Day Seven

Our day started with good news that our regular driver U K was back behind the wheel. The driver we had yesterday was just about as “goofy” as they come. He backed into another car – of course he had the flat which was not his fault but he was only two blocks away from us when he had the flat and did not walk down and tell us – then he could not get back into the parking area (which is up a hill and very small) at the hotel. When we saw U K we knew the day was going to be better! It was – we made it to Crown Bakery as they were opened and each of us had a pretty good breakfast (Connie had toast but for her that is a pretty good breakfast!) Then on to the teaching – Mitch and I got to hear some of the teaching that Connie and Cindy did with the children before we went over to the hall to teach. WOW!!!!! They had almost 70 children eating out of their hands as they had all of them for awhile – ages 3 to 12 together!! What we heard just made Mitch and I excited – those kids are soaking it up and the two ladies are really working hard. It was hot today and Connie who never sweats – yes even she sweated!!! Mitch and I then went on to the hall and Mitch gave a great lesson on Shadrach – Meshach – Abednego. He is a very good teacher and I knew that – what I did not know is that he can preach with the best of them!!!! Then we talked about the Lord’s Supper and many other issues such as one church – we had 5 people there who were from 4 different denominations – and they started asking questions about the Lord’s Supper and about one church – we went that way for about an hour and a half – then we had to stop and they all stated they would be back tomorrow for more of this “teaching”! Also in the audience today was three of the new converts – the other two were there at the night sessions. After the session we made it to the Crown Bakery for our “lupper” - we feel so fortunate if we can get one meal a day – today we had two – it was wonderful. The restaurant at the Kona Lodge is just not very good – it is tolerable but they only have one or two things and that gets old five days in a row when it is the only meal you get. We are trying to get to Crown Bakery early in the morning and then in between sessions – we need the energy. The night session again brought out a full house – we discussed the spiritual nature of the church – the church at Corinth – Worldliness No. 5 which dealt with sexual immorality (a major issue over here and of course back in the states) and that Satan wants to kill the church at Priscilla Street by having division in it and people calling themselves after a man. Then questions and answers! A good night session. We just cannot get enough to drink - we are going through a lot of water – it is so important not to get dehydrated and we are really watching out that all of us drink enough. So far so good but we are like “waterholics” ! The four of us are really working well together – we are letting the ladies give us some feedback so we can adjust – Mitch and I are feeding off of each other and thinking as one in the heat of the question and answer sessions – for those who have been a part of the work here in Freetown you know how important that is! God is good! All the time! Today was not an exception!