Kasur
City – June 9, 2013
After our morning service in Bilal Town we
traveled about an hour to Kasur city where we were to do an evening seminar.
Having awakened at 3 in the morning I was beginning to get very tired.
When we arrived, we were greeted with singing
as people lined the road on both sides to greet us. We stopped at the door of
the house we were entering and were presented with a garland. People continued
to sing and threw flower petals over us to welcome us. After a prayer,we
entered the home. Here we would have a meal and be taken to the church for the
seminar.
As we were relaxing in the home, Emmanuel
received a phone call. When he finished the conversation he told me it was from
a man he had never met. He had phoned to say that he had read my book,
"If Your Brother Sins" and had been blessed. He asked Emmanuel if
it was possible to get other books. The man was very surprised to hear that I
was with Emmanuel at that very moment.
The evening service was very hot but there
were a number of people present. This church was in a more rural area and many
were quite poor. Several times Emmanuel had to stop and speak to the people to
get them to settle down. There seemed to be a general commotion going on during
the entire service. The coordinators suggested that we cut the number of
messages from 3 to 2 as a result. The challenge was to know how to reduce the
material down. The Lord helped, however, and in the end I felt like I was able
to communicate what was necessary.
Before leaving, each person received a
package of food to take home with them. From what I observed, this was a real blessing
to many who attended