Worship in Phase 6

Waiting for people to arrive for worship time.

Bread of Life

Randy presenting the Christmas story.

Kb's new friend.

Some of the many children who were there.

Mom and daughter!

Fellowship afterwards....

This morning was our first worship service in the Phase 6 area where we have been ministering the last two months. We met in a lady's yard under two trees. We sang many African worship songs. It was a wonderful gathering.

The worship started off with our family, John and Yvonne and two ladies who lived there. As we sang, more people came. Eventually, we had 17 plus all the children who were playing nearby.

I led the Bible study using the Christmas story from the gospels of Luke and Matthew. John and Yvonne were a great help as they translated for us. This was the first time that these people had heard the Christmas story presented in the order of how the events occurred. They had some very good and hard questions, such as: "Were the Shepherds Christians when the angels appeared to them?" "How is God everywhere at the same time?" "Why is Christmas on December 25th?" "How wise were the wisemen?"

When the worship service was over, Mma Chippo, "Will we meet in my yard next Sunday?" As we planned this worship, it was to be just once a month, but those ladies are hungry for God's Word! We now plan to be there two times a month. We will evaluate the progress as we lead worship in the next few months. We want the people who come to participate as much as possible, so hopefully when we leave, they will take the initiative to

continue the worship gathering. (Randy)

Please pray for these people, that they will see the vision of leading the worship themselves, and they will see the need to reach out to others in the neighborhood to bring them to Christ.