Village Bible Church || Aurora | Indian Creek | Sugar Grove | IL

This trip has been truly amazing.  It is eye opening to see just how little these people have compared to us. We have so much.  While traveling to the Juna Amagara ministries orphanage we saw adorable kids running after us, waving, and screaming mazungo (white man)! Often they would ask us for money. We really wanted to help them all, but of course we can’t hand out money to everybody.  The people here are so nice, everyone I have met is friendly.  
 
Teaching has been an awesome experience.  I will now be better prepared to speak at school to my unbelieving friends and to more people than I was used to speaking in front of before I came. My own message (that I preached here from John 15) has spoken tome.  I am learning how important it is to Abide in God, to confess sins to God, to read His Word, because abiding in God is the best way to push sin out of your life. If we stay in God’s Word it will keep us from sin.  Sin has a spiral effect downward - but when you abide in God it has a spiral effect  upward. 
 
The scenery here is beautiful, every mountain is covered in green things and many other things that we don’t have in America.  Many Africans have come to Christ already, please be praying for these people that they would stay in Christ.  It is a blessing to be here, thank you for your prayers!

CLICK HERE to ear an audio clip of Matthew preaching!