ChosenRebel's Blog

It is almost 9 PM as I write. That means it is 2 PM in the afternoon on the East Coast.

For the last three days, I have taught for 6-6.5 hours a day with some intense questioning from the conference attendees. It has been marvelous and exhausting. Every afternoon, I get back to my hotel room around 4 PM and collapse on to the bed. Within minutes, I am asleep in a nap that pays no attention to the considerable amount of noise outside. Cars honking (no minute of the day is not filled with the sound of cars, buses, vans, motorcycles, powered tricycles [thousands of them] beeping their horns), music blaring, people chanting, laughing, arguing, singing. It doesn’t matter, I am dead to the world for 45 minutes to an hour.

But the eagerness of these men (and a few women), to learn, think, ask questions is inspiring. They want to serve Jesus. They want to see their nation reached for Christ. It is wonderful. Many are poor. Most are under-resourced. Few have seminary or even high level Bible School training. But they have hearts that want to learn and glorify Christ. And the singing!!! I must have everything translated of course, so much of the message of the songs is mediated through my wonderful translator, but the passion of the worship still comes through. I love it.

I hope you are praying for these beautiful people. We have one Father, the same Savior and the same indwelling Holy Spirit. We are brothers and sisters with them. And they value your prayers for them. So please pray. When I get back, I hope to post videos and pictures but frankly I am too tired to do mor than this little update and I still need to prepare something for tomorrow. God bless you. Thank you for supporting me in this work.

One more thing: The conference has gone extremely well, but there are not as many pastors as predicted. The ones who are here are asking great questions, are completely engaged, and are being greatly encouraged.

Prayer requests: The conference is longer than I was led to believe. There is another whole day of teaching !!!!! So tomorrow, Friday, I have to come up with 6 more hours of instruction!!! I have to tell you, at seventy years of age, teaching 6 hours a day for four consecutive days is physically draining. Every day I come back to my hotel room and fall asleep within minutes. That is not normal for me. Pray that my stamina would endure and that God would empower my spiritually and physically. Thank you, for your ministry of prayer for these men and for me.