My Journal Entry:
Went to a Sudanese service around 1:30, got out a couple hours later and ate lunch, then went to an awesome church pastored by a guy who saw us singing on the beach a couple of nights ago and invited us to come sing for them. It was super encouraging! After the service (which consisted of worship, our performance, and amazing message about the importance of controlling our thoughts, and an encore performance), the pastor prayed for us as a group, then asked individual members of the church come pray for us. His daughter Rachel (who translated the whole service into English for us) prayer over me and Priscilla, and it was exactly what we needed. It was awesome. :) Oh, and by the way, I woke up much better today! Still stuffy, but I can breathe through my schnoz! And I only had a little bit of headache today. Tomorrow we get to go on an outing!
Mr. Wilson's Details:
VISION had opportunity to participate in the worship of a Sudanese church. The service was attended by few adults, but many kids. The worship was vastly different from our style, but uplifting and vibrant!
Lindsey took an opportunity to help a lady named Anita, a Jewish woman
originally from Brooklyn, with the kids. (Quite a challenge, even though many of the kids were missing that day.)
In the evening, we visited Congregation "Sea of His Love" in Bat Yam, a
southern suburb of the Tel Aviv area. Nick and Mike were invited to sit in with the worship band, led by Chaim Birnbaum, the pastor's son. (This opportunity came about because the Birnbaum family was strolling the waterfront a couple of nights earlier and found VISION ministering there. A Divine Appointment!)
This small but growing congregation of Messianic believers warmly welcomed us, in a way we hadn't had opportunity to experience throughout the trip to this point.
There was a very moving occasion at the end of the service, when Pastor Birnbaum called members of the congregation forward to pray with the students. The man praying for Mike got right down on the floor to pray about Mike's knee, which he had injured in a fall a couple of days earlier. This connection with fellow believers in Jesus as Messiah was a real blessing and boost the team after all their outdoor ministries of seed planting but no fellowship.
VISION XIX
From left to right, back row: Larry Wilson, Valerie White, Amanda Graham, Heather Lawton, Caleb Davies, Lindsey Davies, Mike Alvarez, Nick Mitchell, Luke Kanagy, Ed Dickinson. Front row: Trisha Guinn, Priscilla Norman, Emilie McDonald, Lizzy Byrd
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