Discovery Bible Study #1

About a month ago we started our first Bible study here in town.  Every Thursday afternoon Brett, Baylor, and I head over to John Paul and Rose's house, about a 10 minute drive on the other side of Geita.  John Paul and his wife are devout Catholics, who wanted to learn more about the Bible and share the gospel with their friends and neighbors, but weren't sure exactly how to do it.  So in we came.  We meet with about 13 adults and a few teenagers for 2 and a half hours studying the Bible.  We started with Genesis.  It's an interesting mix of people.  There are some who have been to church before, other who are muslims, and others who say they're Christians but seem to know nothing about the Bible and what it says.  Brett has been meeting alternately with John Paul and another man called Edward, to mentor them and help them lead the study.  We want to take as small a role as possible, so that from the very beginning they can have ownership and leadership in what will one day hopefully be a church of believers.  I end up spending about half the time outside with Baylor and the other young kids,  as Baylor has not yet mastered the art of the inside voice.  I've thought about leaving Baylor with someone while I go to the study, but I don't want women to think in order  to study the Bible they can't have their children with them.  So I bring Baylor and   participate as much as she'll allow.

We have two more studies scheduled to begin this month and we're really excited  about those as well.  Maybe they'll be at a time of day when Baylor's not quite as        grumpy.