Off to church this morning, we left Choma at 8:15AM for a service in Maala at 11 A.M. The service started with beautiful singing from this small church gathering. The service continued with introductions and testimonies. The children were dismissed with Kim, Heidi, and John along with Mrs. Jody Hayton. They went outside and sat on the ground under a tree and enjoyed Bible lessons told by Kim and Heidi and later joined by Mrs. Neighbors. When the story of Zacchaeus was told and Jesus told him to come down from the tree ….John dropped out of the tree just as Zacchaeus would have come down. When the opportunity to trust Jesus as Savior was given approximately 15 children prayed to receive the Lord. Inside the church building Darrell and I preached the Word. Several responded for dedication and need for prayer. Once again the church was strengthened.
After the church service we walked across the field to the palace of Chief Munga Ila, where we had an opportunity to meet the Chief and his wife. We were given the opportunity to pray with the Chief who is experiencing some difficulties including assassination threats. How humbling to have the Chief kneel and allow me to pray for him and his region. There are 160 villages and 91,000 people under his leadership. God is opening the door to take the gospel to all of these villages. THE FIELDS ARE WHITE UNTO HARVEST BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW!
We made the journey home and arrived back in Choma at 6pm. The nine of us unloaded from the Land Cruiser and entered the house ready for a hot shower and warm meal. Plans changed when the power went out. No, hot showers until the power comes back on! Thankfully the food in the Crockpot was ready to eat, so we had a candlelight dinner. We learned that the power routinely goes out on Sunday Nights.
Tomorrow we will be heading out early at 7:15AM for another journey back to minister among the Ila people. Praise the Lord for His Wonderful Grace.
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