3/15/2015 – Ebenezer Biblical Baptist Church

Today Dr. Mung invited me to speak at Ebenezer Biblical Baptist Church, so I was privileged to speak to his congregation in the morning service. You may be able to notice by the videos of the service that there was a lot of singing. The service started about 9:30 and I finally stepped into the pulpit about 11:50, but the singing was worth every minute of it. I hope you enjoy some of the elements I was able to capture on video. Just like the majority of third world areas, Myanmar Christians are in no hurry to finish worship and praise. Unlike Westerners like us, they don’t have many distractions in their lives, so they are not rushed about the service or time passing. They just enjoy it all.

After the service I extended a brief invitation for those who wanted to use their testimonies for Christ to count this year. Those in the group picture committed themselves to God to pray for and witness to someone that God would bring into their lives in 2015. Their intention is to use their personal testimony of salvation to evangelize the lost. When people commit to a spiritual task here, they take it quite seriously. It is refreshing to see. Pray for these who responded that God would greatly use their lives for Him.

On the way back to the hotel, several people and children filled the back of the sideboard truck to ride into Yangon after dropping me off. It is their version of a Sunday afternoon ride. Actually, they go into the market to buy supplies and things for the week, but its great to see how much fun they make out of something we would tend to overlook or just not care about.

I have rested most of this afternoon and now I am getting ready to go to bed for my 4:00 am rising to go the airport. It’s off to my first trip up north in the morning. Please pray that God will give us another great week in a new teaching site.

The pictures of Friday’s graduation here at Ebenezer Biblical Baptist are en route. We are depending on someone else’s pictures because the Burmese girl who was using my phone to take pictures locked the phone up and didn’t get any pictures. We will be getting those to you soon. Just another of the things we have come to expect and work with!!

Blessings to all,
Bruce Snavely