First week in Churachandpur

I will be preaching each Sunday that we are here for the next five weeks and sometimes twice on Sunday for a total of about 7 sermons. I am really appreciating the opportunity to preach and I pray that the Lord will encourage his people from His Word.

I am continually amazed at the students I am teaching. Our class room is without electricity so the only light we have is the light that comes through the windows. And they will sit and learn from 9:00am to 3:00pm with a 15 min break every 2 hours without any lunch. They get two meals a day breakfast and dinner.

There are other difficulties we work through mainly with the language barrier. All the Bible college classes are in English, and it is a requirement for admission to speak English. However, their English comprehension ability is junior high level. The first two days of my teaching, the students struggled with my lectures. I have had to continually rethink my teaching methods and get more creative. Each night I conference with Jodie and her Mom for help on my teaching techniques and helping the students get the most out of my lectures. Today was much better and I’m hoping for continued improvement. I greatly appreciate your prayers.

Please pray for the church in Manipur, India. The community in Churachandpur has an Orphanage and a growing Christian school along with multiple churches in the city and new church plants in the hills. Please pray that God will continually work in and among these nations to reach the rest of the Indian people. Just a few kilometers south of Churachandpur there are no more churches and the region is predominately Hindu. In my class I have students from Hindu families and students from the neighboring country of Nepal. I am praying that some of my students will be missionaries to these areas and start churches in areas where there are no churches.