Thanks for your prayers

Dear praying friends and family, we want to thank you for your prayers for the youth seminar, evangelistic conference, and films that took place this past week, beginning Thursday and ending Sunday night.
We wanted to give you a little update on what happened. We had 6 seminar sessions, 2 each day beginning Thursday - Saturday. There were around 80 young people from various village churches and from here. I taught 4 sessions, giving an overview of the Bible, and God's redemption plan in story form, and ending with our response to God, and His plan for our lives. The other seminar teacher urged the young people to live holy lives that are committed to Christ. He was very dynamic and the young people really liked him.
The outdoor evangelistic conference was each afternoon, for 3 consecutive days beginning Friday and ending Sunday. It took place in an open field just behind the church property. We borrowed a stage and we put up poles and a tarp over it, and then the stage was decorated with colorful cloths. There were only 3 choirs (which is few for here) but they did well and there were some special numbers. On Friday there were not very many people, but by Sunday there were well over 200 by my estimation. We had invited an evangelist speaker who presented the gospel with much vigor, telling stories of his own salvation, and the salvation of others, and urging all to repent. At the end of each meeting he prayed for the crowd, and also prayed for the sick.
Before the evangelistic meetings were over the film equipment was being set up and began shortly after the other came to a close, just as the darkness fell. Films were shown for three nights after each of the afternoon meetings. At least one man who has been involved in witchcraft came and talked to my father and one of the church elders. He told them he was touched by the films and that he wanted to break off from his evil lifestyle and learn more about Jesus. He said that he wouldn't be able to come to church on Sunday (this past Sunday) but he would come the next week to learn more.
The whole church worked hard to make this all happen. The women cooked and washed dishes and decorated, and the young people helped set up the stage and sound equipment and benches etc ... and helped take care of the many needs of the visitors. On the last day it seemed as if Satan was going to disrupt things with some contention that began, but it was soon resolved and things continued as planned, albeit late, even for Africa.
We want to thank each and every one of you for your participation in these efforts. We continue to till the ground and sow the seed on the hard ground of the Gungu neighborhood (in Kigoma). Please continue to pray for soft hearts for all those who heard the Word.
Blessings in Him,
Luke Johnson