Our church is full of young people and
we are excited to see what God will do in the lives of these young
men and women in the next few months and years. About a week and a
half ago we invited them to our house for a movie and snack night.
We really want to see these young people develop friendships and have
unity as a group as well as grow in the Lord. When Jimmy went to the
church to pick up the ones who don't have bikes to get out to our
house, he ended up bringing out 21 young people! They are not afraid
to pack themselves tightly into a vehicle and apparently have no
problems with claustrophobia! With these 21 and others who walked or
rode their bikes we had almost 40 people. Jimmy gave a short devotion
about keeping our minds and hearts focused on the Lord then we began
our movie and snacks! We are limited on the movies we can show since
few movies are dubbed in French but low and behold “Horton Hears a
Who!” has fortunately been translated into French! We're not sure
that the teens understood all of the silly humor but everyone had a
good time and we wrapped up the evening with a prayer time. Several
of them wanted to know if we could set up a monthly day to get
together for activities like this.
On Monday night we had two great young
men from our church over to our house to eat dinner with us. These
two, Samson and Alfonse, have been so faithful to church and over
time we've seen a sincere desire in both of them to know more about
the Bible and to grow in the Lord. Jimmy is hoping to keep
discipling them so they can become strong leaders in our church.
They came over for pizza and cokes and we played a game with them.
Afterwards, they started asking Jimmy questions about the recent
lessons he had taught about Abraham, Sarah and Isaac. We are so
excited about their eagerness to understand the Bible and their
apparent spiritual growth. They also invite many of their friends to
come with us to church on Sundays which has led to the salvations of
several and some that we're still praying for. We're excited about
the people God has brought into our lives and ministry here in Togo!
