Refreshing

We visited Gonda Baptist Church this last Sunday. The church is currently meeting in a school classroom. This is a pretty common way for churches to have a room without the major expense of building right away. Well, this little church feels ready to move out of the classroom (there is a rent they pay) and ready to stand on their own. 

After church in the classroom, the pastor took us over to the "new" church building. So far it is just a shell of burnt bricks along with the wood work for the roof. The church has raised the funds for 20 of the needed roofing sheets. They were changing their clothes and starting to put on the 20 sheets right then wanting to protect the church from the rains as best as possible.

A few hours later I met a man that is a Christian working for the peace corps in Zambia. We were talking about giving tithes and how to do that while he was working for Peace Corps. So, he said why not give some money to the roof project to help this little upstart church - reached in his pocket and gave the little that he had. 

I am not saying we all need to live this way but it was quite refreshing to meet a person that heard of a need and immediately responded. The roof will still not be complete but every little amount does help. Ultimately, I would like to see the members of the church reach deep, sacrifice, and give to the cause the Lord has put in front of them!