Teaching in the Schools! - Colby Long

Greetings from South Africa...

Well we started our "Better Choices" curriculum this week. HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, along with the real need, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Any time an opportunity to bring God's Truth to the public schools and it's community opens up like this... How can we not take part? Bringing hope to the nations...

All the preparation, organizing, teambuilding, and prayer... all leading up to this week!

As a side note, I think I can speak for all of us, when I say that we could already see God unfolding His perfect plan for all of the work that was ahead of us. God quickly knit all of our hearts together for one purpose: share the Gospel, all for God's glory!

Here is another display of God at work this week, are you ready for this? We've talk a lot as a team so far about being flexible on missions trips, and in all are preparation we found opposition right away... it seemed where God was building a house, the enemy was building right next door. The enemy knew the Gospel was going out to the nations! It just so happens that this week in South Africa, at least in our province, that most of the schools were suffering from a teacher's strike, which in turn shuts the schools down.

No school = No students...

No students = No venue to teach the students...

Right?

WRONG! It was amazing to see God at work, in His perfect will and timing, open up so many doors for the nations to hear His Gospel! By the end of the first day, in all it's excitement and change of plans, we had collectively shared "Better Choices" and the Gospel with over 400 students and locals! Over 400 South Africans were reached! on the FIRST DAY! praise God!

God will accomplish what He wants, when He wants. God is good, All the time...All the time, God is good!

So all in all we finished our curriculum with hundreds of locals in the Richard's Bay area today and saw God do some great work, in educating the people and students about HIV/Aids, and presenting the Gospel through the Jesus Film, Testimonies, and God's Word. Many students were led to the saving truth of Jesus, committing their lives to Him! Praise the Lord.

Thank You for all your prayers, please pray that many would continue to come and hear the Truth of Jesus as we travel to Greytown on Saturday.

In Him - Colby Long