it's been a while but here ya go =)

So if you guys have been keeping up with the updates, you know and have probably been praying for beau and his family. Thank you very much for that. One night soon after his mother’s burial we were drinking tea in his family courtyard with a bunch of the guys, a bunch of his cousins, and all his siblings. Next thing we know they start discussing religion, well I wanted to jump into the conversation so I asked Beau if he could translate for me. So we started going and after about two translations beau just completely takes over the talk. I’m sitting on the side saying, “okay beau, wait beau, wait” because I’m used to doing all the talking but he just started going off on the Gospel and I was sitting there waiting for him to give me the floor again. I continued to try to get him to stop and let me speak but he stuck his hand out in my direction like “no rocky, I got this.” It was awesome! From what I could understand in French, He just flat out shared the gospel, how Christ was the final sacrifice for all the sins of the world and there was no other way for forgiveness and reconnection with God but through Jesus. It was awesome, he must’ve went on debating with them and giving analogies and just sharing truth with his friends and family. Some of them were like “nooooo beau, your crazy” and they kept saying that when he would speak. Another was like “beau you love the Christians”. I saw a young man anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit that night. When Beau spoke, they listened; He spoke with authority, conviction, boldness, and a passion for the truth of Jesus. Later that night when he walked us to our compound, we both told him how proud we were of him. I told him that I saw God upon him tonight and just encouraged him. He was just like “nooo, it’s nothing, It’s important for my guys to know the truth, that’s why”.
I thought you guys would be encouraged to hear that. I totally didn’t do it justice but that’s okay =) We’re continuing to meet with him going through John and its amazing how he can just recap and summarize what we’ve read from prior weeks. We basically just try to re-tell the section of scripture and then go through the context and finish it off by pulling out a personal application.
Please continue to pray for Beau as he is now the chief of his family. Pray that he can have a way to pay for his schooling or that he would find a good job. Pray for the relations between his elder family members and himself. Unfortunately because he’s jobless and not attending school at the moment, some of his family disrespects him and treats him poorly, which stresses him out a lot. Most importantly pray that He will continue to grow in his love and knowledge of Jesus.
Also we just got back from the south eastern region of Guinea, which was a 17 hr drive from where we are (two day travel). It was a fairly large town about a 30 min drive from Liberia. We went out to do a basketball. It was great, there were about 50 kids who participated. There were good relationships built that will now be followed up by a missionary living in the area. It was completely exhausting, we start coaching at 8am-12pm, then from 4pm-6pm for three days. It was just crazy tiring but fun at the same time.
We finally had our first week of English club at the university. We’re having a great time in our sessions with the guys. There are good discussions and they all speak up and give their opinions. We’re praying for open doors to discuss the gospel and things that will lead to the truth of Jesus. Please pray for our time there.
This week Thursday, which is tomorrow for me, we’ll be starting our first investigative bible study through Matthew. I don’t know for sure who’s coming yet but I know one of our Rastafarian friends, beau, and a couple of the other Muslim friends. The reason why were having this meeting is because ever since beau has had his first bible, all the guys are always wanting to read it with each other and discuss. I mean only here, you’d walk into a room and find a bunch of Muslim guys rolling joints and reading and discussing the scriptures at the same time. So we saw the openness and asked if they’d like to read and discuss the teachings of Jesus together, so we can find out for ourselves what exactly Jesus taught, instead of just relying on something an imam or a friend told them about the teachings of Jesus.
Thank you guys for praying, we really feel it here. God has been so faithful to us in strengthening and sustaining us here. We have little more then 5 weeks to go here, so just pray that we would finish strong and give it our all. I love you guys and know that I do think about each of you often. No, seriously haha I miss you guys really.
><>rocky