Greetings,
As I had
anticipated, things have really calmed down here from the past few weeks. Although after jumping off bridges, pretty
much everything is “calmed down.” The
second half of the trip has begun as Dan has been saying and our purpose here
is finally coming about. We are here to
share Christ and his gospel with those that we meet. So that is exactly what we plan to do.
The main
campus of the University
of Zambia is still not
open due to the professors being on strike.
That really is unfortunate for us and our ministry because that limits
what we are able to do here to going to the medical campus which takes at least
an hour to get there by bus. The good
news is that the basketball team is still there and practicing two or three
times per week and I have been able to spend some time with them. Several of them seem interested in the
prospect of having a Bible study so when we find a night or afternoon that
works for them we will begin one on the book of Colossians.
The last
practice that I attended consisted mainly of some of the team playing the game
21 or one-on-one which was good to be able to judge where I am compared to some
of the other members of the team. The
answer so far is: far less athletic but far taller. I will be missing our first game this weekend
due to the National Conference here but that should give me time to get back
used to playing on a consistent basis.
Our next practice is this afternoon at 17:00 (they seem to run on
military time here) and I hopefully will get to finally meet the coach.
The
National Conference that I have mentioned several times up to now is actually
on this Saturday unlike my last post said.
The speaker for the conference is the Associate director of the
Navigators in the United
States, Eddie Broussard. He has been here for a week now and we have
had the privilege to hear him speak several times on “trusting God” and the
“journey of knowing God.” He is a passionate
speaker that clearly has a close relationship with Christ and he is very open
to new cultures. It has been great to
have him here even when the wildfires in Colorado
Springs are threatening his home. If you all could pray not only for their home
but the homes of those that are still in danger of the fires. The National Nav headquarters are there and
could use some heavy prayer.
Please
continue to keep me in your prayers as I move into the portion of the trip that
I am probably more uncomfortable about than even spending the week in the
village. I do not have much experience
at all with campus ministry so I will be pretty much relying and trusting in
God with all that I have. Pray that I
will have the confidence to go out and make disciples of the students here in
the mighty name of Jesus. If any of you
have any prayer concerns that I can be praying for you, message me on Facebook
or email me at aspesar@purdue.edu.
From halfway around the world,
Aaron Spesard
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