Right now, Mom and Dad are training some of the people of Owena to launch out into other areas with the gospel. This past year has been somewhat challenging, and they were a little discouraged as it did not seem like they were seeing a lot of fruit for their labors. However, recently, the Lord gave them a special blessing. This blessing came during the celebration of their graduates from SCMS or Soldiers of Christ Missionary School. Here is the story in Mom’s own words. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The days are so busy, and the beginning of this week was especially busy as we made preparations for SCMS graduation and then had the event on Wednesday, the 12th. The two graduates did a lot of work to get things ready too. At first we were a bit disappointed because they waited until late morning to come get the food we had in the fridge and foot locker where we keep a lot of our food supplies. The program was scheduled to start between 3:00 and 4:00, but 4:00 came and went, and nobody showed up; 5:00 came and went, too, and finally the men and children and a couple female guests arrived with saucepans full of food. It was 5:15 before the two graduates arrived. There were more people who came than were invited, and we did not know what to do. We just have one small room to meet in, and all the food was set up on a table in the children’s schoolroom. But the Lord was in control of everything, and there were just exactly the right number of seats for six children and nine adults. Two of the invited adults did not come. We did have to leave out parts of the program because of their being so late. Somewhere around 5:30, we got started. Lewis welcomed the guests and then Ana and Anna Jean each gave their testimonies. Lewis gave a challenge to the two ladies and also told about the training program for the benefit of the guests. Nuanda had invited a man from three of the churches – Liberty Baptist Church, Marimari Baptist Church, and Emmanuel Baptist Church – to represent their church, ask questions, and thank us for teaching. They wanted to know if we will hold another session of classes as they believe there are some from each of their churches who would like to come. Lewis told them we would as long as there are those who desire to attend. They said they would let the members of their churches know so they could come and give us their names. Lewis presented the two ladies with their certificates and had Nuanda pray for them. Then I gave out little handmade bags, each full of candies and a balloon, one for each of the six children. After that, one of the men gave thanks for the food, and everyone enjoyed a feast. There was much more food than anyone could eat. Other people who wanted to come, but knew they could not because of space, donated extra food and helped the ladies prepare everything. We thought that was very kind of them. Lewis and I were really tired out by the time the evening was over, but we praise the Lord that what seemed like a disappointment at first turned out to be a blessing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- [For a while, Mom and Dad were considering relocating because they felt there was not much more they could do for ministry in Owena. However, after this event, they are reconsidering.] Mom said, “As long as there are people here who desire to take the course, we will not have to try to relocate somewhere else.”
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