About a year and a half ago Marlene and I had the privilege of being at the very beginnings of a church plant here in this rural area of Zimbabwe, about an hour south of the City of Bulawayo. I remember the night when I told the story, around a fire, of Adam and Eve's fall into sin and how the discussion of the story went on into the night and continued the following day among those who heard it.
Since that time a church has been established here using Chronological Bible Storying as a primary way of sharing the Good News. Most of the people who live in this region would be oral learners (ie. those who do not principally learn by reading.) The church is called 'Crossroads'.
This Sunday I have the opportunity of sharing with the group once again. It is much bigger now. Since this is the Easter Weekend I will be telling the wonderful story of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. What a life changing story! My prayer is that people who do not yet know Christ would come to receive him as their Risen King this weekend.
During this same time we are also participating in an Easter Camp here for all the Newfrontiers churches from this region. This is bound to be an action packed time.
Marlene and I will be especially focused on working together with Stephen and Molly Manhanga who lead Crossroads Church. Our goal is to see CBS further developed here. We are laying plans to initiate the church establishing track of stories from the Book of Acts. Our CBS team here has been working hard on the development of this story list.
The place where we are located is quite beautiful with round topped granite mountains in the background and African bush in the foreground. Yesterday we had a pack of monkeys pay a visit, and I saw a meerkat running along the trail.
Life is interesting here!
