And I thought I worked hard!

Being a Pastor in the Protestant Christian Church in Bali (GKPB) is not easy. I have now been with Made Budiarsa for a week and it has been non-stop. Since I have been here Made has "preached" (most activities involve a "sermon" on the text, there is not a lot of interaction) at a prayer meeting, a bible study, a confirmation class, a fundraising dinner, two weddings and one Sunday service. I've preached at two services for the hotel workers at the Dhyana Pura church and two Sunday services. We have also been to a seminar and visited 6 families as well as activities we have done separately. Not a lot of time out!

This week there is something on every evening and activities through the day. Any spare time Made is keen for me to visit families, which is a great privilege but also a little exhausting.

I think life for the Budiarsa family will also become more hectic when they build the new multipurpose centre. This will be in their front yard and it is hard to get building permission elsewhere for Christian building. It will have a large classroom for English lessons, Sunday school classes etc. It will also have a worship area upstairs. As you can see from the previous post there is not a lot of front yard and this will take all of it.

To help raise the money needed the church had a fundraiser on Sat night.  Lots of speeches and good music and they were able to raise approx $34,000 from donations on the night. This is enough to get the first level done. For the whole project they need $100,000.