David Churchill's Journal Entry: Sunday, 9/7/08

Today we got up early so that we could leave for the first service at Kevin’s church over in Mbabane. We attended that service and were recognized by Kevin and his church. His ministry is very powerful and his music ministry sounds really good. Kevin had a guest pastor from South Africa there who gave a very good sermon on the Midianites and Gideon in Judges 6. He told us how Gideon felt he was so weak and small and how the Angel of the Lord came to him and told him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Gideon answered with questions of how he could be a Mighty Warrior with no idea of the powers of which the angel spoke of. Gideon asked for proof that the Angel spoke for the Lord and was told to make and meal and prepare it for the Lord. The the Angel of the Lord struck it with his staff and the rock on which the meal and fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the bread. The angel of the Lord disappeared, and Gideon yelled “Ah; Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.” He then did everything the Lord asked of him. Gideon went on to defeat the Midianites. The teaching taught us about the powers of being Christ-like.

We then went back to Hawane Farm to attend service with Pastor Augustin be introduced to the church. The church was standing room only and I believe the pastor blocked off some seats for us so that we could sit with the congregation. After a while he brought us up to the front and introduced us. We each then got up and talked (with the help of a translator) about what brought us to Swaziland. We didn’t understand a lot of the songs but you could tell from the passion and the power of the Holy Spirit in the singing who and what they were singing about!

In the afternoon several of the guys headed off to play soccer (Africa calls it football). It was very impressive to see the young men and boys from the farm. They are very energetic and moved around the field very well. Our CLC team was doing pretty well seeing as most of them are twice or three times the age and some old enough to be ….. never mind! The final score was a tie: 3-3. There should be a rematch sometime later this week.