(By the way, Zeke has recovered--he returned to school today, a little weak, but MUCH better -- thank you all for your prayers)
We have internet in the villas--hooray! We still need to get the stove installed, but we have connection with the larger world ;)
And, we made connection with national leadership: last week, Keli and I were thrilled to receive Dr. Latif, who drove from Alexandria to meet us at the villas. We have been looking forward to meeting him and interacting with him for the past year.
Dr. Latif pastors a Congregation in Alexandria, and he is also the Secretary for the General Assembly of the Church of God in Egypt, and therefore a member of the Executive Committee. Dr. Latif's Congregation is an active group with four different weekly meeting times. They also have an ongoing ministry to 54 widows in their congregation. Dr. Latif cast the vision for supporting these widows by finding 10 businessmen who will provide 200 LE per month to help these--he has found 8 of the 10 to provide this monthly support! Dr. Latif, a pharmacist, is also training another young former pharmacist who has been called to the ministry--this young pastor will begin to shepherd one of the Congregations in July at the conclusion of his training period.
The Executive Committee consists of 5 individuals from the General Assembly; there are 26 individuals in the General Assembly, including the 12 pastors and a lay leader from the 12 churches, a Treasurer (on the Executive Committee) and a representative for the Conference Center in Alexandria.
As you will hear in the video, thanks to internet, I will be able to attend a couple days of a Leadership Conference in Alexandria next week where many of the pastors will be meeting for a teaching series on the Church of God doctrines as presented by Joy Mallou of the Mediterranean Bible College (Beirut)--this set of courses was designed to fulfill the requirements for a theology degree from a Bible College in Alexandria.
more to come from Alexandria next week; and Dr. Latif hopes to help provide information or introduction to each of the 12 national churches, one per month, for such video presentations--we'll have to work on some additional visual aids like maps, and pictures, and more than just the two of us at a table :)
We have internet in the villas--hooray! We still need to get the stove installed, but we have connection with the larger world ;)
And, we made connection with national leadership: last week, Keli and I were thrilled to receive Dr. Latif, who drove from Alexandria to meet us at the villas. We have been looking forward to meeting him and interacting with him for the past year.
Dr. Latif pastors a Congregation in Alexandria, and he is also the Secretary for the General Assembly of the Church of God in Egypt, and therefore a member of the Executive Committee. Dr. Latif's Congregation is an active group with four different weekly meeting times. They also have an ongoing ministry to 54 widows in their congregation. Dr. Latif cast the vision for supporting these widows by finding 10 businessmen who will provide 200 LE per month to help these--he has found 8 of the 10 to provide this monthly support! Dr. Latif, a pharmacist, is also training another young former pharmacist who has been called to the ministry--this young pastor will begin to shepherd one of the Congregations in July at the conclusion of his training period.
The Executive Committee consists of 5 individuals from the General Assembly; there are 26 individuals in the General Assembly, including the 12 pastors and a lay leader from the 12 churches, a Treasurer (on the Executive Committee) and a representative for the Conference Center in Alexandria.
As you will hear in the video, thanks to internet, I will be able to attend a couple days of a Leadership Conference in Alexandria next week where many of the pastors will be meeting for a teaching series on the Church of God doctrines as presented by Joy Mallou of the Mediterranean Bible College (Beirut)--this set of courses was designed to fulfill the requirements for a theology degree from a Bible College in Alexandria.
more to come from Alexandria next week; and Dr. Latif hopes to help provide information or introduction to each of the 12 national churches, one per month, for such video presentations--we'll have to work on some additional visual aids like maps, and pictures, and more than just the two of us at a table :)
Praise God for Zeke feeling better! I'm sorry the devil came against him like that. He will try to get anyone in any way he can, poor sucker. I am so thankful that our God already defeated him and gave us the power over him.
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