The MTS students worked hard
on their presentation and it was encouraging to see their preparation
and hard work pay off. They presented their paper well, asked
insightful questions of the other side and answered questions
asked of them reasonably well. Of course, the discussion became
lively when the topics of transubstantiation and the meaning of
sacrament came up. However, the students held their own in the
discussion and both sides seemed to learn a little from each other.
The KKMTBL network received a visit from our partner presbytery
in the United States. On April 12, three representatives of the
Los Ranchos Presbytery (vicinity of Los Angeles, California) began
a five-day visit to our network members and Lesotho in general.
This was the first face-to-face meetings for the two sides of
this new partnership, and it went a long way toward building bonds
of solidarity. A trip to the mountains meeting the agricultural
trainees and viewing their gardens was a definite highlight. Later
this year, four delegates from the Lesotho network will travel
to California to reciprocate the visit, and will then go to Tacoma
to attend a gathering of all the Joining Hands Against Hunger
country networks and presbytery partners. Your prayers would be
appreciated as there is much preparation in the next few weeks
and months for this event.
As some of you may know, we are down to our final three months
of our term here in Lesotho. We will be returning to California
in late June. We will be speaking at various churches from July
to September, after which we will be ending our term of service
with PC(USA). We have appreciated your prayers and support during
our time here and would appreciate your continued prayers as we
prepare for our return back to the United States and transition
back to life in North America. We will keep you posted as to where
and how you can reach us after the end of June.
Blessings,
Bob and Samantha
The 2004 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p.
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