Sending out the Twelve
Sunday, March 13, 2005
How appropriate that the first Bible Institute has twelve graduates! Yesterday we celebrated the sending out of these 6 men and 6 women to various internships as pastors and leaders. It was an amazing time - you can see some of the moments in our photos section. Hours of Akha singing and celebration - it was a great day.
I've been stuck on a passage for days now, and it gained so much more strength watching the graduation. The passage is in Mark 1, quoting Malachi:
"Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple"
How wonderful that the God who created the universe loves every one of us! It's amazing, he sends messengers to love people and to talk about Christ so that when they seek Him and encounter the Living God they have already seen what love for Christ is.
It was as if we saw the embodiment of the song "Did you feel the Mountains tremble" yesterday...
Here we see that God you're moving
A time of jubilee is coming
When young and old will come to Jesus...
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Prepare the Way of the Risen Lord!
Be encouraged, the message is going forth. This is an exciting place to be, because God is already moving so powerfully from here.
Please continue to pray for us. We have decided to move to an Akha village about an hour and a half from here. One of the men who graduated yesterday will be going up to pastor the church there and we are hoping to move there to concentrate on the Akha language and way of life. We are confident this is where the Lord is leading us, but please pray for us in this process. We will let you know more as some of the details come together.
Don't forget to see the pictures!
I've been stuck on a passage for days now, and it gained so much more strength watching the graduation. The passage is in Mark 1, quoting Malachi:
"Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple"
How wonderful that the God who created the universe loves every one of us! It's amazing, he sends messengers to love people and to talk about Christ so that when they seek Him and encounter the Living God they have already seen what love for Christ is.
It was as if we saw the embodiment of the song "Did you feel the Mountains tremble" yesterday...
Here we see that God you're moving
A time of jubilee is coming
When young and old will come to Jesus...
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Prepare the Way of the Risen Lord!
Be encouraged, the message is going forth. This is an exciting place to be, because God is already moving so powerfully from here.
Please continue to pray for us. We have decided to move to an Akha village about an hour and a half from here. One of the men who graduated yesterday will be going up to pastor the church there and we are hoping to move there to concentrate on the Akha language and way of life. We are confident this is where the Lord is leading us, but please pray for us in this process. We will let you know more as some of the details come together.
Don't forget to see the pictures!
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