Well another Sunday has gone by and another 3 ½ hour service! The church was about 10miniutes drive from Samfya - village areas all the way, with children everywhere calling out “musungu’s” (white men) or “how are you” - the only English they seem to know! Well the service was great - a blessing to see these people with so little serving the Lord. The choir sang amazingly well with passion and strength. The focus of so many of their choir songs is the future, of being with Christ. Frankly there is nothing in their lives that is comfortable - the great comfort is their love for God and the certainty of glory in the presence of Jesus.
What a contrast to the churches we represent. There is so much comfort, so much materialism in life, so much in life that we get consumed by. These brothers and sisters have little and so there focus is much more intently on God and the future. Oh that all of our congregations had that focus - God and our future with Him! Rural Zambia certainly simplifies life - The big cities area contrast, but here the simple devotion to the gospel is refreshing.
On Friday we got great news that Levy has been accepted for the Biblical Counselling Course. But not just that, his travel and fees for the eight trips he will make to Pretoria over the next two years have been fully sponsored. What a blessing, and to Sit under Dr. Mack and Dr. Joel James will be a huge blessing for him and will build into the ministry of the Bible School.
Francis Chola has also been accepted for the Leadership Conference with Jerry Wragg, and we will be getting Peter Chomba’s application in for the Expository Preaching conference this week. Peter has been away for the past week preaching at a conference. Please pray for these mean and the vital training role that they play in preparing the Bible School students for village ministry.
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