Team Zambia Day Two

Well, it happened...more kids came to VBS. In fact, we had 200 children by the end of day two at Vacation Bible School. This is a GIGANTIC praise and a HUMONGOUS prayer request. We are maxed out on supplies and today got pretty hectic at times but Our three VBS teams have been stellar. Kudos to Sandra and Anette who are the ones who get to actually try to get that many kids to sit down in a tiny church building for the Bible Lesson. The Braveheart award goes to Rachel and Tabitha who handled the entire music time today without a guitar so that I could go with our evangelism/church planting teams...love you guys...I know that was difficult. 

And then there's our he-men...Collis and Micah who have sore places in places where they didn't even know they had places from non stop pandemonium on the soccer field.

Our evangelism teams have had 15 salvation decisions already and that is amazing considering that it takes an average of 45 minutes to share the gospel here. It takes this long because the people we are encountering have no concept of "the one true God" and are steeped in ancestry worship and tribal religious beliefs. It is sad to realize that  with the exception of a very minute percentage of dedicated Christians who have been well discipled that every family makes regular visits to the village witch doctor on a regular basis. Already we have noticed several children with bright blue markings on their forehead which resemble a tattoo- the marks placed there during a the witch doctor's healing ritual.

A quick story. Our evangelism team was walking down a road in the village when we noticed some men working on a home. As we approached them they put down their tools and greeted us warmly. We shared the gospel with them starting with Creation and making a beeline for Christ. When we asked what a person must do to come to God one of them perked up and said excitedly: "repent." I was surprised to hear such a religious answer and the man beamed like a child in class that got the answer right. However, when we asked what that meant he hung his head and said through our interpreter: "I do not know." Obviously, someone had paved the way for us in sharing with the man and we watered that seed. In the end four of the five people there prayed to receive Christ and we spent more time explaining the church to them. Later in the day we took the local pastor we are working with back to meet them and they are planning to be in church with us on Sunday.