“Do
you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your
eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35 (NIV)
As I look forward to leaving Kenya on the 22nd of
this month, one of the things I am doing, apart from packing, is saying
goodbyes. In September I had an
opportunity to do so to some students I was working amongst at Kenya Science
during my training with the Navigators.
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| 2018.09.23 – My cell
group members and me after the commissioning service. |
On the evening of September 13th, I was met with
familiar faces and others were not so familiar.
I was happy to find some students that I had walked with the previous
year. But my highlight was meeting one of
the first year students (Karen*) whom I had an opportunity to speak with after
the meeting.
As Karen stood to leave her chair, I felt this love for her
in my heart that compelled me to speak to her. I called her over to where I was
and I held her hand as we spoke. One of
the questions I asked is when she gave her life to Christ. She told me she had backslidden earlier this
year and was thinking of recommitting her life to Christ. When I asked her if she would like to do that
right there and then, she said yes. I
didn’t believe she had said yes and so I rephrased the question and I asked her
again and again she said yes. At this
point I called one of my co-laborers and we prayed with her and she made her
life right with God.
As I thought about the whole incident later, I was made
aware of the doubt in my heart and I am praying that God will strengthen my
faith and trust Him when he brings people whose hearts he has worked on and are
ready to walk with the Saviour. He says
in his word that the fields are ripe with the harvest. Karen’s story is an example of a heart ready
for harvest. Would you pray with me that
as I go to Cambodia I will open my eyes to see the ripe harvest.
- Please pray for Karen that she will be grounded and rooted in the Word. Pray for people who will come alongside her to help her in her walk of faith.
- Thank God for that amazing commissioning service that we had on the 23rd of September. Also thank Him for all the partners who are standing with me through their prayers and their giving.
- Please pray about language and cultural learning. Please pray that God will help me in the one year that I will be learning the language/culture to be at home within the Khmer culture and OMF culture.
*Name changed
