The Day is Done - Monday

A really good day for all the teams and the mission is in full swing. Praise the Lord. The first morning is always a bit hectic but everyone is doing a great job. Getting to the 7am prayer meeting on time proved a challenge for some but it is such a good way to start the day and it is good for the groups in the villages to meet before they head off to their teams and their various tasks, as this is the only time we have together now as the days are long and busy.
Weather update - rained en route to the prayer meeting and the dried up for the rest of the day. It has just started raining now (23:55 hrs local time .... 1 hour ahead of you) which meant that those going to the film night in Gyula got home dry .... a great film with a super Christian message, it was an "interesting" 90 mins ... would have been better with English subtitles! However, it was not for us and several of those watching were moved to tears at the end. I have encouraged many of the team to go to the second showing in Uj Akli tomorrow night and I am just wondering if I should tell them there are no subtitles ... decision made; I will let it be a pleasant surprise!
Tomorrow should feel a little less frantic for all the teams with a day's experience under the belt. The school is almost at capacity numbers wise and the Youth are topping 56. A small youth team are heading out to a village nearby that we visited briefly last year; some of the Gyula villagers want to do a little mission there and we are helping them start it off.
Akli are having a Thanksgiving Service tomorrow night, following the success of the one in Gyula last year. This is for everyone but particularly to give thanks for the medical help we bring. The medics are incredibly busy again but were are hoping most can make the service - Drew is organising this and please pray it is well attended and Jesus shines through it all.
Community Team visits have started well with one of the team going with Bela (the temporary Pastor in Gyula) one of the visits to a recently bereaved widow .... a difficult job in any setting. Please pray for the team as they bring the love and compassion of Jesus into these homes. More visits are planned for tomorrow.
The Community Team are doing a "Beetle Drive" in the afternoon and there is a Winter Mission feedback session with the Akli Elders and their wives before the Thanksgiving Service.
Another packed day .... and I need some sleep.
We have a lie in tomorrow as from now on the prayer meetings start at 7.30am, they only started at 7am this morning as it was the first day and a bit more extra time was needed.
Thank you all for your encouraging blog comments and prayers.
Shalom
Ian