May 2000
Dear Saints,
The end of the 1999-2000 school
year is upon us. Since our last
newsletter in March, the Lord enabled us to open up 6 new campuses, one new
Country, and four new Churches.
First, I want to relay to you a
blessing that I received last March.
Bro, Chris Whiffen, a Pastor in Florida, along with his son Christopher,
blessed our hearts with this testimony.
Bro. Chris, the Pastor, had purchased our "Bro. Jim Live"
tape. The Pastor and his son drive to
work together. The son had been
backslid for three years. The Pastor
played my tape while he and his son were in the truck driving to work. The son then listened to it several times by
himself. Christopher states, that, the
Holy Ghost used that tape to bring heavy conviction to his heart and mind. He surrendered his heart to the Lord shortly
thereafter on Jan. 3rd, 2000. As of today, Christopher is still in Church
doing great! Praise The Lord!!!
This past March, I traveled to
South Africa for a ten-day trip with one of my Attorney friends, Jim
Elsman. South Africa is Africa's only
"First World" Country. South
Africa, like America, had been, until six years ago, a British Colony. Therefore, all of Europe and Americas' influence
has contributed greatly to the modernization and technological advancement of
South Africa. In the past 6 years
though, South Africa has seen their once stable Rand plummet in value to 6.6 to
1 U.S. dollar. The new government has
instituted 100% Affirmative Action in all work places. They repealed their Death Penalty, resulting
in a sky rocketing crime rate. Drug and
alcohol addictions are rapidly climbing, thus, perpetuating more crime. One third of Sub-Saharan Africa is infected
with A.I.D.S., meaning that, in ten years or less, one third of their
population will die. What a MISSION FIELD!!!
We stayed in Cape Town for four
nights. Cape Town reminded me of San
Francisco, Ca, and Key West, Fl. To me, it seemed like the Sodomites had taken
over. My Attorney friend did not bring
his Judges' robe due to its size, but he did bring his Gavel. South Africa is still under English Common
Law, therefore, they recognize Free Speech.
We preached at the University Of Cape Town. The University Of Cape Town is a typical University in regards to
racial population, that is, it has a complete mixture of all races. We found the center of Campus, a huge
concrete stairway leading up to the Auditorium. When we arrived, I would estimate, that, approximately 1000 students
were within the free speech area. Mr.
Elsman pounded his gavel on a nearby light post and opened Court for that
day. He turned it over to me after his
introduction. I preached for several
hours. The students, to my dismay,
behaved exactly like American students.
They were vulgar, obscene, rude, and proud of their sinful lives.
Our next campus was Stellenbosch
University. It is referred to as,
"The Harvard of South Africa."
Stellenbosch has over a 90% white student population. It reminded me of our Ivy League Schools in
many ways, in its cleanliness, the stately architecture and in the acumen of the
student body, or in other words, the
students possessed a higher cultural level of sin. We were invited to speak that night, on a live, one hour, radio broadcast, originating from the Campus radio station. The station had set up a one-hour debate on the topic, "The
Legalization of Marijuana." How
American can you get?
On our side, there were two
Psychologists, one Lawyer and a preacher.
On their side, they had one dirty hippie, a Law student and some other
student. The Psychologists presented
the case that Marijuana causes "Anti Motivational Syndrome." It was hilarious to watch this lazy bum
hippie try to convince us that he was not a lazy bum. I presented the fact that Marijuana is a "gate way"
drug, that is, it leads to the usage of harder drugs. Our opponents insisted
that it was not a "gate way" drug.
I waited a half hour and asked them if they had ever tried any harder
drugs. The hippie boasted, "Yeah
man." The Law student took the Fifth,
while the other student said, "Yes."
They were so blinded by sin, that, they never even realized that they had
just contradicted themselves thus admitting that marijuana was indeed a gate way
drug.
We thank you for your love and
prayers.
Brother Jim - Sister Bonnie - Aaron - Gabrielle