Standing Room Only

A standing room only crowd greeted us this morning at the Nkolokoti church located at our ministry headquarters near Blantyre, Malawi. Today was special because our FLM Africa leadership team held a dedication service for the new church building in Nkolokoti village. This entire ministry started at this church with 7 people and Pastor Kaphesi nearly 20 years ago. It is hard to believe that there are now more than 80,000 people attending 565 FLM Africa churches. Nearly 2 hours of ceremony and music preceeded Dave's dedication message. Needless to say, this was a day of great celebration for our African leadership team and the congregation of this local church.

This afternoon we held an additional training session for our FLM Africa pastors. Their passion to understand the Bible is far more than just admirable. It is inspiring. They soak up the teaching. It is amazing. I am thankful that we can play a role in their personal growth and in the maturation of their churches. I am looking forward to continuing the training process over the course of the next few days.

A word about tomorrow... In addition to our training time with the pastors, we will also have a special time of ministry with our orphans. Seeing their faces and being a part of their program tomorrow will no doubt be a highligth of this trip. Also on the agenda tomorrow is a FLM Africa Board of Directors meeting and a meeting with our Impact Africa leadership team to finalize our missions team daily schedule for this July. It should be a great day!

Thanks for praying. -Sean

P.S. The internet is giving me fits today... sorry for the inability to post pictures. Hopefully we will have better connection tomorrow so that I can send pictures of our time with our orphans.