A Good Month and A High Sunday

"And [Jesus] said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3"

Jason and Tony were able to secure a different classroom at Eindhoven Primere Skool because the other 3 church groups who also meet at the school have very loud contempory music. We have been struggling with the noise, because they begin their music after the message has begun in our room. We trust that this new modular classroom which is outside the main building where the noisy groups meet will allow us to worship with much less disturbance. We rejoiced to have twenty-two attend the service at Eindhoven Baptiste Kerk this past Sunday. Of the 22 there were 6 first-time visitors (5 adults and a baby) A man and his mother came as a result of being witnessed to on door-to-door visitiation on Thursday; and Leonard brought two neighbours who live on either side of him. Pray for Faiza and Warren who both requested follow-up visits this week. Both Jason and Jeremy preached once during this first month of services at Eindhoven Baptiste Kerk, so Tony is already busy training the national leaders to teach and preach.

After the Afrikaans service at Eindhoven, we travel to Northpine where the service is in English.
Tony is preaching through the Sermon on the Mount in Northpine and fortunately he only occasionally forgets an English word! Cedric told us after the service that it was a record Sunday with 5o in attendance. We are praying for an opportunity to share Christ again with the 12 first-time visitors who heard the gospel. One family of 5 from the Northpine community came on their own, but the other 7 visitors came with friends or family who invited them.

After the two morning services each week, we have a quick lunch and a quick rest before returning to Delft for more outreach and for our weekly Bible club. I am very pleased to see how Jason and June are developing their abilities for teaching children. June did very well when she taught her first lesson this week. Jason taught the memory verse and helped with the worksheets and Andre, from the Northpine assembly (below, on the left),began his training for children's work by observing the club for the first time.

Last week after Bybelklub was over, we surprised Jason with a cake for his 20th birthday. This week when Bybelklub was over we had the joy of seeing two of our faithful children come to have a second birthday! Mickayla maneuvered me aside and told me that she and Lawrence needed to speak to me. She said she wanted to give her heart to the Lord and that Lawrence also wanted to be born again. Jason took Lawrence outside back behind June and Jeremy's home to deal with him, while I shared with Mickayla in their bedroom. Mickayla told me she needed to be saved because of her sin. She said she hadn't learned to say "no" to her "chummies" when they did wrong things. She knew that Christ is the only one who can forgive us our sins and give us a clean heart. Both of these children will need the grace of God to stand against their culture and live for the Lord Jesus.