August 6th, 2002

Jonah has a dream. In his dream, he is sitting in a tea house with his neighbor, Immanuel. As the men in the tea house chat, Jonah begins to turn the discussion towards questions about God. Immanuel seems very interested and asks many questions. Jonah wakes up and prays for the Holy Spirit's direction in how and when to approach Immanuel. The Holy Spirit leads Jonah to invite Immanuel to his home for coffee. As they drink coffee, Jonah asks Immanuel if he would like to learn some of the stories of The Holy Book. Immanuel becomes excited about this and invites Jonah to come to his house and teach him the stories. After Jonah and Immanuel have met a few times. Jonah asks Immanuel if he would like to invite a few other interested people to join them in their discussions. Immanuel agrees and a house group is formed.
Immanuel is "a man of peace"-someone who is interested in the scriptures, and is willing to use his influence to gather others to hear the message. Men like him are needed in the cities and in the countryside. They provide a safe meeting place in the their homes for small groups of interested people to be engaged with the Gospel.