The new village

"2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God. 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah.…" Psalm 84.

Last weekend we shared about a new village where no current church meets and the man, "Nick" whom Cameron had met the weekend before. This is the village that "Nick" said had no believers nor church in his community. This weekend we visited the village of "Nick" as a family. As we turned onto the rocky dirt road a man approached our car. He happened to be the brother of "Nick" and was very friendly after he understood our motives for entering the village were pure. The family took the children's Bible from my hands and looked over it and then said a group of children would be interested in hearing the stories next Sunday. Today the family was busy skinning a large sheep before the rain clouds approached and ruined the outside work. Our boys were eager to watch this process and got out of the car for a closer look. The kids from the house came and giggled in amusement as they watched Ben and Micah who showed such fascination with the dead sheep.

The impending rain made our visit quick and we continued on our drive up the road to our new friend "Nick"'s house. As we drove down the road people smiled and gave welcoming head nods. "Nick" has four children and they took the convincing of several hand games to open up to me while Cameron talked to their dad. By the end of Cameron's conversation with "Nick" seven kids were giving me high fives and loads of laughter. When presented with some options, "Nick" asked for us to show the Jesus film in his village and we will prepare to do that this Sunday. We also feel this will be a good way to give an overall idea of why we are studying the Bible, Who we are studying, and what Jesus did for us. This open door is one that we walk through with excitement but also with great prayer. We know that if no believers are in this community, we are not blind to know that satan will want to keep it that way. This will be a battle and we would be wise to covet your prayers and be lead by the Holy Spirit as we enter this community. So as always, we seek to remind you that your partnership of prayer is huge in anything we do and it's never overlooked. Thank you for your support! Like the scripture above, may this community find her place in the Lord's house and offer praise to their Mighty King.