We have been enjoying the Easter break with Deborah, our daughter, over from N. Ireland and staying with us here at North Cotes. We have enjoyed trips to Scarborough, Whitby and to Chatsworth House.
When the students return, I will have three new courses to teach and would ask for your prayers for the preparation involved. In Biblical Studies, I will be teaching 2 Corinthians and Christian Life which is an overview of what God has provided for our salvation – our justification, sanctification and glorification. It will be a review of material that has been covered but brought together in one place before the students move on. It promises to be an exciting course but need the Lord’s wisdom to pull it together.
Another exciting course coming up will be with our students in the Missionary Training Course. It is called Emotional and Spiritual Health and will be devoted to teaching the students strategies so they will be able to maintain themselves emotionally and spiritually on the field. This is important as some of them will find themselves in isolated situations with maybe only one or two other couples as co-workers. The exciting thing is that Lisa and I get to team teach this course. It is the first time we have ever done this and there is a certain apprehension as well as anticipation. We have been praying that God would enable us to benefit from the material as well rather than simply prepare course notes that will gather dust.
We invite you to pray that God would be pleased to use us in the coming months as his channels of blessing as we teach these courses in dependence on the Holy Spirit our ultimate teacher and reminder.