We had a great weekend

The Omega Worship Centre was here for Friday evening Saturday and Sunday morning. WOW what a great group of God lovers. If you can't tell they are an Indian congregation. Now I don't know about you, but I have always thought of the Indian population as a Muslim and Hindu group. I think that is the background but...... let me tell you these people praised God with lifted hands held high. What a joy to be with them and serve them, although I think they served us more that we did them. Do you know how spicy Indian food is? not to them but to this little American gal-- hot stuff. On Friday evening they invited us to share their meal I explained that we were not use to hot food and the at curry was not our friend, if you know what I mean. On Saturday at noon as I was checking to make sure all was ok the gave me a small pan with chicken currie in it...

"Don't worry", they said, "we have made this especially for you it has no spice and no curry."

How kind. They were cooking for 50 and took the time to fix something for us. I tell you this so you will have some idea of how they Loved. As I spoke with Gloria she reminded me that we are all, as the bible says, Gentiles, but God extended his love to us. We are to love one another in the same way, so that makes us sisters. I probably spoke with half of them on an individual basis and it was true we were family.

We went to the Sunday morning service, the pastor spoke from his favorite book in the bible Philippians (background). This group had called and canceled their camp last month with really no explanation I found out that they had several deaths and also a number of serious hospitalizations and just felt under the circumstances they couldn't manage the trip. Three of the families that had deaths were here being loved on and one of the sick people was released form the hospital on Friday and was here on Saturday. The sermon, short version, "we have been given the privilege of trusting Christ and also the privilege of suffering for Him, we are in this together. " A clear reminder that we will go through struggles...the key word is through, and not alone. You can't even imagine the testimonies that people gave that had just gone through the loss of someone close and are still walking through. He reminded us that we must press on. Anyway, it was good and touched many hearts, including mine.




I am in awe when I think of the dual ministry there is here at Sunbury. Looking back at the past years schedule Sunbury has had about 50% Indian camps, 40% Black and 10% White (that's just a guess) and that isn't even counting ZEBS or the Zion camps. Since January, we have had about 1000 campers again not including ZEBS or Zion camps. I have watched as people have been refreshed, renewed and some touched for the first time. This is a great place to be if you want to see God at work. I know that ZEMA is primarily about the Zionists, but God is about everyone and He's using Sunbury for His purposes. All I can say is Praise His Name !!

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