Being Ready

Greetings from Luanshya!

Last week we showed the film "The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon". The turnout was not as good as we had hoped. We did notice that the two young Mormon missionaries in town were standing 50 yards from the front of our building dissuading people from coming to the film. Nevertheless, all those who came seemed interested in the subject. After the film, one young lady said that she needed her entire family to watch this film. A few years ago her uncle had brought the family into the Mormon movement, but he has since left when he realized the errors in doctrinal teaching. He had actually telephoned his niece and told her she need to watch this film. She is now trying to convince the rest of her family to spend the hour and six minutes it takes to sit through this expose'. Pray for this family. Also pray for those who are equally trapped by this cult.

The parent/teacher conferences were held for all five of the children remaining at the Lighthouse. We are thrilled at the fact that all of them have improved over the last school term-especially in mathematics. We pray that they will do just as well on their final exams beginning in October.

The children in the Sunday School are studying "The Return of Christ". The discussion was particularly heated at one point when one the children expressed their concern over how long it has taken for the Lord Jesus to actually return. Then the discussion turned to the idea of "I have too much to do in life. He can't come yet!" The whole idea is to be "ready". Pray for the children as they continue to study this interesting topic. The same subject happens to coincide with what the Youth Group have begun studying.

In light of this the Christian Resource Centre will sponsor, every Friday evening, a series of movies on the end times. Pray that many will be convicted and make a decision for Jesus Christ NOW.

Monday afternoon we received a telephone call from John Bwalya. For those who have been keeping up with our ministry, you will remember that John is one of the young people we assisted when abandoned by his mother. He has since gone on to earn his teaching certificate, been married and has two daughters. However, this success took him away from Luanshya. He called to let us know that he and his wife, Sarah, have been accepted in the Teachers Training College here in Luanshya and will be joining us in a week. This will give them an opportunity to earn their Bachelor Degrees. It also brings them home so they can minister with us in the English speaking church. We have been praying that they would be able to return and are thrilled with this answer to prayer.

When we think about the end times, we think about time management, redeeming the time and simply the fact that time is so short that it cannot be wasted.

Thank you for praying with us as we invest our time in the lives of the Zambian people.

In His Service,
Patrick & Sherry

Dr. Patrick & Sherry Coleman
P.O. Box 90010
Luanshya, Zambia Africa