Meeting with the Atrel District Church Leaders

Today we had the priviledge of attending the monthly meeting for all the preachers and church leaders in the Atrel district.  There 16 churches affliated with BHM within the Atrel district and each month they gather together to discuss the things that are happening within their churches.
It was very encouraging to talk with these men and continue to get to know the people in this community.

Over the past few months we have had many visitors and several of them have brought things to be shared with the people here.  We do not want to hand these things out to people and have them begin to rely on the foreigner.  Instead we want to use the Biblical example of the church taking the responsibility of taking care of those in need.  Therefore we gave all the things that had been left to the group of church leaders today so that they could take them back to their communities and help those who are in need in their areas. 

Below is a picture of most of the church leaders who were at the meeting.  One of the things we gave them were mats that had been made by people at Forest Baptist Church.  They were very thankful for all the things that were shared and were looking forward to passing these things along to those in need.