Day Five of Bible Training
Bob Johnson had this to say about his
first week of teaching at the Barefoot Doctors School.
“We just wrapped up our final session
and had a wonderful sharing time with the students. They had some
encouraging things to say. They told us
that what they learned this week will help them in their ministry. They also had some great questions they
wanted clarified based on some passages in the Bible we had discussed.
Jim and I both were energized by their interaction knowing that it is a
cultural challenge to open up a bit.
In my first session today I shared
from Luke 22 and focused on Judas Iscariot.
I reminded them how he was chosen by God to be a disciple after Jesus
prayed all night and that he, as well as the other disciples, was even able to
perform miracles and share the gospel.
Even after all of these things, he still ended up betraying Jesus. I
shared that we must watch out for secret, unconfessed in our lives and to trust
God's direction for our life and ministry even when it goes against human
reasoning.
My second session today, I shared
from Luke 22 and emphasized the importance of seeing our ministry role as a
servant. We looked at how pride can blind us to see the needs of others
and how choosing to assume the role of a servant will help us to have an effective
ministry.” Bob Johnson -
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Jim Winter gave his final teaching
session on Ephesians 6:1-20, 'Spiritual Warfare' by focusing on Paul's call to
prayer. Paul says we are to “pray in the
Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.” Then he asked his brothers and sisters in
Ephesus to pray for him to have no fear in sharing the gospel, even though he
was “an ambassador in chains.”
Then, as Bob noted, in the final
session of the day the students responded to Bob and Jim's teaching sessions
with encouraging questions and comments.
Here is another Testimony from one of
our students …
Saw L Warr
The Barefoot doctors ministry is
indeed bridging the gap in healthcare for the people in Myanmar. The past
year I have been following the model seen in Luke 9:6, "So they set out
and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people
everywhere."
I came from a Buddhist family and as
a young Buddhist I searched for something that satisfied my life, but I did not
know what I was searching for and did not know what I was lacking.
Through numerous circumstances which occurred in my life, the Lord saved me and
I accepted the Lord in 1995. I went to Bible school in 1998 and finished
my studies in 2000. After that I married my wife, Cing Shan Lum Maung,
and moved to Sagaing city, Sagaing Division, central Myanmar to do evangelism
and church planting among the Burmese people.
I was threatened by Buddhist monks
and forced to leave from Sagaing three times. But I kept coming back to
Sagaing to proclaim the Gospel because the Lord gave me a mission to be his
light and a missionary among Buddhists in central Myanmar. One thing I
want to share here is that, after I finished my barefoot doctor training in
2014, I began to have more opportunity to share the good news with Burmese
Buddhists, even more than before. People are more open to me. I
have learned, therefore, that by providing medical care for their physical
needs bring me more opportunity to share the Gospel. Now we have founded
a church in Sagaing, and the Lord is working powerfully through the work that
we are doing.
I am very thankful to God and to
Frontier Labourers for Christ for giving me the opportunity to study Bible and
medicine. This past week has been so wonderful. Bob and Jim are
excellent Bible teachers. Bob taught us a very good leadership
lesson. He said 'your public life and private life must be the
same. You cannot have a double life.' Bob said all of us are prone
to be tempted. So he encouraged us to pray for each other.
Jim taught us that we are in
spiritual warfare all the time. We are against the forces of
darkness. Therefore, we must be strong in the Lord through prayer and be
in the Lord. As we barefoot doctors are on the frontline we must fellowship
with God by prayer, be in Him and read and study His Word.
Saw L. Warr
The students, instructors, and FLC staff are now enjoying their weekend. Jim and Bob will continue to enjoy informal conversations with the students through Saturday, and then they will be having a worship service at the Kalnin Learning Center on Sunday with Bob preaching the Word. Next Monday they will start CHE training (Community Health Education/Evangelism) with David Crist and another CHE instructor. Dr. Bjorn Nilson and Rick Astone will arrive soon to oversee the medical training that will continue the next six weeks.
Please keep checking back for updates and more testimonials.
Thanks for following us.
Jon
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