Where do I begin ? So much to share. We have now completed Day 2 of DL in DR Institute. Day one had 51 in attendance. When we arrived 20 minutes before the class was to begin, I was surprised (why am I always surprised ?) to find the room already 3/4 full. More chairs had arrived as I am certain that men who were standing the night before had brought their own chairs with them for Day 2. As Herb began to teach I was able to count about 50 men in the room. Our final count at the end of the night came to 55. We had another awesome teaching time with Herb. Mathew 28:16-20 was the text for the evening. I must also mention the great job that Rosvelt is doing with the translation into the Creole language. It is not an easy task to keep up with Herb. Herb never seems to change gears. It was "pedal to the metal" for over 2 hrs again. Debbie was so concerned with Rosvelt and how hard he had worked trying to keep pace with Herb on the first night, she brought him a cloth to wipe the sweat as he translated and a bottle of ice water to refresh himself. Did Herb use a sweat rag or need water ? (remember, Herb is 77 yrs old !) No, he just kept on teaching. We did go home for ice cream later. Herbs request - strawberry.
This night seemed to have more than the normal distractions. The heat, the packed room, motor cycles roaring by, children playing loudly (and fighting) just outside the windows,are some of the normal and regular distractions that we must battle as it seems the enemy will attempt to keep us from hearing Gods word. Day 2 seemed to have additional distractions which caused me to think "there must be something important tonight". Day 2 we can add the airport landing approach had changed to be directly over our training room. The planes are so low that you can wave to the pilots. The biggest distraction was the mosquito attacks which kept most of us swatting and smacking the little critters. There was a few times that Debbie asked if she could wipe the bloody remains of a critter that had obviously been tapped into someones blood stream, onto my pants. In spite of all these distractions the men remained focus on Herbs teaching and took notes as fast as they could.
The high-lite of the night for all of us was when I thought that Herb had somehow gotten off track. It appeared as though he had wandered away from the planned topic and began to "preach the gospel". He told us all that he had been prompted by the Holy Spirit to simply "preach the gospel". At first I was puzzled as this was a meeting of Pastors, church leaders and eager and hungry brothers. After Herb "preached the gospel" he ask if there was any man present who had never truly asked Christ to come into his life. If there was a man that had never "opened the door when they had heard HIM knocking", Herb said just to stand up and acknowledge this before God and man. To my amazement and sheer joy, 2 men instantly rose to their feet. Praise God ! We are so very thankful for Herbs teaching but even more for his example of being obedient to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Oh what a night ! Even the new distractions could not keep God from working in the hearts of these men !!
Please continue to pray for Herb and the men. Especially pray for our "new brothers".
Thank you for your prayers and your interest in this work in the D R.
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