JB writes... Hey downline family, hope all is well in the good ole USA. We are doing well in El Salvador. As I write this, it is Sunday afternoon and the team has just finished preaching in several different churches. Steve preached at the main church in Santa Ana. Quinton preached in Sonsonate, Dustin and Matt preached in Antquizaya, and I preached in Chalchuapa. Our official conference is finished and the Lord really stirred everyone’s hearts as we taught the discipleship training. This is now the third year we have come here, so some of the brothers and sisters here are beginning to understand the life on life transference that is actually takes to make disciples. They have caught the vision and strategy of Christ and now they are beginning to disciple others. They have many practical questions about how and what to do. This means that they are actually putting into practice Christ’s strategy, or they have at least thought long and hard about it. The head pastor is such a Godly Christ Focused man and he has twelve men that he is discipling. Praise God. I think he is realizing that twelve was too many to take at one time, so when he has trained them to the point of reproduction, he will probably go smaller next time.
Quinton is a master with their teachers. He and Steve have spoken over six hours to their Christian teachers. They had so many practical questions for them. Because of Steve’s experience with youth and Quinton’s experience in education, these sessions were so valuable. We hadn’t even planned on doing these sessions, but obviously God was. I was able to sit in on these sessions and could not believe how God used them.
Last night a door was opened for us from a contact we made four months ago. Tito was our translator last year for the main discipleship sessions. He heard the word last year, and we spoke at his church last night. They have a young couple in their church who speak English and who are very hungry for the word. Listen to this, right before I gave the vision and strategy and Steve spoke on the Great Commission, William (the local) told me that he was really interested in the relationship between Paul and Timothy. He wanted to know more about them! Isn’t God good. We spent the next several hours with them over a meal building a relationship. They are going to come to our training conference next march. It was really and blessed night.
The brothers from Nicaragua left yesterday because of flooding in their hometown. It rains here for 6 months straight. We were discouraged they had to leave early, but we know God is in control. They drove 10 hours in the rain on bad roads and missed the entire first night of the conference. Steve and I were able to spend some good one on one time with them going over the strategy. It actually was a very sweet time and because the settings we taught them in were more intimate, probably more effective. I think we will see them again. I love how God opens and shuts doors on His timing to allow these meetings with new people that we can continue to build on year after year.
We have more services tonight and then more training with pastors on Monday and Tuesday. Continue to pray for the words to take root in their lives and for God’s anointing with our brothers.
Quinton is a master with their teachers. He and Steve have spoken over six hours to their Christian teachers. They had so many practical questions for them. Because of Steve’s experience with youth and Quinton’s experience in education, these sessions were so valuable. We hadn’t even planned on doing these sessions, but obviously God was. I was able to sit in on these sessions and could not believe how God used them.
Last night a door was opened for us from a contact we made four months ago. Tito was our translator last year for the main discipleship sessions. He heard the word last year, and we spoke at his church last night. They have a young couple in their church who speak English and who are very hungry for the word. Listen to this, right before I gave the vision and strategy and Steve spoke on the Great Commission, William (the local) told me that he was really interested in the relationship between Paul and Timothy. He wanted to know more about them! Isn’t God good. We spent the next several hours with them over a meal building a relationship. They are going to come to our training conference next march. It was really and blessed night.
The brothers from Nicaragua left yesterday because of flooding in their hometown. It rains here for 6 months straight. We were discouraged they had to leave early, but we know God is in control. They drove 10 hours in the rain on bad roads and missed the entire first night of the conference. Steve and I were able to spend some good one on one time with them going over the strategy. It actually was a very sweet time and because the settings we taught them in were more intimate, probably more effective. I think we will see them again. I love how God opens and shuts doors on His timing to allow these meetings with new people that we can continue to build on year after year.
We have more services tonight and then more training with pastors on Monday and Tuesday. Continue to pray for the words to take root in their lives and for God’s anointing with our brothers.
