Monday

Been a bit low on photographic accompaniments these days, so here is a picture of cows:

Second-to-last day in Kitty's Road today. As the coffee morning was wrapping up, a big game of rounders (like baseball, but confusing) finished up the morning. Afternoon hangout time, though cut short to make way for preparations for this evening's community banquet, was fruitful as well. Having discovered the power of candy to bribe children to explore the Bible, I had the delight of gathering in a little circle on the grass with a group of girls, having a lively time flipping to different verses and talking about Bible stories. Isaiah 53 made one girl wonder, How could Jesus have created people if people like Isaiah were alive and prophesying before he was born? This led us to John 1 and awe at the wonder of the Incarnation. Sweet stuff! 

This evening, those under 18 (except Americans) endured a flurry of flying chips in the kids' tent for dinner (along with Country Fried Chicken), while the rest of us reveled in a first-class banquet that was equal parts entrees/sides and desserts. After we had cleared away the last of the sausages and pavlova, everyone gathered into the center for our last evening message before tomorrow's talent show wraps up the outreach. Mark and Ann shared their testimonies together, first talking about how God worked to save them individually, and then spending some time to talk about life in terms of their 20+ years of marriage, something that is pretty much unheard of in Kitty's Road. Afterwards our N. Irish leader Dave talked about Peter's denial of Jesus and ended with a direct and frank appeal to our friends of seven years at Kitty's Road: You've heard the gospel many times now. The rooster is crowing. Don't keep denying him. Repent and be saved. A gentle hymn ("There is a redeemer") closed the night out.

Please pray that as the folk of the Road turn to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow morning, they would be pondering Dave's challenge, and would realize that now is the day of salvation: now is the time to stop denying the call of the Christ, and instead to hear it and be His!