JB Selecman writes the following... yesterday we had the privilege of traveling to a church plant from our main church about 1 hour away. The city of Metapan is in a bowl with great mountains surrounding it. The church is on the highest hill in the center of the city. It is an open air church that sits above the city, and below the mountains, so the view from the pulpit is almost 360 degrees of incredible views. We taught for around 4 hours beginning with Mark teaching the Great Commission, Britton explaining vocab, Josh showing them God’s multiplication table, Victor doing the Key that hangs, and Herb closing it all out with an incredible look at Paul’s relationship with Titus from 2 Cor 2:12-14. Herb also unpacked some of John 17 and talked about how Christ’s prayer life focused on His men 46 times in just 23 verses. The whole morning was anointed with the Holy Spirit.
At the end, Herb was weeping and speaking to the pastors about how his downline would continue long after he is dead, because of the young men who were teaching on the team. It really stirs Herb’s soul to see us young men who have just “begun to chase the Fox” teaching discipleship on foreign soil.
When Herb finished, several of their pastors spoke from the heart. They really take this seriously, because their whole lives are spent pouring their lives out to the masses. They are really overextended and tired. They feel like they are constantly spinning their wheels and preaching the gospel, but they see very little progress. So once they see the example of Jesus to the twelve, or Paul to Timothy, they see a more efficient and Christlike method for doing their ministry. It really is a blessing to see these light bulbs come on for these men.
One awesome door that God has opened is with a brother from Guatemala. He almost did not come to the meeting yesterday, but was there and was so moved by the teaching that he stayed late and even went to lunch with us to learn more. They are so eager and open here. He asked us if we would come to his country to teach our sessions there. So by God’s grace, we are going to Guatemala on the heels of a man who wasn’t even supposed to be here in El Salvador. Isn’t that amazing. Be praying specifically for our time in Guatemala tomorrow that this one man will catch the vision and the multiplication process will begin with him.
At the end, Herb was weeping and speaking to the pastors about how his downline would continue long after he is dead, because of the young men who were teaching on the team. It really stirs Herb’s soul to see us young men who have just “begun to chase the Fox” teaching discipleship on foreign soil.
When Herb finished, several of their pastors spoke from the heart. They really take this seriously, because their whole lives are spent pouring their lives out to the masses. They are really overextended and tired. They feel like they are constantly spinning their wheels and preaching the gospel, but they see very little progress. So once they see the example of Jesus to the twelve, or Paul to Timothy, they see a more efficient and Christlike method for doing their ministry. It really is a blessing to see these light bulbs come on for these men.
One awesome door that God has opened is with a brother from Guatemala. He almost did not come to the meeting yesterday, but was there and was so moved by the teaching that he stayed late and even went to lunch with us to learn more. They are so eager and open here. He asked us if we would come to his country to teach our sessions there. So by God’s grace, we are going to Guatemala on the heels of a man who wasn’t even supposed to be here in El Salvador. Isn’t that amazing. Be praying specifically for our time in Guatemala tomorrow that this one man will catch the vision and the multiplication process will begin with him.
