Category: Ministry

We started up our teaching program again after a week of break with our 38th lesson. Monday there were a number of funerals in the village so we used the time to do a review with the few people that showed up. On Tuesday we started in earnest with a lesson on the tabernacle. Wednesday […]

The teaching session on our first day back from our break didn’t happen. There were two funerals in the village that coincided with our meeting so a lot of people didn’t come. A few people did show up so we decided to do a review day. Instead of teaching the lesson that was scheduled we […]

We arrived home safely after a little more than a week of break. Praise the Lord we had a good relaxing week and we are ready to get back into the routine of teaching lessons again. There is a lot of hard work in front of us as we start into the second half of […]

We only spent a few days in town, during which time we had lots of meetings. We didn’t have much time to do any errands or do any purchasing for our next few months in the village. I (Phil) never stepped foot in a store the whole time I was in town. All our supplies […]

This week the main feature was the Law. On Monday Francois taught about the covenant that God made with the Children of Israel at Mount Sinai (see the picture). On Tuesday we introduced the 10 commandments and taught about the first 4, those having to do with man’s relationship to God. On Wednesday we taught […]

While we were teaching the Law we emphasized that God sees the law as a unit. It isn’t a menu where you can pick a few laws to follow and ignore the rest. If you break one you are in trouble. To help illustrate the point we hung a chain from a tree and set […]

One of the main assumptions that we confront is the idea that God only expects you to be “good enough.” He doesn’t expect perfection. All that He needs from you, in order to accept you, is for your good deeds to outweigh your bad deeds. The assumption is that on the judgment day He will […]

This week was all about the Children of Israel. On Monday we talked about the plagues that God sent on the Egyptians. On Tuesday we discussed the Passover and how Pharaoh finally allowed the Israelites to leave. On Wednesday we discussed the crossing of the Red Sea and how God rescued the Israelites. On Thursday […]

We have had some setbacks with our audio program. The machine we use to program our Megavoice players quit working this week. This means we are not able to update the machines with the latest lessons. After some frantic emails the Lord has worked it out that a permanent replacement machine has already been sent […]

Week 8 started off Monday with drizzly overcast skies and a very small group gathering to hear the remaining story of Joseph. Friends and coworkers of ours from town arrived that day for a 4 day visit. By Tuesday the rain was falling continuously and the lesson had to be canceled. Skies started to clear […]