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Hi everybody,

I have been back for a week (anyone else out there having longer recovery times with age?) just reflecting on all that God has done.

I think the cumulative impact of the 4 trips in 11 months has hit me (in a very good way) with a treasure chest of good memories.

Here are some Ugandan Reflections:

1.  I greatly enjoyed being a Timothy to Pastor Dan & John Chubik on this trip.

2.  I am very glad that the African Pastors still teach African style.

3.  I am still more glad that the African Pastors are strongly teaching the Word, the whole Word & nothing but the Word (so help them God!).

4.  I have learned a lot from the African Pastors about worship, church discipline & suffering for Christ.

5.  The spiritual soil in African is very fertile right now.

6.  I believe something new was birthed regarding leadership training that we can take to other countries.

7.  Here are my two favorite quotes from the students:

“I thank God for the great work He has done in me through this training.  Before this training, I thought (I think the devil had deceived me) that I knew how to preach.  Only to find out that I was always preaching away from the Word of God and out of context.  So, servants, may God bless you richly.  The world needs this.”

“At the beginning we found as students we were divided on the basis of doctrines and differences we have in the way things are done in our churches & ministries, but in this final quarter we were in one accord with one mind, the mind of Christ and I strongly believe that as we teach our generation to correctly observe, interpret & apply the Word of God in context there will be peace, unity and the love of God will abound.”

As I told my students, “I am satisfied!”

Thank you for praying.

PT

PS  Pictures from Trip #4 below:

John Chubik teaching Basic Doctrines

Tim Anderson teaching Inductive Bible Study

I had a Darryl Dawkins moment with this glass pulpit!

Pastor Dan Finfrock preaching & opening doors for more IBS Seminars

Summer was ending & I got a chance to bless all the school kids going back to school

Reading 2 Timothy 2:15 (my life verse!) from the graduation certificate

A very happy graduation day for all of us!

We are going to Raise the Roof in Praise tomorrow for what the LORD accomplished in Ten Days through our Calvary Chapel Burbank Team of Ten in Haiti!  People like You!

Haiti 2011

This is a report written by our Ugandan Country Director Moses Ouni.  I like his pictures:

Report from Moses

I believe God has birthed a vision in my heart for future training.  May God confirm it!

Please pray for my trip to Uganda this week! I am continuing my work (this is trip #3 this year!) with 16 pastors (4 from the north, south, east & west!) who are connected with Dan Finfrock. These men are multipliers. They have been trained in the Inductive Bible Study seminar and have turned around and trained others (2 Timothy 2:2!). In fact, during our last time together in July, Southern Sudan became an independent nation. The very next month, August, two of our pastors were already in the new Southern Sudan training more pastors. These guys are the real deal! Pray for Moses, Jean Paul, Shalom, Patrick, Patrick, Alfred, Alfred, Felix, Simon, Wilbur, Jude, Joseph, Nathan, Silva, Cipi, Bekele & Nicolas.  We will be studying & preaching through the OT prophets & the book of Revelation.  I will give you a report when I get back.  I love these men!

I shared these three song stories last Sunday morning (Revelation 14:3) to illustrate that the best new songs come out of the deepest trials…

We are going to sing all three this Sunday morning…

God can bless you even while you are waiting in the security line…

I completely Biblenerded-Out this week in my study of the Ark of the Covenant! Most all of this will hit the editing room floor, but (you know!) this kind of study not only builds Bible knowledge, but it feeds the heart & the mind!

This list is not exhaustive, but it connects the dots in a highlight sort of fashion…

Exodus 25:10 First Mention
Exodus 25:22 “there I will meet with you”
Exodus 40:34 Tabernacle finished & Glory fills
Numbers 10:35-36 very Raider-like!
Joshua 3:17 crossing the Jordan
Joshua 6:11 defeating Jericho
Joshua 8:33 Mt. Ebal
Joshua 18:1 Shiloh
Judges 20:27 Gibeah
1 Samuel 3:3 Shiloh
1 Samuel 4:21 Icabod
1 Samuel 5:1 Dagon goes down!
1 Samuel 7:2 Kirjath Jearim for 20 years
2 Samuel 6:7 Uzzah dies
2 Samuel 6:11 Obed-Edom for 3 months
2 Samuel 6:13 David’s Tent
1 Kings 8 Solomon’s Temple
2 Chronicles 35:3 last mention in history
2 Chronicles 36:18 off to Babylon probably
Jeremiah 3:16 “not come to mind”
Josephus Wars of the Jews 5.5.5 no ark in Herod’s Temple
Hebrews 9:4 NT interpretation
Revelation 11:19 The Ark is Found!!!

There are plenty of examples here to support Steven Spielberg’s interpretation. A little fun for you BibleNerds!

In this Sunday study we linked the books of Daniel & Revelation. They are linked by a very specific & peculiar prophetic clock, or as I like to say God’s prophetic stopwatch…

Revelation 11:2 “42 months”
Revelation 11:3 “1260 days”
Revelation 12:6 “1260 days”
Revelation 12:14 “time, times, and half a time”
Revelation 13:5 “42 months”

Daniel 7:25 “time, times, half a time”
Daniel 9:27 “in the middle of the seven”
Daniel 12:7 “time, times, and half a time”
Daniel 12:11 “1290 days”
Daniel 12:12 “1335 days”

You’ll have to listen to the message to get the whole scoop, especially the last two funky numbers! Absolutely Gospel! Trust me!

I believe in vacations for at least two reasons:

The first reason is Biblical. When God created the nation Israel under Moses’ leadership in the Old Testament, He (God) gave them a new calendar. On that calendar were 3 weeks of holiday (Holy Days). These days were oriented to family time.

The second reason is practical. How many times have you heard the story of someone’s younger years with the highlights being family vacations? I do not fully understand it, but I have heard the story so many times, I dare not ignore it. Maybe this reason goes back to the first reason. God knows we need three weeks of family time per year! That is what my Bible says!

Here is some proof, i.e. happy children:

The outline from this Sunday study included Scriptures on the Temple from cover to cover, Genesis to Revelation. The Bible predicts a rebuilt Temple in the last days…

Genesis 14:18-20 Jerusalem
Genesis 22:1-2 Mountains of Moriah
1 Chronicles 11:4-9 City of David est.
1 Chronicles 13:1-4 Ark of the Covenant
1 Chronicles 17:1-4 Plan for the Temple
2 Chronicles 3:1 Mt. Moriah = Temple Mount!
2 Chronicles 36:18-31 Temple Destroyed
Ezra 3:8-13 Temple Rebuilt
Matthew 24:1-2 Temple to be Destroyed Again
Matthew 24:15 Temple to be Rebuilt Again
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Temple Prophecy
Revelation 11:1 Prophecy Fulfilled

Go BibleNerds Go!