Mass Food Distribution 1 Oct 2011

Today's turn out for our monthly mass food distribution was huge ! Some 70 adults and 120 children appeared !

Sorry for the blur picture. Its one of the best we have in view of the poor lighting

And some apparently did not even come for the food, they came just to listen to the gospel message and be around believers who cared.

Today, I was lead to share from John 4 about the Samaritan woman.

It was not a fanciful sharing, no great effects nor theatrics, just the simple word of God.
I made it a point to preach as simply as possible least I take the glory for a eloquent message that moves the superficial man and does little to the inner man .

I shared about God's love, about how God that waited for the Samaritan woman. A God that is so omnipotent but yet so involved in our lives. A God that see our every hurts and cares for us.

Towards the end of the sharing, I invited both the backsliders and the new believers to recommit their lives to Christ.

There was no ministry song to lead people in, there was no guitarist, it was just 5 mins of quiet waiting.

Surprisingly, the new comer stood up. And walked toward the alter !

Normally in the tribal culture, people will usually not receive Christ on their first visit, rather its progressive over a course of knowing the preacher & all.

But today, the unexpected happened.

The first time visitor came up, and followed by 4 more new comers. All of whom are the first time at our mass food distribution and came because they heard about us.


5 ladies stood at the alters, and before I knew it all 5 of the ladies were just weeping, sobbing, and when you see the Lord ministering to these ladies, I too couldn't hold back my tears of joy !

You can literally see lives reborn in the spiritual realm !

What an awesome day !

I guess after today, I'll trade 100 nonchalant, crowd driven "salvations" for 1 of these changed lives anytime !