LAST DAYS

Last night at the end of the church service we were thanked by Pastor Tony for coming to Guyana. After the service we were given a drink and snack and Pastor Tony shared some thoughts with us. The church in Guyana must be a church that shows the power of God because the people are naturally involved with black magic and seek power to help them with their troubles. For example there was a Muslim lady who became paralyzed on one side of her body. Before she was paralyzed Pastor Tony spoke with her about Jesus but she was not responsive. She went to the doctors and her own religious leaders for healing but was not cured. After exhausting all efforts she one day held a Bible in her hands and said that if the God of that Bible was real He could heal her, then she went to bed. She had a vision of Jesus removing strings from her body and when she woke up she was completely and instantly healed and that is how she ended up coming to Pastor Tony’s church and becoming a Christian. The church must counter the false power of the society with the power of God in Christ. The church gives itself to prayer and fasting and keeps itself in fellowship with God because of this environment. Pastor Tony said that when the Hindu’s and Muslim’s look for answers to life’s problems and trials in their own religion, they do not find any answers but when they come to the Christians they find answers and become Christians. I met a number of first generation Christians and especially young people whose parents continue in their traditional religion. God is doing great things in Guyana. Continue to pray for Guyana long after we have returned to Canada.

This morning we distributed tracts at the Gibraltar-Courtland primary school and prayed with the teachers and students. We are low on supplies and were not even able to give these students the children’s version of the DVD.

Distribution van

 Then we did distribution in a very poor area, some places did not even have electricity and so we did not leave any DVD’s. We had about 13 today for distribution, 7 of us from Canada and the rest Guyanese. Tonight we may be having supper at Pastor Sam’s and Friday we may be doing a school combined with a day off. Saturday morning we leave at 4 am for the airport.

House in remote areaa

View from out rental house. Ocean is behind those trees.