"You never know who will show up....."

One of the pithy phrases we live by is this: “Lè ou fè yon seminè fòmasyon, ou pa janm konnen kilès pral debake sou ou.” Here’s the approximate translation: “When you do a training seminar, you never know who will show up.” This was certainly true for the last week of Timothy training which took place May 2-4. In the previous seminar last October, there were much fewer people than expected. But in May, over 75 people showed up! We were shocked and got off guard because we had prepared for 63. We didn’t have enough food and Zach and a few other leaders were obliged to skip lunch on the first day of training. We also didn’t have enough handouts or enough chairs. But what was really difficult was that we didn’t have enough trainers to divide the large group into smaller groups of a more manageable size. However, it was amazing to see so many people yearning to drink deeply from the well of biblical and practical training that Timothy Institute offers. We graduated a group of seven leaders from the first level of training (Pastoral Care and Christian Stewardship). Two of those leaders graduated from the second level (Preaching and Teaching the Christian Faith). There were a number of exciting testimonies from the participants about the changes in their ministry because of Timothy. There were a number of groups that had revitalized their ailing Sunday School and small group ministry by using the Timothy bible studies (especially the one on Pastoral Care). Another participant said that many marginal attenders in his church have been baptized and become full members in church because of a pastoral visit from a Timothy group member. There were other group members who witnessed to the improvement that their churches have seen in offerings and ministry involvement because of the Stewardship material. We are thankful to God for his grace in growing our Timothy training ministry. Please join us in praying for a training seminar for Timothy trainers that we will be holding on June 8.