Four us (L-R: Bart Leidecker, Steve Winstead, JB Selecman, and Fish Robinson) left from Memphis on Saturday, May 5 heading for Colombo, Sri Lanka. We met up with our fifth team member, Wes Selecman, at layover in Chicago. Along the way, we had several gospel conversations with folks on our flights. We have layover in Abu Dhabi, UAE and then landed in Colombo at 3:30 am on Monday, May 7.
Our host Heshan was excited to great us at the airport. We realized at the airport that this is a very important holiday for Buddhist. This is the celebration of when it is believed that Buda was born, received his enlightenment, and died. All this is believed to have happened on the same day. Over 70% of people in Sri Lanka are Buddhist. Less than 10% of the population is Christian. 42 of the 50 people groups in Sri Lanka are considered unreached. Pray that Christians will be given an opportunity to point others to Christ during this time.
We just arrived at our hotel. Tomorrow we will go to the Tea Country and teach at a rural church. We will start our three-day conference with the folks at Calvary Church on Thursday. Pray that our team will be able to communicate clearly gospel-centered discipleship.
