WOW!!!!! So much has happened over the last few months. Let me begin by telling you about my month long trip. I started in Calcutta, then from there went to the jungle. From there I went north to the tea gardens followed by the rice fields. Here I stayed in a small hut made out of bamboo and a grass roof with no electricity. After this to the old capital city in the state of Assam. And after all this...my trip was only half way over.
Throughout the whole month I slept in 11 different beds in 15 different cities. I trained 90 people to share the gospel, how to enter a new field, how to make disciple, and how to begin a new church. I trained 113 people in the bible from Genesis to Revelations. So now those people can tell the entire bible story.
These are the accomplishments for the month of September. And this is only the beginning. We have only trained them, but the fruit will be much more than knowledge. Knowledge is only the beginning. But my hope, my prayer is it to see these men and women going and doing what they have learned. Teaching others what they have learned.
Like 2 Timothy 2:2 says, “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.” The meaning of this verse is...disciples making disciples. That is the role we play here in India in our training's. We teach others how to make disciples, and in turn they go out and make disciples. Then their disciples make disciples. This is a process that continues on and on. This is how leaders are made and the church grows, not a building, but people. Starting churches in houses and spreading to other houses. It is amazing how God gives us everything we need. Even the how to part.
Well I have now official been in India for 6 months now. My time here has had its ups and downs. But though it all, God has taught me so much. The other night I went for a run. I wanted to get out of the house and just go, so I went running. As I was going, I saw a road and took it. I went as far as I could on it and took a left turn. Then another and another. By the time I realized it, I had no idea where I was. I could see lights in the distance, so I knew about where I was. But I was unsure of how to get back to my house. So I just keep going and went towards the lights.
Well, eventually, I ended up back where I started. Exactly where I was hoping to end up at. And at that point a thought came into my mind. This whole adventure that I am on was sort of like that run. Even more so, when we go out to share the gospel and start new churches, it is like that to. We just keep going down the path we are on. Even though we may feel lost, we keep going. We know where we are cause we can see the lights in the distant. So we are not lost, we may just be confused as to where we exactly are at the time. But we keep moving.
Let me explain this a little bit. The road is where God is taking us. Sometimes we feel lost and confused, but we stay on the path that God has put us on. The lights in the distance is what we know God wants us doing, such as: abiding in Him through the Word and Prayer. We know these things are the will of God at all times. So we keep on doing these things. Then finally we end up at a familiar place and now we understand all that God was teaching us on the road. We must keep moving and abide in Him at all times. He will take us where we are to be. He knows the road we need to take. He even knows the outcome of our journey.
While I was running, God reminded me of what I need to keep doing. Abide in Him and keep moving cause there is a finish line and He is taking me there. I just do not know where it is, but I will know when I get there.
So here is my encouragement to you. Keep moving and abide in Him. He knows where He is taking you.
“The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people ad your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.”
- Genesis 12:1
Picture:Me and my Nepali Mother. She made homemade cinnamon rolls for me.
(They were tasty!!!)
Don’t worry Mom, I am in good hands here!
