Today it is cold
(67°F) and very windy with dust clouding the air. Everyone is wearing hats (even the kind with
the ear flaps that fold down) and scarves and heavy coats. We are bundling up tight to keep out the
wind, starting fire in fireplaces, or cranking up the portable electric
heaters. Yet even in the cold, seeds are
being sown and new life can flourish!
How can that
be? I’ve been planting lettuce seeds
every few weeks to keep a steady supply and can now harvest my own whenever I’m
in the mood for a salad. Even better,
spiritual seeds are always in season and can produce fruit in even the coldest
weather.
Last month,
before the students started their exams, I had a wonderful conversation with
several of them. They asked me one
afternoon why Adam and Eve got in trouble for eating an apple? What was so bad about eating an Apple? It was a wonderful opening to discuss the
true story of the Garden of Eden and man’s disobedience towards and lack of
trust in God. We also talked about God’s
redemptive plan to restore the relationship that Adam and Eve’s actions destroyed.
Then, this week,
I was blessed to see fruit developing in my church’s ladies meeting. We have been studying evangelism and
discipleship using T4T methods. One of
the ladies related how she used the gospel story we had practiced to share the
gospel with a girl in her AWANA group.
Another of the other ladies has been taking the lessons we cover and
translating them into Afrikaans for a daily study with her employees, one of
whom is in a South African cult called Zion Christian Church.
Please pray that
the Lord will continue to grow up new life and bring forth a great harvest here
in Mafikeng. Even when it seems like
winter and new growth appears impossible, He can do all things.
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