5/2/12
Writing for 'Dear Church' always comes around quicker than you think. You also have the feeling ...does anyone read it anyway?. So if you normally just get to this paragraph and stop, and perhaps pass on to check the opening times of the Charity Shop [am I hopeful!]. Can I
encourage you to read on. Recently Ann and I were at a lunch time meeting at Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Cardiff as I was able to meet up again with Simon Haile, a senior national figure in the Kale
Heywot Church in Ethiopia. Simon had been invited to the UK by Tearfund to share perspectives on the ministry in that country, that I so enjoyed visiting.
There was a Question and Answer session and about 40 Church leaders were present. One asked ' Do you see miracles and signs and wonders in Ethiopia?' Simon stepped back, looked open eyed at the questioner and said.....'OF COURSE . There was a follow up question as to the type of things
going on. Simon replied, as a matter of fact ...'The blind seeing, the deaf hearing , and the lame walking' It was so clearly obvious to him . So why did this seem strange for us Christians in the UK.? We worship the same God , who can do the same miracles. So why the difference? Is it a question of trust? John 14 v 11 [ The Message] ‘The person who trusts me will not only do what I'm doing but even greater things' PS. Simon grew up in a poor family, but received Child Sponsorship from a German Christian family so he could have an education. So you see sponsorship works. Francis
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