Greetings from Luanshya!
Tawanga is a young lady taking courses in the Source of Light program. As she handed me her lesson on Monday, I glanced at the answer sheet and noticed that in her answer to the question: "Have you asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save you"? She wrote "Yes". The next line asked "when"? Her answer was "Yesterday". I said, "Tell me about when you asked the Lord Jesus to save you". She told me that when she finished the lesson, she realized that she needed to ask Christ to be her Saviour. So, she did. This is why we are here, telling people about the Lord Jesus Christ, His love for them and what He sacrificed to pay for their eternal life in heaven. You will never meet Tawanga on this side of glory. But, for those who have had a part in this ministry when we all get to heaven she will be one of those saying thank you.
The College and Career class visited the life of Asaph last week. The name of the subject was "Looking to the World or Looking to Jesus-Where is Our Gaze Focused". This particular age group tends to look for approval in their circle of movement. Many seek connections with things not quite helpful in the believer's life. By focusing our gaze upon the Lord, we can more easily discern what our goals and objectives in life out to be. This is especially true when we remind ourselves that we are but pilgrims on journey with a mission to tell the world of Jesus Christ and His love. Pray for the many who have been coming and those who will be attending in future.
On Saturday morning we had a very unusual ladies fellowship. Sherry was asked to lead the Bible study for a group of ladies from one of the rural villages. It was agreed that she would teach in English and one of the ladies would translate to Bemba. In this way those who worked in English would be able to enjoy hearing an English lesson. Those who did not understand English would be able to understand ciBemba. When the ladies arrived, Sherry discovered that none of the English speaking ladies had been able to come. Since her notes were all in English, we improvised. She taught in English. I translated to Swahili (about half of the women from this village are originally from Zaire/Congo) and one of the ladies would translate from Swahili to ciBemba. Mid-way through the lesson, two of the ladies from our church arrived who spoke both English and ciBemba. But, we did not interrupt the flow of things since Sherry was well into the lesson. We had a good time. The ladies appreciated hearing the lesson in many languages knowing that the Bible is the World of God regardless of the tongue spoken.
This coming Sunday I will be speaking in a rural church out in Buntungwa. The people there are good friends. I have been there several times. I am looking forward to the service and they have invited the entire village to be present to celebrate Resurrection Sunday together. Please pray for this service. It will also be multilingual (Swahili and ciBemba).
Through the experiences of this week, we have had great victories, exciting services and harrowing adventures. Through it all God has been faithful and we continue to enjoy His blessings. Thank you again for being a part of our lives and ministry.
In His Service, Patrick & Sherry
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This is a regular (almost) update of the multi-faceted ministry of Patrick and Sherry Coleman who serve the Lord in Zambia, Africa.
About Us
Patrick was born and raised in the Los Angeles area of California. He moved to Lubumbashi, Zaire, (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1985. In 1991 he was evacuated from Lubumbashi because of civil unrest. Patrick based his family in Luanshya, Zambia.
Sherry was born and raised in a Jewish home in New Jersey. She came to know the Lord as her Messiah and personal Saviour when she was 17. She came to Zambia in 1990 to administrate a correspondence Bible school. She also taught in area schools and in churches.
They met and were married on August 1, 1997.
Today both Patrick and Sherry Coleman serve the Lord together in Zambia. Their ministry responsibilities have grown. They own and operate the Lighthouse Children's Home with six AIDS orphans, they have opened their personal library to the public in Luanshya through the Christian Resource Centre, Sherry still has a correspondence Bible school and Patrick still works with local church leaders as well as serving in leadership at Fellowship Chapel in Luanshya.
Note from the Web Guy
Greetings from the Web presence of the Coleman Ministry. Please check the archives for any posts you may have missed.
This is the Colemans' oldest son, who is responsible for this website. My father refers to himself as "Technologically Reclined". Despite my best efforts to make posting to this site as easy and quick as possible, he insists on using the worst method available and occasionally forgetting to notify me for more than a year.As a result, sometimes posts get added in the background. They do not hit the front page, which only shows the latest update I have received, reformatted, and republished. As of this writing, I have a dozen posts to put up and back-date, and more coming in. I estimate that I will finish this effort by late July. Maybe not this year, but it will be a July.
So please, peruse the archives.