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interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hello again, I am pleased to say that for a change I'm a bit more relaxed
as I write this newsletter. I am on holiday (and will be for the coming
week) which is quite welcome. The term was short but we packed a lot of
work into it and one of our subjects (The Person and Work of Christ) has
come to an end, the rest continue to the end of the year. So, in the
coming week, hopefully, I'll be able to get some work done and have an
easier term.
At my church in Cape Town, Mountain View Baptist, we have been looking for
an associate pastor to help with the youth. During a general meeting I was
nominated along with a bunch of other people to join the call/selection
committee and so I am now a part of that. Because of that, I had a few
meetings with a candidate and I must say that I have certainly learnt a
great deal about running something of that nature in a church (and it's
not an easy thing). I will be leaving Mountain View at the end of the year
though, so please keep the church in your prayers particularly with
respect to the youth and the calling of an associate.
The GWC SRC elections also snuck up at the end of the term and I had some
nostalgia over last year's campaign. There was quite a lot of work to do
though and so nothing much happened until the guy who we campaigned for
last year put up new campaign posters. There was still a lot of work
though and so it was late, the night before the elections, that my light
was on editing some campaign flyers to compete with and on election day it
was like a propaganda leaflet drop as I infiltrated each class and left a
number of them lying all over the place. The fruit of all this is that I
am now the Residence Representative so please keep me in your prayers with
additional responsibility of this and my role at Mountain View.
The GWC Booksale also happened on the last day of term and I'm pleased to
say that I managed to get some really good books. I am probably most
pleased that I managed to get my hands on Carson's "Exegetical Fallacies"
but there really were quite a few good deals that I picked up. CUM Books
has also had a crazy sale on these past few days which has helped to
further diminish my savings (which, I am discovering, should really just
be called "spendings") account but I'm certain that CUM made a loss on the
stuff that I bought from them (such as Commentaries marked down from R600
to R50 and others from R300 to R5). So I suppose you can praise God that
he has placed such opportunities before me and given me the capital to
take advantage of them.
This coming week I have quite a few things that I need to get done
(including Hebrew which is still the bane of my life and hopefully some
Greek, Reformation Church History and finishing two books - although that
may be a bit too ambitious). Please keep me in your prayers especially
with regards to Bible reading and prayer and please also pray that I would
maintain a quality work ethic this coming term and next year. I am also
not sure how to proceed after I have got my BTh at the end of next year so
please pray about that as well. I know that we have a sovereign God and
have been reminded today how gracious He is to us. Someone at church told
me his parts of his testimony and then we witnessed a number of baptisms
and I must say God is so gracious. Let's never get excited more about
books or Theological study than we are about the Gospel!
In Christ,
James Cuénod
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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
http://www.rekindle.co.za
