FAREWELL TO GUYANA

Last night (Thursday) we all went over to Pastor Sammy’s house for an amazing meal of barbecued chicken (cooked on the barbecue and tastefully sauced), rice and potato salad. Pastor Sammy shared some of his experiences working in the interior with the Amerindian people. He shared about how God healed a woman who could not walk and when the village heard of it all who had sicknesses came out and God healed the whole village. His church is planning a fast for the month of January for 21 days in anticipation of a 21 day crusade in March. When I look at Pastor Sammy’s face I see a passion for Jesus and a deep desire to serve him which is a great blessing to my own heart. What stands out for me on this trip is the work of the Pastor’s in reaching out to their neighbors many of whom are Muslim and Hindu a number of whom are coming to Christ.

After breakfast we all went to a sports field to distribute New Testaments and tracts for 1 ½ hours to the teachers, police, referees, band members, concession workers and students participating in the yearly sports day. There were many students there and we gave out many New Testaments, tracts and Daily Breads. We are pretty well drained of distribution material now.

STUDENTS WAITING TO GET INTO STADIUM

REFERREES

 After the distribution we went to the market and then to Steve and Sabrina’s and her parents for a feast of roasted chicken, roasted beef, roasted port, roasted duck and curried duck, rice and dhol sauce (oh spicy). They sure treated us well. What a beautiful family who came from a Muslim background and who now love Christ.

SABRINA'S FAMILY

It is wonderful how we are now recognized in town and people ask us for DVD’s or tell us they have received one from us. People bless us for doing the work of God and say we are welcome here. I have only had two people refuse material. For the last two days we have seen the Jehovah Witnesses out on the street and last week as well. The door for spreading the Gospel is wide open in Guyana and Suliman and the Pastors here hope to take advantage of this. Suliman is now developing plans to do distributions in Trinidad and Suriname over the next couple of years using some of the Guyanese Christians. Guyana could become a center of challenge for evangelism in this whole area. Pray and continue to be part of God’s work here

We have the afternoon and evening off as we prepare to leave very early tomorrow morning at 4 am for the airport and our trip home. I hope to see some of you on Sunday. My mind and heart are full of praise, peace and joy. Thank you.