It has been a good day. One precious soul was baptized into Christ today. A young man who is a law school student and former pentecostal was baptized today. He embraced the unperverted Gospel quickly and his background in law was helpful in understanding the differences between what be had been taught and the truth.

We have from way up country from Freetown. He has travelled over 400 miles to attend the studies. He was invited by Sis. Mabel Kartouche who is a friend of a sister in his village. He took out a loan in order to purchase the bus ticket from a nearby village to Freetown. He is one of the first to arrive and the last to leave. He sits on the front row taking notes and asking many questions. He has been a sponge. Often I am asked, why do you go to someplace like Sierra Leone? James is the reason Steve, Justin and I come.

Today's teaching was much more forceful and direct. The issue of instituionalism is being addressed very directly. As you would expect some are embracing and understanding the truth quickly, some are resisting the truth and some don't quite have it figured out yet. A passionate plea for repentance from perverted works has been sounded and hearts are bing stirred.

Finally today, we gave the passage in the NT which mentions institutions attached to the church ....... Gal. 1:6-10! They are mentioned in the sense that Paul warned against a perversion of truth. That statement has stirred people and many are thinking and meditating seriously upon these issues.

We are hot, tired and smelly, but we will be able to take showers this evening. Atleast we can do something about the smelly part!

Please continue to pray for the brethren in Sierra Leone. Difficult decisions are being made and they need our encouragement and prayers.