Too Much!

And too much of what, you ask?  Too much to tell you about!  Life here is interesting, to say the least, and I think I could go on and on forever.  I want to tell you about ministry opportunities, William, Martha, Solomon, rice bread, fufu, dumboy, palm butter, harmatan......you get the picture!  Let me start with ministry opportunities and then I can deal with other subjects later.

Darrell has been asked to preach a series in one of the churches here in Monrovia, and he plans to use a booklet he has written entitled "Back to Basics."  It is a tool for evangelism and stresses the simplicity of the Gospel.  So many "religions" make Christianity so complicated when, in fact, God states clearly that salvation is a gift--free--to anyone who will take it.  He doesn't force it on anyone but extends His hand in love to offer that free gift made possible by Christ's death in our place.  (Well, I didn't intend to recite the whole booklet here!)

The pastor suggested that I teach the ladies some other topic while Darrell is with the men, but personally I think the ladies would benefit from Darrell's series.  I will let Darrell and the pastor determine what I should do.

Darrell will also be teaching a course at the Bible college but what and when are yet to be determined.  My guess is that it will be a two week module like he did in 2010.

Another pastor (who was a Bible college student when we were here in 2010) is starting a new church here in Monrovia.  At this point they are small in number and meet in the pastor's living room.  To try to draw in new people, Darrell has also been asked to show some DVDs (which the Sheppards have) at some special meetings the church in planning.

There will be other conferences and seminars in which at least Darrell will be involved.

So we are staying busy--never bored--especially when you add in the complications of life in the tropics.  But that's another topic and another day's blog.

Until next time (which I hope will be soon) just remember: God is good!