DEBBIE writes Tuesday morning (Monday night our time)
Hi Everyone! We are having internet difficulties. Sorry for so few updates. We enjoyed
attending 3 different churches on Sunday.
Jonathan preached twice. Mark and
I were informed on Saturday that the pastors of our churches preferred to do
their own preaching. About halfway
through Debbie’s service, the pastor had a message delivered to her that she
would be sharing God’s word. Ok. No preparation except prayer! Although it was a bit brief, a message on
love and marriage was shared. Church
lasted about 4 hours and was inspiring for us all! We enjoyed lunch in town with Dr. Moses and a
couple other new friends. It POURED down rain on our way back “home”. This was their first rainfall in 2 ½
months. Now remember, we walk
everywhere. We appreciated a big tree
and then a porch over the course of our mile and a half walk back! We spent
time writing out our lessons and organizing our activity “props”. The leaders we have spoken with are excited
for the conference.
Monday, Dr. Moses arranged for us to travel to two of the
Peace Villages. I cannot even describe
that experience. It was an experience of
the heart, not one that can be explained with words. Their beautiful smiles and eagerness to greet
us belied their lack of basic needs such as food and fresh water. Pictures will show this better but internet
is not allowing us to send these yet. We
met many new Christians and a gentleman called the Miracle man that was cured
during the medical team outreach. He had
been shot years earlier and had to walk hunched over with a cane. He was prayed over and literally threw away
his cane and stood up and walked. We saw
him walking quickly, almost sprinting at times!
This healing God provided surely encouraged so many Karamjong’s new
Christian faith. The trip took about 9
hours. We were all ready for a shower!
We are planning again with Dr. Moses. The turnout is even better than they
expected, which is great but has outgrown the facility. We prayed for the details to get worked out. And they are…. A church nearby is letting us
meet there instead of in the planned conference room. Dr. Moses and his Clide team are very
relational with all the people, love Jesus and very talented at
organization. PLEASE PRAY that God goes
before us and prepares the hearts of the attendees and that HE uses us to
effectively build relationships and trust with the people and that meaningful
messages and activities are shared.
That’s it for now…thanks for joining us through prayer on
this mission.
Your GSCC Team
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ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks, Debbie. Sounds like ya'll are having a heart filled experience. You all are a blessing here to us... representing Good Shepherd, representing our Lord, pursuing justice for the poor, the needy, and the broken.
ReplyDeleteJonathan included in his email to me that he had cried several times at the poverty in the area. Praise God for you three.
Praise God! Praying...
ReplyDeleteWe love you guys, keep praying and know that God is going to move in a mighty way this week...thank you for sharing Debbie....so good...you can email me any time and I will post for you.
ReplyDeleteJonathan said there was so much dust in the air from a dust storm 1000 miles away! "Mark and Debbie are loving this and are great and the pastors love them and loved the whole day."
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