Sometimes the best preaching is the kind where all I jot down is quotes straight from scripture because there's not much "filler". That was the kind of message Paul Sr. preached Sunday morning. I've got about two whole pages of scripture and no fluffy stuff and nothing I don't know where to find in...
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Susete and Nela both wrote short notes to me before we left. Brother Paul translated Susete's note for me. It reads: My dear Sister Bi: When you return to your land of America, I will not forget you because I will not forget you being here in Cape Verde. I'm not going to stop going to church....
Paul Pritchard Sr. left us with a series of challenging questions early in the trip: - Are you in? (In Christ, that is)- How far are you in?- Are you faithful?- Do you love the Lord?- Are you a disciple?- Are you getting others in? Mrs. Cynthia: "There is a certain type of person God is looking for."...
In one of the classes at one of the high schools, we finished handing out the Bibles just as the kids were going to a break. So I got to talk with Carla and some of her friends. Communication was a little difficult, but at that level of education some of the kids know a...
This quote from Joe Davis that I overheard from the men’s devotions one morning deserves a post all by itself: When the towers fell, we saw people risk their own lives to rush in and rescue people. We’ve seen tornadoes, and car wrecks, and house fires, and a hurricane on the Gulf Coast where the same...
Here are a few memorable quotes from the first week. Joe Davis, speaking about Jesus' words in Matthew 11:28-30 spoke about how young oxen are trained by being put into the yoke with an older, bigger, more experienced ox. "The little ox doesn't pull anything. All he has to do is learn the yoke. The burden is...
. . . things from your dream start showing up in real life. Yesterday, while stopped at a gas station, I looked across the street, and lo and behold, there's the Suzuki shop from my dream. Not, only that, but I talked to a homeless guy named Derrick who was from Liberia while we were...
Two of the schools we stopped at yesterday wanted to feed us. At the first there was a selection of different foods. At the second, we had a goat and potato stew with rice. It was different, but good. I was in the group that got left at this school while some went to...
Rachael seems to be having a good time here. She's been holding the wordless book while Brother Robson from Brazil tells the story. I'm just a bit concerned about her spiritual condition, however, as she was considering converting to Buddhism today. (Just kidding folks!) She did get just a bit lobsterized on the last day.
In one of the towns we pass through you will see this church at one end of town and this house with a devil mask over the door. Pretty much everywhere you will see houses with crosses painted on each side of the door, but this doesn't mean the people who live there are Christian....
