Category: Ministry

Today our partner, Francois Hattingh, taught his first lesson. It was on the creation of Adam and how God made man in His image. We were thankful that attendance was better today.

Rain has been building the last day or so. It rained on and off during the morning but around teaching time it was clear. On several sides of us the sky was dark and we could hear thunder but so far the teaching has not been rained out. The people attending have a plan to […]

On Tuesday’s lesson we were talking about the creation of animals. One of the points we were stressing was that man doesn’t possess the ability to give life to anything. Even if we carve an animal from wood or paint a realistic picture or take a picture we can’t infuse life into that carving or […]

Thank you for praying. Things went well today. We taught the creation of light, the firmament, the dry land and plants. We had better attendance today including a notable increase in the presence of religious leaders. In this picture I was using a form for making mud bricks as an illustration. After each thing that […]

Current Prayer requests Praise points for February 26 2011: 1. Praise the Lord that after years of preparing this week we began teaching His Word. 2. Pray that more people will begin attending the teaching. 3. Pray that we will stay healthy during this stretch of teaching. 4. Praise that we have a good variety […]

So far things seem to be going well. There is a lot to be thankful for. We have seen a wide variety of people from various religious backgrounds. Many come from different parts of the village. Quite a few of those attending are village leaders of one kind or another. We have a variety of […]

The Apostle Paul commented from time to time on his unskillful speech. I think I can relate. It must hurt the Mwinika people’s ears to hear me as I teach them. I know I have a long way to go to be a good speaker of eMwinika. Fortunately they all seem to agree that they […]

Your probably wondering what in the world is an isiikhi and isiiri? An esiikhi (isiikhi = plural) is an upright pole used in house construction. An esiiri (isiiri = plural) is a smaller pole also used in house construction. In the picture you can see a local house in the beginning stages of construction. The […]

We taught our first Bible lesson today! We have been preparing for this day for a long time and we thank the Lord that it has finally come. Praise the Lord that the first lesson is complete and seemed to go well. A small group attended, not nearly as many as we had hoped and […]

This afternoon (Sunday) we cleared the teaching site. A good number of people turned up to help, including a lot of the village leaders. Some stayed the whole time while other for just a short time. The site is now ready for us to start teaching tomorrow. Praise the Lord with us that the site […]