We are learning more and more how necessary the gift of discernment is necessary in this field of ministry. As we seek to do more ministry and share the love of Christ it is becoming difficult to know what the real needs are. We were told when we got here that poverty makes even good people do bad things. We find that people will lie and cheat in order to get the support of the missionaries. This is difficult when we already have the problem of not fully understanding the culture or language yet. As I have mentioned we have been having some difficulties with leaders in the Conference. Our prayer is that God would shine His light on the situation and reveal who is working for the Lord and who is working against Him. We trust that God will take care of all these things in His time.
Yesterday Rob shared God's Word at a prayer meeting for a pastor we didnt know very well. Rob tried to decline speaking because he told them that he didnt know the pastor. They said thats okay you tell us about God. So Rob shared to gospel message and at the end asked the pastors in attendance to stand up so that those who wanted to accept Jesus as Savior could go and speak to one of the pastors. He made it clear in English that the Pastors were available to pray for anyone who wanted to become a Christian. The only problem occured at the end of the service when we were eating. The translator asked Rob again what the Pastors were supposed to do:( Oh well. Thats what he gets for not knowing Tamil yet. We frequently have translation problems. We just need to work harder at understanding the language so we do not have to rely on translators!
Today we went to a service near the airport. It was a nice service with lots of people. Rob and Ernie helped dedicate two beautiful little girls. They were all dressed up in white gowns and hates and jewelry... No wonder they always think Moriah is a boy baby. I barely get a dress on her in the morning better yet jewelry and things! Anyways, we enjoyed sharing the service with the believers and praying with them.
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