Today (Thursday) we had lunch at a Seafood Restaurant. As we ate we saw a group of 8-10 young Muslim men walking on the beach. We were excited for an opportunity to go talk with the group. These young men were around 20 years old and had traveled from 100 kilometers away to come to Colombo for training. We had an awesome opportunity to dialogue with them about Jesus. JB attended training on the most effective way to share the gospel with Muslims the weekend before this trip and was able to apply much of that training in our conversation with these young men. Please pray that some of the gospel seeds will take root and grow! It has been very common to meet followers of all the major world religions here – Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu.
In the evening our conference began at Calvary Church (www.calvarychurchsrilanka.com). This is a church in the heart of Colombo, which is the capitol city of Sri Lanka. Calvary has seven services in three different languages and numerous satellite locations throughout the region. As we taught there was simultaneous translation into two languages – Singlese and Tamil. There were people in the room wearing headphones hearing the teaching in their native tongue.
All week long they have told us they were expecting around 100 people, but we ended up having 250 people sign up and come! We are very thankful for a large pool of people and pray that God will impact individuals to engage in disciple making, to live a disciple making lifestyle. Tonight Steve taught the Great Commission and JB taught on the Vocabulary of Discipleship. It appeared that everyone was taking notes and listening eagerly! The response to the teaching was incredibly positive and we pray God will bring fruit!
Please pray for us as the conference has two more days! Matthew 28:18-20 - Ta Ethnae!
In the evening our conference began at Calvary Church (www.calvarychurchsrilanka.com). This is a church in the heart of Colombo, which is the capitol city of Sri Lanka. Calvary has seven services in three different languages and numerous satellite locations throughout the region. As we taught there was simultaneous translation into two languages – Singlese and Tamil. There were people in the room wearing headphones hearing the teaching in their native tongue.
All week long they have told us they were expecting around 100 people, but we ended up having 250 people sign up and come! We are very thankful for a large pool of people and pray that God will impact individuals to engage in disciple making, to live a disciple making lifestyle. Tonight Steve taught the Great Commission and JB taught on the Vocabulary of Discipleship. It appeared that everyone was taking notes and listening eagerly! The response to the teaching was incredibly positive and we pray God will bring fruit!
Please pray for us as the conference has two more days! Matthew 28:18-20 - Ta Ethnae!
