What a joy it was today to visit once again the new believers at Bung village. Several different students and staff members from our Bible college have continued to lead them in devotions each Sunday as the new believers have studied God's Word.
This week they were studying prayer, so Jeff spoke about Paul's prayer for the Colossian believers. What a delight it was to be a part of their prayer time. They not only praised God and asked Him to supply their own needs, but they also prayed for unbelievers in their community to come to faith in Christ too.
We enjoyed meeting the new babies born while we were gone, and the group liked seeing the birth announcement of our new grandson too. It seemed that this sharing of personal information opened up more conversation about how the individuals and community are doing.
Then a surprising thing happened. The leader of one of the local churches invited Jeff to come to his church to give the same sermon RIGHT THEN. We went, and I must praise Jeff's cool-headedness. He switched to another sermon he had given previously on the Lords' Prayer because many of the attendees had been at the earlier devotion. I guess I should give the Lord credit for helping him not only remember a previous sermon, but also to speak Tok Pisin after a long absence.
At any rate, we were happy to see these new believers continuing to grow in Christ. The changes in the community are marked. This truly is a big victory for the Lord. We are thankful to see Him bring this about.
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