Today, I went to Nakar to drop off equipment for the Jesus film. I really rushed through the process with them, because I had to make it out to another village to do some research about their new church building. You have to remember that these folks in Nakar have never seen anything any more complicated than a cell phone. I know many out there are thinking, "What could be more complicated than a cell phone?" Well I had to show them how to start and stop the generator, what cords to plug in for the dvd player, the electronic projector, the external speakers, etc. . . . and no one there had ever even seen a RCA-jack (the little red, white, and yellow plugs). Anyway, pray for a miracle tonight as they try to show the Jesus film in Nakar.
I also went to Nyinyime to do some research on the church building that the Nyinyime church just built. I was asking them questions like, "Do you think that churches with church buildings are better than churches without them? How will this building help with evangelism?" and also asking them about the new vaulted construction technique being used. It was a useful conversation. They are genuinely excited about the building and about the technique, although they still have some concerns and the village masons feel they need more experience as apprentices before they can start repeating the technique. They are really happy now to have a place to meet when it starts raining, although they're not too sure if it will hold up to a good rain. Failure at this point could really be detrimental on many fronts. Pray that their fears are un founded.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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By the way, unfortunately the Nyinyime folks never figured out how to get the projector going. They were able to hear the film, but as you can imagine, that became confusing and they had to just stop it. Recently, however, Andy, in response to this problem, had a gathering of a few key people from each geographic cluster of chruches to try and train them on starting the generator and running the projector, dvd player, and speakers.
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