Another day another story

Dear friends,
Well our third trip to the bush has been fantastic, We got to go
back to the village where we had planted a church on our first visit,
and really worked on some discipleship and relationship building with
the Christians there. Being back with the English speaking team was
great... dont know why that is. The part of the team Ive been with
for the past 10 days had experienced some spiritual attack the week
before, and some of our mornings were devoted to processing that; in
bible study; prayer and worship, but I saw the students all grow so
much through those times, and they were able to take what they are
learning and apply it in discipling others.
Much of our ministry has been relational, as we invite people to
our house for meals, and bible studies; as well as visiting them in
their own homes. We were able to do church services both in the
church in the villge we have been staying at, and the new church plant
in the village across the river. In our team, I would lead the group
in morning devotions and bible study; then in the afternoons the
students would take turns leading bible studies for the believers
there. We were also able to do some ministry with the children as
well as the youth there, hosting a soccer game and then sharing
testimonies afterwards.
On the days we would go to visit peple in their houses; sometimes
we would visit christians, encouraging and praying for them. We saw
several people get healed, children with malaria symptoms and one of
the village elders, who had been sick the week before we came. We
were also able to speak with an old man who has been a witch doctor in
the village for 10 years. We shared with him the gospel message, and
got to pray with him, as he renounced witchcraft and gave his heart to
Jesus. He has started coming to church, and also attended some of the
bible studies we had for adults. Praise God,
I dont think I have ever written a more sparatic update before. I
dont know exactly what is going on; but I am finidng it extremely
difficult to think in a linear progression, or produce a written
report that reflects such thought, hope you like the attempt. Please
keep us in your prayers as we finish our time in Madagascar these next
two weeks. Pray that we would finish strong in the work God has
called us here to do. Pray for continued health for everyone here on
the team and pray for continued good weather. There was supposed to be
a Typhoon here this week; but one of you must have been praying
because it shrunk... into a low pressure zone, and passed us to the
south. Hope you all are having a great winter. Its about 95 degrees
here. Love In Christ,
Andrew