Wow, midway through Week 5 already!! Time, please slow down! I'm overwhelmed with the burden of how every minute counts! Wow, I need to value my time better in life back home, because it is such a precious gift!!
Things we've been doing:
Clinic in Latauka! We've been running an EE clinic in Latouka this week. So that's where all our time is going. We've had opportunities to teach and train local Church people here in how to share their faith. We go out on OJT each day and enjoy meeting and sharing with the locals.
I taught a unit on Monday morning. I really enjoyed it and had a great time teaching. We spent all of late last week preparing for the clinic so it's been a lot of preparation. We worked through all the teaching units and giving feedback for each other for how we were going. It's been a really fun time!
On OJT this afternoon we door-knocked this home. This family is a mixed Hindu/Muslim family, with Church influence from the past. It was very nominal - they didn't go to temple or worship or anything. We shared the gospel with them for about an hour and I was amazed by how receptive they were, how they engaged, how confronting it was when we spoke about the love of Christ displayed on the cross. We look forward to meeting again tomorrow. PRAY!
Last Friday was a sneaky rest day which we spent on an island nearby. I spent most of the day snorkelling or just chatting in the sunshine. It was a beautiful place and really refreshing after a big week inside, working hard.
It's windy.
Things I'm learning!
- We've been reflecting on the importance of investing your life for the cause of the gospel. I've been challenged to think about the 'talents'/'bags' God has given me, and how I can leverage that for the most effective investment into the kingdom. It's always been a challenge whether I will choose to build the kingdom of Joy or the kingdom of Jesus, but the call to build the kingdom of Jesus can be a huge call! So I've been spending a lot of time thinking about who am I, how God has worked in the past, what kinds of things he's given me as 'talents'/'bags'. Jesus makes big claims when he calls us to invest not in earthly things, but in heavenly things. This has helped me be refreshed in the faithfulness of our good God who has worked in the past in amazing ways. I'm now spending time thinking and praying over how I can most strategically and effectively use the resources God has given me, in the things God would have me do. I'm praying that more and more His heart becomes my heart, and I continue to be impressed by the challenge of making the gospel number 1 priority!
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