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Dear Friends and Family We had our special celebration day at church where members were asked to invite guests with a meal to be provided to conclude our day. There were several purposes in mind. We want the church to be a place where people in the village know they can come and receive solid teaching, have fun, be cared for, etc. In otherwords we believe a church should be the center of a village and a standard of Jesus Christ to its residents. Also I wanted the church members to have an opportunity to show us what they can do and providing the day was a success to feel good about their accomplishment. We did all of the above! Our members number 65 and we counted as many as 150 in attendance! Now a special service here means at least 4 hours! We had singing from our orphans and little ones (most of our orphans are toddlers to 9-10 yrs), the choir performed two songs, the dancers did their native dance (see photo) to the Lord (this we must describe in more detail!), the ladies did an absolutely marvelous skit of the prodigal son (click here to view) and Heather and I did a skit involving many church adults and children about the fall of satan landing on earth and how he sought revenge on God by tempting Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit and the disobedience to God of man brought evil into the world. In these special services everyone of any status is introduced. We had four visiting pastors, 2 medical students (one from the area where Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army operates...described those horrible conditions and one from Kenya) and a time of testimony where Pastor Johnson's brother in law described how he was was dying of bone cancer (incurable by doctors) and how members of the church came to him to pray for him and he received a miracle healing. We took our four neighbor children...we live in a muslim neighborhood...the sister is 15 and her three brothers aged about 11 -7 and we sat them in the front row and could tell they enjoyed the service. Their mother agreed to come but was sick. We are slowly but most definitely beginning to exercise our influence through our expressions of love, neighborlyness, and example! God bless you all for your support and caring for God's people and for us! It is truly appreciated, |
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