The last two days as a team we have felt a real spirit of oppression and there have been countless problems and difficulties as the numbers of those coming to faith have increased. We have been praying real crazy, and are also now physically exhausted and emotionally drained, this night we got home and into bed at 1.30am and had not eaten an evening meal. It sounds crazy and was not planned this way but the programs and events just turned out that way!
We changed the venue of this meeting due to the circumstances prev mentioned and unfortunately there were significantly less people who attended! Setting up equipment was fraught with minor problems and as usual time was much later than planned for.. Indian time takes some getting use to!!
A cultural show was put on and then it was time to speak after worship. Many children came as well as adults. Our theme was Jesus is the light of the world. Our visual aids included sparklers, glow sticks and magic candles. The gospel was preached and was interspersed with a short film clip on the stars and planets in relation to our world. Projection was thrown onto a tightly stretched bed sheet but it worked. it was not possible to play sound as the Audio people in the prev meeting left my jack adapter behind in their amp. I was too tired to check as we left late again!
Despite the problems the Gospel was preached and about 30 adults and 10 or so youth came forward, and as they were gathered the power went out and we were in total darkness in the middle of this vacant plot of land! But then all we could see was a scattered array of glow sticks which looked beautiful! Within minutes (to my relief) the power came back on and we could lead them thru the prayer of confession and give out New testaments.
