Yesterday Baker and I met with Oscar, so he could give us an update/report on the fruits of our efforts. It was fairly amazing to hear all that God did, and humbling to think that we helped start this process.
The entire NLBC population nearly doubled after we left, and now half of the entire church population is children. Oscar was thrilled with this, and slightly overwhelmed, because this is new territory for AHEAD. Quite a few of neighborhood kids continue to come back on Sundays, and even those that don't come, associate themselves with the church, it has become part of their identity.
Other churches heard about the great things that happened at Jacobtown, and now they are all excited to start developing their youth ministry.
After our departure, the most exciting thing that happened was the converstion of 6 Muslim children to Christianity, which was a real affirmation for us that God did use our time there to impact the children's lives. All of these kids need lots of prayer, because they face the possibility of real physical harm to themselves because of this choice.
One final development which is very encouraging to me is the beginnings of an intensive Bible study for some of the older children, to give them the tools to share the Gospel with their friends. I am a strong advocate for youth involvement in anything and everything, and this action by the Liberian church is very, very encouraging.
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