Prayer Email #11
Sent 10/22/2004

I will praise you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
I will bless you every day, and I will praise you forever.
Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!
His greatness is beyond discovery!
I will meditate on your majestic,
glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.
Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue;
I will proclaim your greatness.
Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
they will sing with joy of your righteousness…

Psalm 145:1-3, 5-7
 

     I know, I know, you guys just heard from me, but God has been doing such “awe-inspiring deeds” here as of late, I felt it would be doing Him an injustice not to proclaim His greatness! I know that you have all been praying for the efforts in Alexandria, because God has been POURING down blessings there in the areas that Megan and I are working in.

     As you know we changed our lessons a bit, and I had you praying for how that would go. It has been amazing! The lessons are a lot more interactive now, and the kids are really getting into it. An amazing blessing from the Lord has also been in two wonderful young ladies, Nosicelo and Zukeswa. They are friends from here in Grahamstown and have been accompanying us to Alexandria over the past two weeks. Having them in class is wonderful, because they jump right in and translate or ask questions and really contribute to the class.

     These ladies have also been a blessing as Megan and I have gone to do home visits as follow-up to the American team coming to Alexandria. There have been many homes where NO ONE spoke English and things would have been very confusing without Nosicelo and Zukeswa there. The home visits have just been a source of great joy for me. It is so lovely to be able to go into someone’s home and just have a chat. I have been blessed with the hospitality of the people we have encountered.

     We were able to visit a lot of the youth who had made decisions during the tent revival. We have made an attempt to gather them up into a Bible Study meeting on Tuesday afternoon. This past Tuesday we had about eight guys show up. It was actually amusing because we were waiting inside the house, thinking no one had come, and so we finally decided to leave and head back to G-town. When we got outside, these guys were hanging around, nervous about actually coming inside. So we rounded them up and had a really great Bible study.

     Overall, it has just really been amazing and humbling to see how much God has been doing!

     OK, so another reason I’ve written is to encourage you all to continue praying for what’s happening here. Let me give you some specific ways…