Posts by Bruce Snavely
Graduation Day!!! Rwanda 8-2-13
This morning came too early for our entire group. You could see the weariness upon everyone’s faces. Five days of intense study is difficult, but today is graduation day! In the morning we began with our last quiz, and then we wrapped up the subject with the final lesson and some last hour application of…
Read MoreRemote Rwandan Class Begins
Today began our second week in Rwanda in the area known as Kamonyi. I was taken about an hour away from the compound into one of the village areas. First there was paved road, then there was dirt road, and then there was a rocky path full of holes. Out the window I watched children,…
Read MoreRwanda 8-1-13 Class Day 4
Today is Thursday, and now, after four full days of class, I am beginning to feel exhausted. The men were unusually full of questions today, and the questions are nearly always loaded! You have to be very careful in answering them or they can easily backfire. This creates tension and before long you can lose…
Read MoreRwanda 8-1-13
We have had an eventful day today. The journey began with the same car ride as yesterday, and I think our driver found every trench, pot hole, and pit the road had to offer this morning. But as we met the students this morning, they were singing and prepared for their first quiz. I believe everyone…
Read MoreRwanda 7-31-13 Class Day 3
If Wednesday is hump day, this one was a hill! We have had quite the day here in Rwanda. The power has been out most of the day, and the day was non-stop. We had our second quiz today, and the men seem to be holding up quite well. I hope I can do the…
Read MoreRwanda Day 2 7/30/13
Rwanda July 29, 2013 – Day 1
I arrived in Kilgali late last night (Saturday). The plane was delayed in Brussels for two hours because of severe thunder storms. Consequently, the arrival to Kilgali was around ten o’clock. Pastor Denys finally located me and we drove to the compound on the other side of the city. We talked until midnight about what…
Read MoreRwanda 7/29/13 – Day 3
Well the day is about over, and it has been a long one. It started a little late because of some late pastors from a another sector of the Kilgali region. They cannot afford to come for the entire week. The blessing is that one of our supporting pastors and his church anticipated this and…
Read MoreMyanmar – Day Two of Teaching 2013
As we left for the church this morning I prayed that God would give us more than the ten men we had yesterday. When class started this morning we had our ten but by 10:00 we had thirteen men sitting in our Tuesday class. Two of the three extra men were unconverted Buddhists who decided…
Read MoreMyanmar 10/15/12
Our last preaching service in Yangon was memorable. It was the 13th anniversary of Independent Baptist Church and the founding pastor Vel Siama. Siama and his wife were trained in the Phillipines and came here in 1999 to start this new church plant. Siama is a native Burman from the northeast sector of the state.…
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