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Spiritual Reflections
Personally, I did not think that teaching two, two-hour classes, two days a week, would really tax my ability anyway. The first week of school, everything went according to schedule. The second week the schedule changed and suddenly, I found myself teaching not three, but six, two-hour classes a week. In our training back in the states we were told, one of the most important traits for a missionary was flexibility. I think I understand. I am really loving it though. I missed preaching on a regular basis, and I missed the discipline of regularly preparing messages to preach, but now, every week, I stand before six classes of attentive and appreciative young men and basically preach in a teaching mode. We start every class session with one of the young men leading us in prayer, and then I teach them a chorus from the states, before we begin our lesson. We are learning, "Jesus is the Sweetest Name I Know," and they love it. Most of these men are here at great personal sacrifice, and they completely trust in God. It is not like the states where a graduate sends out his resume to a host of churches who are looking for a pastor. There are few churches out here, and many of these young men will need to start a church first, before they can be a pastor. I wonder if I would have gone to seminary if I faced what they face? In Mark 6:8-9, Jesus sent His followers out to proclaim the gospel, telling them, "take nothing for the journey except a staff, no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belt, but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics."
"Take up your cross and follow Jesus," and I'll see you in church.
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