My computer is still at the shop so all I have are stories.
This was missions Sunday so some missionaries spoke.
We were expecially intrigued by a young girl who spent
six months in Haiti. Her name is
Brittany, and I had gotten to know her because
she had been in my Bible study group last fall.
Brittany, and I had gotten to know her because
she had been in my Bible study group last fall.
She felt that the Lord was leading her into missions
and the door opened for her to go to Haiti.
She was there to help with the
babies who were in the orphanage.
babies who were in the orphanage.
She said that the first few days she
was there, she cried and was scared to death. The night
noises frightened her.
She claimed a Bible verse that the Lord had given her,
and she said it to herself every day.
The Lord helped her adjust and she loved her work
with the babies.
She is home now and is planning to get her nursing degree
and go back to Haiti or wherever the Lord wants to use her.
I had to stay after church for a womens ministry meeting that
lasted till nearly three o'clock. Then we returned to church
for the six o'clock missions meeting where we listened to
more missionaries tell their story.
Our youth group is going to go on a missions trip to Quebec.
Quebec is a very dark country. It is considered an
unevangelized field. Because of the language barrier
our teens are learning mimes to perform.
They performed a mime for us tonight, and it was
one of the best I have ever seen. The gospel was clear.
Matt Donaldson, our youth pastor, is doing a terrific
job with the youth.
Afterwards, the youth served us ice cream.
It was a wonderful Sunday.
Two more high points of the weekend were
phone calls from Ben and from Heather.
Ben had been to Memphis doing some consulting work,
and Heather just finished a free-lance project.
It always completes our weekend when we have heard
from Ben, Ainsley, Wyatt, Dylan and Heather.
9 comments:
Glad you heard from all the kids! I didn't know that about Quebec - very interesting.
Sounds like a wonderful Sunday even without pictures.
Hope you get your computer back soon.
Hugs,
Charlotte
we had a missionary come speak to us Sunday that meet mother Therese.
marina
Glad you had such a wonderful Sunday, Cheryl ~ I have heard Haiti is a very scary place, and I did not know that about Quebec either. I know you will be glad when you get your computer back. We do miss your pretty pictures.
Isn't it amazing how mimes can present a powerful message? They truly do cross language, cultural, and age barriers. The mime team from our church presented a song at Long's Park during the big Sertoma bbq chicken event in May. When they got to a part in the song about Christ's victory over the grave, the crowd that was watching erupted into clapping and cheers.
Mari and Cathy, I was surprised to know that Quebec was such a dark place. They said that 60% of all first born children were born out of wedlock. Only one out of two hundred people profess Christianity and that doesn't even mean that that one really knows the Savior.
Charlotte, We are hoping that today (Tuesday) will be the day we get out car back and computer back. It has been a long week.
Marina, I am glad to hear from you. I had to retrace your comment to find your URL. Where are you going to church now?
Jean, I was amazed to see how the gospel can be presented so simply through mimes. These kids had only two Sundays to practice the mime and as far as I could see, they didn't make any mistakes. They are really taking ownership of this ministry. Once they saw how quickly they learned their parts and how God was blessing them, they are really pumped.
The youth pastor said that one of the boys didn't want to do the mime when they first talked of doing that kind of ministry. After one day of practice, the kid was caught doing his part of the mime at a graduation party. They are all laughing at him because once he got into it, he was hooked.
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