10 young people from the village that Keshule visits everyother weekend are in Lodwar for a Church youth camp!!! We went to check them today at the church and they are having a great time. for some well most of them it is their first time to be in 'town'!!
They will all come to dinner tomorrow, then on Saturday Keshule will take them back to the village!!!!
For God so loved the world . . . . .
Napak Church (from the first village I went to) has a small group of people who go with me to the other villages. This was our first week to go to the third village.
I left Lodwar around mid day and arrived in Napak around 2:30pm the people were waiting for me at the tree where we do Church. So we left, drove through the second village and arrived at the third village. In this village there is a small school which served as our base for that evening and the next morning.
After arriving we spotted a clusters of people under trees nearby. So we went over to say 'ejok' - 'hello'!!!! They were relaxing and drinking local brew . . selling goat meat, which could be selected from a branch!! Some people were selling maize others just socialising.
We talked with a few of the people and invited them to come to our evening gathering. We planned to show the 'Jesus' film and to share about God's love and to pray for people.
Before I leave home I always check my equipment to check that everything is fine. To my amazement when I was setting up at around 6pm the generator would not start!!!! I checked what all that I thought could be wrong, changing plugs, checking the fuel . . . but the generator would not start. I was quite stressed, loads of people (over 200) were waiting for 'something' to happen.
I asked my friends from Napak to start singing, at least something to occupy people for a while. I kept looking and fiddling with the generator. I checked the oil . . .it was OK . . . so I thought. I really wasn't sure what was wrong. I looked again at the oil and thought to myself maybe I should top it up. Usually I have extra oil in the truck . . but I had just used it on the truck itself!! What was I to do????
I sent a couple of the guys from Napak to cross the river to see if the irrigation projects had any spare oil. However while they gone I had the idea of draining a bit of oil from the engine of my truck!!! This was successful . . I put it in the generator and . . . . it started. I quickly rigged up the PA system and got the Music started!!! The guys could hear the music from the distance they had walked and came rushing back!!!!
People really enjoyed the Jesus film, and after I shared with them. I really believe God wanted those 400 or so people to hear the message of his love. I go to the village because 'God loves the world so much that he gave his one and only son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal live'. (John 3:16)
How will people in these remote places hear about Jesus if we who have heard don't go and tell them. The love of God and the life that Jesus brings is transformational. God loves it when his people connect with Him, I feel privileged to be able to live here and take the message of God's love to people who have not heard it. This weekend Ten people said yes to the following Jesus.
There are now three villages with believers in them who need nurturing in the word of God and discipling. People from the third village where we meet this weekend told us about a fourth village about ten km away that they said also need to hear the message and the stories of Jesus!
Please pray with us about this work and how it is growing. For wisdom as we look for people who can partner with us here on the ground, and as we look that God will show us potential leaders for these groups of new Christians.
God is GOOD!!!
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