Introduction

Thanks for checking out the blog for Good Rain '17.   As a way of intro, let me share just some of the particulars of Good Rain '17.

- Participants:  Neal Davidson and John Scudiere will be in Rwanda from Feb 10 to Feb 26. 
                        Christina Davidson and Shane Colwell will join them from Feb 17 to Feb 26.


- Aspects:   1)  The backbone of the project is pastoral training.  We will be working with the Harvest Christian Church network. We will train approximately 60 Pastors over a two week period.  We will be teaching them the books of 1 Samuel and the Gospel of John.  We will also engage in as a many forms of encouragement that we can.

                 2) Christina will be holding multiple sessions meeting with Pastor's Wives and other women Church leaders.  These will take place in the capital Kigali as well as out in the rural villages.


We will look to up-date the blog daily once we arrive in Rwanda.  We do at times have internet issues which can slow us down, so we appreciate your patience.  Your comments are always appreciated.

Here are some initial prayer requests:

- Pray for good health.  It is hard to teach when you cannot get out of bed!
- Pray for the Rwandan Pastors.  Learning can be hard for them since some of them have not been in "school" since the 3rd Grade, so capturing and assimilating information can be difficult.
- Pray the 20 Pastors who are going back to school on Good Rain scholarships.  Even though they are married with families, they are sitting in a classroom 40 hours a week with kids in the teens.  It can be very hard on their families.
- Pray for the ability to build bridges.  Even though we have been there many times, cultural barriers still exist, and the best training takes place when those are overcome.  This takes a work of the Holy Spirit.


Blessings,
Neal