The Jesus Movie Went Well!

 The people cheered when Jesus fed the 5000 and Jesus rose from the grave. They moaned when the crucifixion was depicted.  These reactions probably speaks of their general condition in life.


This Picture was from the other night when we got rained out.  I was too busy and forgot to take a picture of the second night. The second night, the one covered by your prayers, probably had 150 people with some in the river boats.

  It seems that there are many believers here within the poor.  They mostly struggle to survive in poverty.  There are so many churches here, and good news is easy to find.  So God was right in sending me to work on water and food issues as there greatest need.  After the movie was over, several people came to me with warm smiles - as I think they did ask Jesus into their hearts when the movie prayed through salvation.  Only the Lord knows!  Keep praying for the people of Makoko :)

We ran the movie with a new donated Generator.  This generator will be used at the missionary house as a start to a power cooperative. Here we are transporting the generator to the neighborhood for the Jesus Movie.

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