Tuesday: The Great Harvest

Tuesday was much like Monday. We gathered at the church in the morning, prayed together, sang together, and then went out in groups again. Today we had a slightly different group than before: 

Sylver (our translator) 

 

Evangelist Charles, Pastor Charles, and Teacher Charles (left to right) 

Lydia

Jackson (Compassion worker) and Pastor Cosmos

We went out and visited 13 homes through the whole day. The first two homes we went into and shared with there were three professions. The next place we went there was an old Catholic lady who followed us from her house to the next three houses and discouraged the people there from believing the gospel. We pray that what we spoke would penetrate her heart for she heard the message three times. We also pray that those she discouraged would be given another chance to believe. 

The next place we went was the home of  an older man, his wife, and their numerous grandchildren. Both the old man and his wife, along with another woman who had stopped by to see the wide and heard, believed. He had many questions about the differences between Catholicism and the gospel. Along the way we met many who professed to be what is called Charismatic Catholics. Our translators and pastors explained what that was for we were quite confused. Basically, rather than praying to Mary and believing that their works through the sacraments would save them they worshipped and believed in Jesus through faith. Nonetheless they continued to follow many of the catholic traditions and beliefs, including their submission to the Pope. After lunch we went to a new section of the village to preach for we were getting too close to the Kenyan boarder and many in our group would not be able to go for they did not have passports. We went in the opposite direction, which involved piling 14 people in a van and driving up a narrow "road" leading towards the rocky hilly part of the village. This area was defined by a hilly area which was peppered with large boulders jutting up from the earth in some of the most strange manners. But in this area, which is home to a government medical center, we were able to speak to a few more people. We stopped at one house and two women and two young men heard the gospel and confessed Christ. After that we were able to encourage a couple who lived in the area and were believers already. They pointed us to the last house we visited. This very old man lived there with a few grandchildren. He was is the processes of marking out the ground for a new house, but he stopped his work to hear us. We shared the gospel with him and he too believed. When we joined back together that afternoon with the other teams we learned that 57 individuals had confessed faith in Christ that day. The local pastors were able to record the names and homes of the new believers in order to follow up with them. Some of which we did on Friday. We praise God for the great harvest he has brought in just two days.