Executing diverse ministry in 6 nations and 9 states this past year, catch some encouraging quotes I heard with varying accents. (Various negative comments… well, we’ll conveniently wait to share another time….)
-Kentucky: “The Lord spoke to me through your messages.”
-Unbeliever in Spain: “I find myself compelled by your speaking.”
-Retreat participant in Spain: “This teaching is like a well-reasoned commentary.”
-Skeptical attender in Spain: “I came with disinterest, I’m not leaving the same way!”
-Foreign students in India: “Come teach this in my country to our leaders.”
-Faculty in India: “When you come here, it’s so easy for us to work together.”
-Radio in Tonga: “Let’s re-record your teaching to replay on radio…”
-Seminar attender in Tonga: “Please come address a student assembly at the High School where I teach.”
-Assembly in New Zealand: “We’re going to take an offering to help you in other parts of the world.”
-Guatemala: “Somos un equipo, we are a team.”
-Local pastor in Guatemala: “You are always welcome here. It’s your home!”
-Hawaii: “Nobody sleeps in your preaching!”
-Workshop in Pennsylvania: “This was relevant, practical, and helpful. I will use it!”
-Preaching meetings in North Carolina: “I can’t wait to come back each night.”
-North Carolina: “I have been close to the cross for fifty years. Now, I mean business.”
-Planning future ministry in Thailand: “You are always in my mind to use for teaching.”
-Indiana: “Wow!”
—Scripture: “Preach the Word.”