Two days in one

We have two great days to cover! God has blessed us so much. We will describe the work the Lord did yesterday first. In the morning, we went back to Lukwor to teach the children and hand out their brand new backpacks. We began then morning by singing to the children and doing a drama for them. The all were very happy. Then Jeff stood up and gave the gospel to the children. It was amazing to see how excited the children was as they sat and listened. Then when Jeff asked them to stand up if they wanted to receive Jesus, nearly all the children stood up. It was sooo awesome! All of our hearts were blessed. However, there was still spiritual warfare. Not all the kids stood up, and we saw one of the children pulling on the hands of the other kids to get them to sit back down. Pray for these children. Then we handed out the backpacks and new clothing. The kids were on fire with excitement. These children do not get new things. The packs were filled with pencils, mosquito nets, notebooks, school uniforms, underwear, and t-shirts. The kids loved everything they received. After that, started to leave. The kids swarmed us, saying goodbye, asking if we would take them with us, giving us notes, and many gifts (more chickens!). In fact, we have already eaten 6 of the chickens that have been gifted to us, and we have three more to go. Whoo hoo! After that, the team split up. Some went to the prison and some went to the hospital. The hospital was impressive in how filthy, degraded, and unsanitary it was. It is the last place a person would want to be. Jeff, Stan, Cortland, Grace, Chess, Colton, Sammy, Quinn, Lisa, and Darby went to the hospital. They prayed over the people and gave them the Gospel message. It was awesome to see the Lord call 25 people to accept the message. They greatly encouraged the people. After that, Ben, Landon, and Jason (Maranatha Team) went to a prison to teach on living a faithful life. The worship music that they did was unbelievable. Jason gave his testimony, which was very powerful. Then Landon taught on Hebrews 11, which blessed the prisoners. He did a wonderful job and all the prisoners were paying close attention. They were hanging on every word. Ben taught about how Jesus went to the cross, and how all forsook Him. Then we presented the gospel, and 20 to 30 of the 200 plus prisoners stood up to receive Christ. It was awesome. In the day's free time, several of the team members went into the neighborhood to spread the Gospel.

Today, we went to a conference for woman that had adopted the children of their daughters or orphans. Some of the team gave their testimonies, and others taught the Word of God. The women were so blessed. The babies we saw there were a blessing, but also it was very sad. Many of them were very malnourished. However, it blessed us to see how the women were caring for these children. We really need your prayers now. We are getting tired, but we are still excited. Today, Erica was saying how mission trips and missionaries are not the front line. They are the second line. Prayer is the front line of missions. So continue to labor with us in prayer. Thank you and God bless.