Today Jeff and I visited Pastor David and his church, Molepolole Calvery Baptist Church. Jeff was invited to preach at the morning service. Since we have been in Botswana, Jeff has been mentoring Pastor David and assisting him as he tries to reach out to people in Molepolole with the Gospel. In October, 2010, T.I.M.E. Ministries visited Molepolole for a week and trained Pastor David and members of his church how to tell the story of Jesus thru the use of puppets and short skits. 10 people were baptized during Sunday Services while they were here (a previous blog was posted about their visit). This morning Jeff preached to a group of around 50 about encouraging fellow believers and lifting them up. He spoke about de-emphasizing the blemishes on each other and instead focus on gifts and attributes used in our walk with The Lord. Four people came forward to accept The Lord as their savior. After service we were privileged to talk and pray with members of the congregation as well as share a delicious meal prepared by women of the Church.
Please join with us to pray for Pastor David, his wife and Molepolole Calvery Baptist Church. Since the T.I.M.E. group was here last year the church membership has increased in size. Space is a real concern and since they do not own the church building now they are unable to make improvements to the building. Therefore Pastor David has to transport all the chairs, sound equipment etc. to the church every Sunday so it is not stolen during the week. He then makes numerous trips into the village to pick up people wanting to come to service since no regular public transportation goes in the direction of the church on weekends. He has approached the owner of the land about buying it, as well as looking at another spot closer to the village near the hospital. He is praying and waiting to hear word about either spot. After that, money will need to be raised to purchase the plot and then a permanent structure built. In the mean time, money is needed to purchase up to 40 more plastic chairs to be used during service. They also are trying to get a children's program developed. Please pray that volunteers from their church will step up to help with this and initial start-up material will be provided (crayons, paper, etc). At the present time, Pastor David's wife is teaching the children on Sunday but additional volunteers are needed. The T.I.M.E. group did leave puppets for their use which has proved very useful. They are still making follow-up calls and visits to the hundreds of people that expressed interest during the T.I.M.E. Ministry visit but money is needed to make phone calls and for transportation costs to visit these people. They also want to start a sewing ministry to teach women to make and sell clothing. Many women are unemployed, taking care of their children/grandchildren and since David's wife is a seamstress, she is willing to train others but machines and material is needed for this.
Thank you for your continued prayers for us while we are here in Botswana. And thank you for your additional prayers for Pastor David and his Church. We will continue to keep you posted regarding other ministry opportunities so you will better know how to specifically pray. We can never underestimate the power of prayer, but must also remember that The Lord already knows our needs before we do, and has promised to take care of us according to His Will. Of this promise, we will forever be thankful.
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