Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Substitute Teachers

Gail has been teaching university age students English with the Bible for several months. We have both had lots of time for exploring and writing and such up until now. The last week we have both been teaching pretty much full time. We will be very busy doing that for the next few weeks.
Several teachers have left to go home and several regulars are visiting home so we are substituting for them. It is a real thrill to teach people about the Bible who have no previous knowledge of God or His Son Jesus Christ. One thing that you learn quickly is that there is a vast difference between Christianity and Folk Buddhism. I say Folk Buddhism because none are pure Buddhist. They have mixed in all kinds of superstitions and Animism. Almost everyone fears ancestral spirits continually seeking to do harm to those who do not show them respect with incense burning and offerings of various kinds.
Many of the young minds show interest but the difference between believing in endless reincarnation and the Christian concept of instant regeneration is great. It is hard to tell what kind of soil the seed is falling on but one thing is for sure, seed is falling!

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