Today was an awesome day. We were back at the school teaching the little kids. When we drove up, the kids were all waiting for us to show up. As we went out of the car to the main gathering place, we were greeted with a song from the kids. It was such a blessing to the group! These beautiful children have a sense about rhythm that I have never seen in children. They know music as well as they know how to walk and breathe. Then Jeff and the team lead the children in a couple worship songs. We went into our individual classes and began to teach the children about the Daniel 1 and 3, as well as King Josiah. It was such a blessing. After lunch, the team did a drama for the group. The drama showed the kids the Jesus wants to take our burdens. The Lord poured His Spirit into the play and the effect went beyond our own human capabilities. The Lord has blessed these kids with the new understandings. When we debriefed at the end of the day, the team marveled about how well the kids listened to the treasure that was being given to them. When class was over, we were blessed by a special treat. The mothers of some of the children had prepared a dance for us, with a beautiful song. They gave us gifts out of their poverty. We accepted three live chickens, which were delivered from their hand into ours. They gave us a beautiful basket they made, a melon, and about two and a half gallons of peanuts (which they picked themselves). The gifts were extremely generous. According to the full time missionaries, it would take one person more then a day to pick that many peanuts. They equated the gifts that were given to each of the 14 members of the team giving $100 as a gift. The team was concerned because of the poverty of the people, but we were told that refusing a gift of that magnitude would crush the givers of the gift. It would be similar to us saying, "even though you think you gave so much, we see no value in what you are offering". We received there gifts (Lisa had to grab one of the chickens... ). The Lord showed the team amazing things today. We are so grateful for the blessings that God is pouring out through His Spirit. We received word from one of the translators about his fellow translator. Cortland and Jeff prayed yesterday for his son, who had a type of malaria that was resisting the treatment. The translator told them that their prayers had been answered and that his son had been healed! Praise God!! Tomorrow is going to be another big day, with lots going on. We need prayer more then ever. Please pray for the team. Some of your prayers have already been answered. Sandy received her luggage today!
Just to remind... If we miss a post or stop posting to this blog, do not worry. Signal is bad put here, and electricity can be scarce. Remember... No news is good news. Thank you and God bless.
Wow. That post made us cry to picture those beautiful hearts blessing the team with such costly gifts. It reminds us of the woman pouring perfume over Jesus. No gift is too extravagant when it's unto the Lord. Thank you for sharing and making our day.
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord! We had been praying specifically for the healing that would take place there! We didn't know who, when, or where, but the Lord revealed to Dean it would happen! It's so good to hear about all that is going on. God bless you all! We can't wait to hear more....
ReplyDeleteOur God is an AWESOME God! Praying for you constantly...even in the middle of the night! Love to you all! Eric & Colleen Anthony
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