This week has seen some great Bible teaching from Simon Percy and David Tucker, both from the UK. We are blessed to have both of them back. They are not only good teachers and preachers of the Word, but they already know our students and the students love their teaching.
Simon is teaching our Barefoot Doctors how to correctly study the Bible to get it's intended meaning, and while he is teaching that he is also teaching those that are preachers and teachers how to preach through the Gospel of Mark. In the above picture you see him with Amin Dieter, one of our skilled translators. The students are learning some valuable principles of Bible study they will be able to use the rest of their lives AND pass along to people in the communities they serve. They are also having fun, as they were in this picture when Simon was having two students act out the story of David and Goliath.
David Tucker has been continuing his study of II Timothy with the students. They have been exploring this amazing letter to a young preacher in short sections, so that David didn't get to finish the letter the first two times he was here! Again in this study, they are being encouraged to become strong preachers and teachers of the Word of God.
It has amazed all of us Bible teachers how the lessons we prepared individually are being dovetailed together by the Holy Spirit. From the messages Jon preached at graduation and Sunday morning to the lessons this week by Simon and David, to the devotionals Jon and Simon have been sharing with the students in the evening - God has been getting a consistent message to our Barefoot Doctors. The message is: while their medical skills are the good works God is doing through them to open doors and build bridges to the lost, their priority must be to get the Good News of Jesus Christ to those same people so they can be saved. If they only do good medical works and help people physically, they have failed as Barefoot Doctors.
Again, we thank you for your prayers as we teach and share with the students for the better part of 8 hours each day.
Simon is teaching our Barefoot Doctors how to correctly study the Bible to get it's intended meaning, and while he is teaching that he is also teaching those that are preachers and teachers how to preach through the Gospel of Mark. In the above picture you see him with Amin Dieter, one of our skilled translators. The students are learning some valuable principles of Bible study they will be able to use the rest of their lives AND pass along to people in the communities they serve. They are also having fun, as they were in this picture when Simon was having two students act out the story of David and Goliath.
David Tucker has been continuing his study of II Timothy with the students. They have been exploring this amazing letter to a young preacher in short sections, so that David didn't get to finish the letter the first two times he was here! Again in this study, they are being encouraged to become strong preachers and teachers of the Word of God.
It has amazed all of us Bible teachers how the lessons we prepared individually are being dovetailed together by the Holy Spirit. From the messages Jon preached at graduation and Sunday morning to the lessons this week by Simon and David, to the devotionals Jon and Simon have been sharing with the students in the evening - God has been getting a consistent message to our Barefoot Doctors. The message is: while their medical skills are the good works God is doing through them to open doors and build bridges to the lost, their priority must be to get the Good News of Jesus Christ to those same people so they can be saved. If they only do good medical works and help people physically, they have failed as Barefoot Doctors.
Again, we thank you for your prayers as we teach and share with the students for the better part of 8 hours each day.
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