FAIR SUNSHINE

The LORD fans the smoking flax aflame once again. Such encouragements couldn't have come at better times. I have many of these glorious helps from Father. You sow a seed and leave it there, you pass by the next year, a tree has grown. I have many times thought of taking down my social media accounts because of the difficulty in keeping up their maintenance them for want of time. I should not think of fruit in terms of human capacity but of fruit in terms of God's sovereign grace and providence. And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. Mark 4:26-28 I have been graciously accepted at VPSM, an answer to prayer all by itself. Father has continuously blessed my desire to be equipped for the kingdom's use. Since we began 3 years ago I have always sought to be unde...

My labour of tract distribution led me to a group of young adults who were diligently minding their wares near the edge of Santa Maria. As they fell within my appointed route, I offered them a Gospel tract, but they did politely decline its reception. I inquired softly whether their rules forbade them from accepting materials from without, yet they exchanged only knowing, silent glances. I then sought to court their engagement, asking if they might share the substance of their own doctrinal books, but the boy who was clearly in charge abruptly bade me simply to take a volume and depart. The exchange was utterly one-sided; I was, in effect, begging them to share the Gospel with me, yet I was astonished to be directed to seek the counsel of a medical psychologist instead! I must have appeared as a pitiful lunatic in their eyes, judging by the cruel advice so readily dismissed. Oh, these poor, poor souls! They flatly refused true engagement and promptly told me, “I invoke my right to s...

Our new teacher, Grandpa Willie ( Lolo Willie ) has appeared three times now assisting in teaching the children regarding questions on the New City Catechism. The children are reportedly more excited now than ever to attend each session, typically lasting 30 minutes, which includes a short overview of major stories in the bible. Since their families do not open the bible in their homes, it is good that we are enabled to assist the children by presenting the bible to them in its proper context and in a biblical fashion, emphasizing that the Word of God holds supreme authority above all.  We are currently in the Old Testament. We have included simple typology, to show Christ in every story. After this, we move on to the questions and answers of catechism consisting of 51 important subjects of the faith. It gives us great joy every time we hear the children answer past questions on their own, declaring "we are not our own but belong to God." Lastly, the children recite the 10 c...