We know how much some churches spend in sending short missions teams overseas every year. Some even support overseas mission projects with substantial fund alocations yearly. However, those city churches that receives christian members nurtured by country and village churches do not seems to pay much attention to their Macedonian cries for help.
This Christmas we manage to pursuade our youths to prepare song items and go into a small church in a fishing village to help celebrating their Christmas Service.
We prepared our songs, our Notebook and LCD projector, gifts for children, and also help to have a speaker to preach the Christmas message. Two cars and one van load of church members went into the fishing village and got the place set up. We presented the songs and and action songs, and our speaker shared the Word. A the end of it, we gave away the gift packs to the chidlren present at the service. The local church members prepared a simple tea reception for all. The pastor was happy to have us helping up at the Christmas celebration.
It is my prayer that Christians and church leaders of city churches would reflect on this " missions trip to the cpountry churches". It helps to encourage the local believers and also cause the sleeping church to become alive with song and praises. This drew a small crowd at the door way of the small church building. The seed is sown. Praise the Lord.
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