Another Day in Paradise

Jenn and Terry's turn to speak at Heal Africa. Todays service was an English service, but there still was translation into French. Unlike yesterday's service, todays was much smaller and was only scheduled for 30 minutes. Terry and Jenn spoke back-to-back and shared a linking message that was not planned by them. Terry says that he does not have much to say, but for someone that doesn't have much to say, he says a lot. After the service a 9 year old girl came to me a shared a cool blessing. She spoke at a very mature level, with a true knowledge of Jesus Christ.

We spent the rest of the morning doing various things: some relaxed, some ran around with Esther at the market, some where preparing for Sunday speaking, and some did a combination.

Early afternoon we headed over to the Hope for the Helpless to interact with the children. (more about H for H go to www.hopeforthehelpless.org. Presilla, works for an american NGO and volunteers with H for H, was teaching the children. The kids where there from 2-5pm to have Bible study, teaching and tutoring. I told the story of Daniel and interacted with the children to make sure they understood the story. A few had heard the story before and they all grasped the main point. We then had a time of open questions so we talked about things we liked, where were from, etc. We even pulled out a world map and one student was quick to point out California and knew that the Terminator was our governor. The questions went on for a while back and forth, then it was time to move into more learning. The kids where then divided into two groups with one advanced group. Presilla is teaching about Martin Luther King Jr. by having them memorize his 'I Have a Dream Speech' in English. I heard a couple child's share how much they had competed and was very impressed.

We spent the rest of the evening getting ready for Sunday and having some down time. Tomorrow we have church at Heal Africa, Michael preaching, then to A.R.C.H.E. church, Michael preaching. In the after we are having a bbq with various NGO's so we have a chance to talk to others that are doing work in this area. Should be interesting.

Briefly spoke to Nate and Joanna today, really good to hear their voices.

Grace and Peace,

Michael