Here in Kosrae we have more Bible studies then we can handle. Finding time to do territory is a challenge, but this a good problem to have.
A typical mid-week service day for me:
-Meeting for field service 8:30am
-Start out with 1 hour of house to house (but only get to 4 houses because everyone was home)
-Conduct 3 Bible studies the rest of the morning
-Get home almost at 1pm, lunch
-Back out in service at 2pm and conduct another 3 Bible studies.
-Finish service about 5pm
Many times I'm amazed how this gets done, but I'm so excited to be apart of this most important work!
This is one of my Students Mary. She was a student of mine for about 6 months, then she moved. I had been asking about her and trying to figure out where on the island she had moved to. A couple months had gone by and I finally found her! When I showed up, she grabbed her book and Bible and was ready to have her study, just picking up where we left off. I was so happy to see that her love for her study continued, and has rubbed off on her family. Now when I go to visit Mary for her Bible study, we have had up to 8 other people sitting in and participating.
This is Naemon. She is a new student of mine. A brother found her doing door to door, and told me about this interested woman. She seemed a little embarrassed about her living situation, but was willing to talk. I think after hearing me me speak Kosraean and pronouncing a couple words incorrectly, she was put as ease. Our studies have been going great.
Naemon had a 16 year old son who died about a year ago. He had cancer and had to go to another island for some medical care. During the last months of her son's life, Naemon went to that island to be with him. When she got there she had found out that a man had been visiting her son and talking to him about the Bible. This was one of our brothers. The son expressed to his mother how much he enjoyed those discussions. That moved Naemon to go to a meeting on that island. After her son had passed Naemon moved back to Kosrae. Naemon thought about how much her son enjoyed those Bible discussions and that moved her to want to know more. I have the privilege of helping her learn about the wonderful time when she can be with her son again.
