Fresh Start

Today, I once again join the bloggers of the world. It has been a while since my last blog - just before we arrived in Africa. There are many reasons for not continuing to blog, but I will resist the urge to justify myself, this time!

The weekend is drawing to a close; it has been very nice! Fredna and I went to the Fire Brigade (fire station) to fill the water tanks that will be used tomorrow at the work site. The building is almost complete - almost, but not quite. There remains much to be done, but the end is in sight!

It seems that every day someone asks, "When will church start?" I think most people would be happy to just have a roof over their heads and call it church. Actually, we have had two services at Ombili A/G. The first was Easter Sunday. Literally, there was just a roof over our heads! On a dirt floor over 500 people worshipped the Lord, and 204 of them accepted Jesus Christ as Savior! The second service was on Father's Day. A group of 26 people from Christ Church A/G in Ft. Worth, Texas was here helping us to get a good start on the church plant. It was an incredible time! This group of young people ministered to well over 3,000 people during the week! On Saturday we had a children's service with over 450 kids present. On Sunday morning over 550 people filled the sanctuary. 199 people came forward to accept Christ's redeeming love!

Tomorrow, we begin the final "push" to finish the building so we can begin regular services. I think we will be able to complete the task in 2 weeks or so. We will see.