A good first weekend

So this past weekend, I went to the Center for Aged, Orphaned and Abandoned Children, about 65 kids. We played with them, did relay races, colored and I painted some of their finger nails and toe nails. It was fun. Then I went to the market and took a 20 minute walk in Liberia.

On Sunday I went to a pentacostal Liberian church. I might try another church next time, but it was a good experience. Sunday afternoon I went to the beach with a few people and it was beautiful. I took a long walk along the beach, it was very nice!

Sunday night, we had a Weslyan Liberian pastor come and share a message. He was very cool. He goes out weekly into villages and show's people the Jesus Film. He told us about this one time they drove out to this village and got everything set up and people came to watch the movie about who Jesus was, and it started raining. But they kept showing the film, and people stayed to watch it. Then the generator kept running out of gas and seemed to be leaking gas. So they were running around buying gas to refill the generator so they could continue the movie. They did eventually finish the movie and some people decided to follow Christ after that. But later when they took the generator home, it was totally fine and not leaking and has not leaked since.

I hope sometime to go out with them to a village when they show the film.

Here is an quote from Charles Spurgeon's evening devotional

"The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according tothe working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when heraised him from the dead." - Ephesians 1:19, 20
In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power. What shall we say of those who think that conversion is wrought by the free will of man, and is due to his own betterness of disposition? When we shall see the dead rise from the grave by their own power, then may we expect to see ungodly sinners of their ownfree will turning to Christ. It is not the word preached, nor the wordread in itself; all quickening power proceeds from the Holy Ghost. This power was irresistible. All the soldiers and the high priests could notkeep the body of Christ in the tomb; Death himself could not hold Jesus inhis bonds: even thus irresistible is the power put forth in the believerwhen he is raised to newness of life. No sin, no corruption, no devils inhell nor sinners upon earth, can stay the hand of God's grace when itintends to convert a man. If God omnipotently says, "Thou shalt," manshall not say, "I will not." Observe that the power which raised Christ from the dead was glorious. It reflected honour upon God and wrought dismay in the hosts of evil. So there is great glory to God in the conversion of every sinner. It was everlasting power. "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." So we,being raised from the dead, go not back to our dead works nor to our old corruptions, but we live unto God. "Because he lives we live also." "For we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God." "Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Lastly, in the text mark the union of the new life to Jesus.The same power which raised the Head works life in the members.What a blessing to be quickened together with Christ!