Day Eight

Another day in Sierra Leone! Off to Crown Bakery for a breakfast – then to Priscilla Street for the children’s classes – Connie and Cindy have about 50 age 3-5 in a very confined space – then about 25 8 – 12 year olds after that. I am really enjoying teaching the older group for about 15 to 20 minutes before we leave for the hall – we are working on the writes of the Bible - who they were and something about each one of them so it will make it easier for them to learn – they are sponges! Also, some of them are coming to our evening services – some of them walk in the dark by themselves – they sing – listen – AND BEHAVE! There is the switch that is held by one of the men or women in case some of the smaller ones misbehave. This morning Mitch had a very good lesson on The Prophecies Concerning the N T Church. We are hitting this over and over to get the point across – we have some who are struggling to understand this and we are here to teach – so we go over and over things such as this. Then we talked about Christ – we gave them two more points about Christ and His name – He makes supplication – He was serving – we apply this then to our lives. Then the questions started and our charismatic friend was back and we had a very long discussion on spiritual gifts – it was intense but needed. Then to Crown Bakery for a quick “lupper” – on to the hotel for about an hour and then back to Priscilla Street for the evening/night sessions. Tonight a very long lesson on Drinking is what I presented – Sierra Leone is no different than the USA – a lot of folks drink – the full house took many notes as we went into great detail about Biblical wines. Then we talked about point number 2 of Why Satan Wants to Kill This Church – part of the “Reviving a Congregation Series”. Then more questions and answers. Then to the hotel just before the rain cut loose! It has rained about every night. Our good brethren here are tired – they are such troopers over here – they keep on coming and smiling. We are having a number of non-Christians at every study – the five who were baptized are attending regularly. Solomon – one of those baptized is asking questions and questions – it is so good as he is learning and learning! It is the middle of the trip – the teachers are tired! They are not giving up but you can see in their faces the tiredness – I am tired and I have done this several times. We pray for the second wind tomorrow as we have several more long days of teaching ahead of us. God is good! All the time! Today was another day of proof of that!