East Kopetatum

We are excited about a new ministry venue, which has emerged ‘right under our nose’. For years we have had a work in Kopetatum. That has been the west side of Kopetatum, across the river. To get there we have had to pass through the east side of Kopetatum before the river through a village which never seemed to me like a great venue for ministry. Well, in recent months, one resident of that village, Mariko, has been among the regular group working with Bob Wright for the work for food program of the farm project. (We have begun teaching Bible stories to these folks during the work since a good group is required to sit under the tree and remove the seeds from the hibiscus plants Bob has been growing.) Mariko invited us to begin teaching in his village and promised to ‘mobilize’ (invite the community). I agreed. I have since led a study there on Friday afternoon and preached in the afternoon on the Lord’s Day. Both times the ministry has been well attended and well received. The folks have been very engaged and eager to learn and seem to be enthusiastic about an ongoing word ministry among them. Pray that the Lord would bless this work and particularly for Mariko as a potential leader. We are planning to invite him to be part of our “Readers Meeting” where we are training Bible study leaders. So it seems that we will now have to speak of this new work in East Kopetatum as well as the old one in West Kopetatum. We ask you to speak of them to the Lord in your prayers.