1 Samuel Finished

Today we finished the 31 chapters of 1 Samuel.  It was a challenging study, as the Rwandan Pastors do not know much Old Testament history and many of the ways God worked in the Old Testament are so foreign to the New Testament.  As usual, they asked many questions, many that challenged our ability to communicate through the language barrier and cultural differences.  But all in all, a good success.  We leave it at the feet of the Holy Spirit to finish the job.

Below is a picture of John training some of the Rwandan Pastors regarding the solar systems.  At the end of Good Rain 17 we will have deployed over 40 of them.  Each consists of a military grade foldable solar panel, a battery, two bright LED lights, a smaller LED light, and an adapter to charge cell phones. 

We deployed 20 of them last year, and at least 25% had issues.  This highlights the challenge that those who need the most help are the hardest to help. Despite the best efforts last year to train them in their proper use, many crisscrossed wires, tried to charge AC devices with DC, and the like.  So we try phase two.  The guys in the pictures are the most adept, and John is using the repair process of the broken systems to take them to another level with the hope they can help others.  John puts his full heart into it and well as his immense expertise.  But it will still take much prayer.

As I write this, Shane and Christina are about 3 hours from arriving in Kigali from Amsterdam.  They were supposed to fly via Toronto to Amsterdam and then down, but because of a delay they were put on a direct Boston to Amsterdam flight, which was way more expensive when we booked.  So they have a shorter flight time, but had a long wait at Logan.  Their bags went on to Toronto, and supposedly to Amsterdam and Rwanda. Hopefully that will be the case. 

When they got to Amsterdam, Shane was on stand-by, not seat assignment.  I got an email and we stopped and had the Pastors pray.  Minutes later we got word he had finally been assigned a seat.  God is goo.  Since there is only 1 flight per day to Kigali, it would have meant a 24 hour delay.  They would of at least got to see Amsterdam, but we are glad they will arrive on time.  I am ready to see Christina again.

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