Hello from Koidu Town

A more personal post. We arrived safely here on Saturday after a long journey, and have settled in well. Koidu Town is very different to Kabala – it is much bigger for starters and it was affected greatly by the civil war, being in a diamond area.

Sunday was a very strange day. We got up at 6.00 to arrive at a radio studio for 7. We introduced ourselves on-air before John have an evangelistic talk from Acts 10. We then went back to our guest house briefly before going to church. The previous night we had been told that there were no sermons prepared at two churches, and therefore John spoke at one and I spoke at the other. Nothing had been prepared so I gave a sermon on Hosea 1 that I did in October. Standing in front of a large church of 250+ people in a very different country and culture was very wierd indeed, but wonderful to think that these are our brothers and sisters in the Lord.

We leave Koidu Town on Friday for Freetown where we stay until Monday evening. Please pray for a safe journey and a good time in Freetown to debrief and relax. Thanks for your prayers!