Salvation!
We serve an awesome God, One who desires that NO MAN should perish! Thank you for being a part of His plan to reach the souls on this side of the globe!
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Jeremiah, April, Jordan, Judah and Alayna