Ready for the Last Day Of Training

Praises

• Our pastors did so well on their presentations. And one of our biggest challenges is that they have more questions and thoughts 

• We are in good shape to finish early and get to the airport on time without having to skip anything or hurry through something

• We have been healthy and have felt pretty good

• We've been encouraged by knowing these pastors. It's a foretaste of glory. 

Prayer

• I preach a demonstration sermon on Jonah 4 tomorrow (with translation) - it's supposed to be at or slightly above the level they'll be at after this class.  Pray that I would preach in a way that is very helpful to them. 

• We get to ride a bus for 3 hours down the mountain to Kigali and then have to connect with our pastor there and he'll get us to the airport. It should be interesting in many ways) 

• Keep praying they'll pass it on

• And it would be great to feel good while we are on the bus. 

What a thrill today to see these students do their presentations.  What they did today compared to what they would have done a week ago is so different.  We had them sit down and think about how they are going to pass it on and I think it was fruitful.  This is where the rubber meets the road.  I think they will all do it.  

I wish I could explain to you how amazing it is to be training pastors to train pastors to train pastors to study, apply, and teach God's Word.  It brings me to tears at last once every time we are overseas. 

I should mention that our accommodations have been great and the food at the hotel (free breakfast included) and at the training have been very good.  We've been on our own for supper and tried a few restaurants (sit down restaurant - burger and fries and a drink is about $7).  One night we just bought bread and Nutella.  

We've laughed way too much but also had some great prayer times together.  The music at the training has been very fun too. 

As T-Mobile customers we are supposed to get free texting in Rwanda and free 3G.  We couldn't get it to work and I finally bought a SIM card and minutes to use in my phone because we have to make contact tomorrow with a pastor when we arrive in Kigali.  It took more effort than it's worth to get it setup, but when we got it setup, we realized we had to change on setting on our phones to get T-Mobile to work. But it's been a blessing to have that. 

I will be thrilled to be home safely but look forward to making the last day count. 

I'm so thankful for all who prayed.  It's been clear that God is at work