Monday, January 29: Our
time in Sri Lanka continued to be tense. We found out that the students had not
passed on the previous workshop because they did not understand it well but did
not tell us that. We had a heart-to-heart talk and I think we got back on track
finally. We resolved the issues with the previous workshop and continued with
the current one, but had to skip parts because we got behind.
Our hope is that
going forward we will not have these problems again. The students have made
commitments to that end that I think they are serious. They did come prepared
for the preaching next session so that was good. Overall, we remain hopeful for
the potential of this group.
We flew out to Thailand on Friday, spending the night in
Chiang Mai at a hotel before meeting our friends, the Callahans. We are now
staying with them for a few days and it is a rich and refreshing time. We are
enjoying the perfect weather but bracing for our trip to China on Wednesday
where it will be much colder, inside and out. We traveled up to a Lahu village
on Sunday where I preached at one of my former student’s church. It is always
hard to know how well it goes in a setting like this with all the cultural
differences but we enjoyed the time and trust the Lord used it. Edie
and I are using these days as our annual planning retreat and are making some
progress on that. Hopefully, that will continue tomorrow.
Al
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