Sunday 3/14/
We arrived at New Creation Fellowship at 10:30 and after 10 attempts we could not get the projector to work. Abandoning the slide show we sang and I preached on Fresh Oil out of Ps 92. Though the text and message were completely different I ended up in exactly the same place as last week with a very similar response. The altar was filled with saints crying out to God for fresh oil and the fullness of the Holy Spirit. For the first time I can remember, I did not finish the message. As soon as I got to the second point, it seemed as if the Lord said, “That’s enough, it is all I need. Give the invitation.”
There seems to be a comfort level that do not recognize in the US. It seems more natural to my spirit to see the hand of God working through the situation. While Pastor Browne was praying for his people who had responded, I was quietly praying for them as well. But I was praying specifically for people I had never met, as if God was praying for them through my lips. I stopped at one point and asked myself, “Why did I just pray for her to be healed,” and immediately there was an answer in my heart why she needed that prayer. There were so many people to pray for that I moved on to the next person, but that feeling remained with me. I may not be making sense to all of you or maybe some of you have experienced this. If so, I would appreciate your comments.
We enjoyed a time of Fellowship with Robert Browne and his wife, Dedeh after the service. They have been a real blessing in so many ways already. Many of the church members expressed an interest in working with us in various ways so we parted company.
We were supposed to call Melvin Cox, the son of our friend Bill and so we did. He met us on the road and we trekked (Isela in her high heals) back into his neighborhood off of Somalia Drive. Melvin is an architect and works with a group of friends who have heard of our desire to build model communities and train Liberians in these innovations. Melvin wanted to sit down with us and go over our design ideas and offer his own. I really had not considered mud brick in the construction plans but the idea seems more attractive after our discussion. We met for over an hour when Yvonne called to carry us back home. I had bought a scratch card for the mobile phone and we call our family back in the US and finally got in touch with Jess, Cliff and our precious little ones. How sweet it is to hear the voices of our loved ones when so far away. Thank you Christopher and Rachael for keeping things going there for us. Love you Eric. We love you all and are counting the days for the return. Please keep praying for the success God needs here.
So Much Love,
Fred and Isela