Author: Phil and Elin Henderson

Elin is busy preparing for her upcoming culture and language evaluation. It is scheduled for about 2 weeks from now. With the Bible teaching, homeschooling, and life in general she has not been able to spend as much time in concentrated study as she would like to. Pray that God will take what study she […]

“A man’s mind plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) This week we were reminded once again this that we may make plans, but in the end, we must wait on the Lord for His timing and guidance. This week turned out to be less than what we had planned for […]

For the second day in a row a death in the community has delayed the teaching. Because of these two funerals the two remaining lessons are now scheduled to be taught Monday and Tuesday of next week. Keep praying that God will prepare the hearts of those who will be hearing the Good News.

Today (Wednesday) we were unable to teach the lesson because of a big funeral. We all went to the funeral instead. We hope to teach tomorrow and Monday.

Last week I (Elin) did a little class for the ladies, teaching them how to make flour out of their manioc/cassava roots and then a type of bread/pancake. Here is a picture of us, sitting in the smoke, learning together. I would like to start having a class a month for them, covering a variety […]

Henderson’s (long) Week 18 Update: “Blow the trumpets… consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; gather the people…” Joel 2:15,16a July 1, 2011 All throughout Scripture, we see the use of trumpets. Trumpets were used to sound a battle cry or a retreat, to make an announcement, to rejoice, to notify the arrival of the […]

Last week we had a graduation ceremony for our second literacy class. This class studied in the village where our partners, the Hattinghs, work. We plan on starting our third literacy class around the end of August, this one will take place in the village where we work.

We had another 3 session-week this week. Francois taught on Monday about the feeding of the 5000. After the lesson there were a lot of good questions and quite a bit of animated discussion on whether the outward form of religion (prayers, fasting, etc.) was really pleasing to God or whether God looks at the […]