World Renewal International
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
BC-RC-AC
The Clint Clouse Women's Leadership Conference in Haiti got off to a good start even though our main speaker/teacher Wes Davis did not arrive when we had hoped because of flight challenges. WRI Staff Rep. to Haiti Max Wright [above left at our orphanage this trip] had a decision to make for the first service. He decided that he would give his testimony. Max's first wife passed away leaving him with a four year old son and a four month old baby son. The youngest son passed away as a young teenager. He shared of Christ's love for him and his family. The room was quiet as Max finished. Haitians expect such testimony of lost family from another Haitian but not an American. Then Max asked them to divide up in pairs with someone they did not know and give their testimonies.
One lady did not find anyone and was spending extra time around the drink area. Because of an odd number at the conference our national leader Pastor Luc offered to be her testimony partner. He gave her his testimony then asked to hear hers. She said, "Well, I don't think I have one." Pastor Luc said, "Would you like to have one?" She stated that even though she was a leader in her church she had never really given her heart to Christ. Pastor Luc lead her on the journey to receive Christ as her Savior. Frank Penna (seen in picture above with some of the ladies at the conference) later told Wes Davis, "This will be Gary's favorite part of this conference." He was right.
Pastor Wes Davis [pictured] of Riverton, Kansas is WRI's Director of Education Development.
I still find it amazing, the value the Bible and its leaders find in a testimony. The Apostle Paul could give a thorough apologetic defense of the Christian faith I am sure. However, when given the opportunity in Acts 26 before the powers of the nation what did he do? He told a wild story of his encounter with Jesus Christ while lying on a road leading to the city of Damascus!
It left the model, blueprint, of how to give a testimony for all of us who follow. I sum it up this way: BC-RC-AC Before Christ-how I Received Christ-life After Christ.
Thanks for stopping by.
:: posted by Gary Wright, 2:38 PM
