I marvel at pastors of megachurches that preach several times per day. Sometimes when I have to preach twice in one day during the second service I pause and wonder, 'Did I already say that, or did I only say that during the first service?' I'd definitely lose track if I had to preach 4 or 5 times in a morning. November is missions month in the Alianza (Christian Missionary Alliance) churches in Arequipa and I preached about the church's role in promoting missions in three different churches this morning! They were such different churches, I think that helped me not forget if I had said something before. One thing that I noticed in all three churches was that when I mentioned that Peruvians are often better suited to being missionaries (less political stigma in Muslim countries, more relational culturally (happy to extend a conversation even if it makes them late for another event) and lower maintenance (They don't need Starbucks to survive)) I got a lot of pleased/surprised looks from the congregation. So, that's a new record for me: 3 different churches in one day! I have no desire to break that record, though I could ask my pastor to let me preach tonight to go for four...
