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Others came by boat from small nearby islands
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Such hunger for Jesus - The worship and prayer times were 'out of this world'!
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Over 80 denominational
leaders and pastors came . . .
15 different languages!
What commitment.
What hunger for the Lord! It really cost these NiVanuatu people something to be there.
And what hard work
- for speakers and interpreters!
The common language is Bislama, a form of Pidgin English.
and some of the pastors from remote villages
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It was very, very hard work for our
Bislama interpreters
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didn't speak much Bislama, so we rotated three interpreters up front for Bislama, while others helped small groups at the back. Bislama is a very limited language. It took many long phrases and even discussions with delegates during the teaching, to convey even simple ideas from the English language.
- For example,
the Bislama word for grace is 'glad heart.'
How inadequate this is to convey the unearned blessings God showers on His people!
So our poor interpreters would often suffer 'brain fade' and step down for rest, while another took over. Keeping God's message simple and understandable is hard work!
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The Lord did great things
More than we'd been praying for
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Some village pastors took their notes by drawing little pictures
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That was the amazing thing. . . In spite of the difficulties (running a conference in a remote town; getting different denominational leaders together; unexpected power cuts; and working with 15 languages) the Lord did great things. We saw many miracles during the conference. - On the first day, one senior denominational leader stood up and publicly repented from allowing
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A lot of individual prayer and ministry for God's leaders who work in difficult and remote places
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cultural witchcraft practices into his family and church. That had a big effect on the others and through the week we heard much confession and renouncing of these demonic practices.
- As I was teaching on Tuesday, my interpreter stopped, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He later said they'd got sore and he couldn't see clearly. But when he took off his glasses he found he could see again, and even read the sign on the opposite wall!
He didn't use his glasses again and on Friday gave testimony to his healing. . .
as did several others of their own healing during the conference.
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What about Christian radio on Santo?
Is there an opportunity for Pacific Partners?
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Well, there is none and there's certainly a need for a Pacific Partners styled station. Maybe God will open the door -
especially if those leaders start praying for it!
I'll be sure to let you know if He does.
"May God help us
to keep His message simple.
May God bless you for your Partnership!" Graham A Carter [ email me ]
President of Pacific Partners [ donate ] via Network for Good Thanks to Missionary Ventures NZ for taking me.
Thanks to Biblical Counseling Foundation of America (BCF) for providing the excellent course material I taught from. |
