It has been a huge blessing to have Mom and Seth here. This past month has not slowed down one bit. We are still moving a long in our story set, but most importantly, we know we are where the Father wants us right now. Moses is still very willing to find time to meet with us to get stories crafted and then we are also starting to test the stories. Testing means we take a recorded copy of the story to a house where we try to play it in front of a few different people at least once. Then we play it back phrase by phrase and we ask questions to make sure the story is making the same point as God’s word and to make sure it is understandable.
Here is some of the really great stuff God has been doing with testing our stories. Our Aunt’s family, the same family with the premature baby a few months ago, we were fearful that we might have to eventually dust our feet of from that house. It seemed that many times when we would mention the Son’s name our family wasn’t too happy about it. Well after the doctors came and saw the baby, barriers have been broken down and we are closer to them now than ever. So as we finished the creation story and we were going out to test it, the Father closed the doors to one house but opened the doors to our Aunt’s house. The first time she heard the story she said ” I understood every word in that story”. We then proceeded to let the other ladies listen to the story and then start to ask questions. It went so well and brought up a lot of spiritual conversations. When we called her a few days ago to tell her we had another story she told us to come any time. Well we weren’t there 5 minutes when she asked us to play the story. The story we are testing now is the Fall. It ends with God sending Adam and Eve out of the garden and shows how the relationship between them and God was no longer perfect. I am so amazed at the Father’s timing in everything. He does soften hearts and leads us down roads that we aren’t sure what the outcome will be, but in the end He does receive the most glory.
Continue to remember and plead on behalf of our Aunt’s family. She left this morning to go back to Yosemite, but the other ladies that we plan to test the whole story set with, they will hear the whole story set which will include some difficult stuff. Our story set clearly says there is no other way to the Father except through the Son. This goes against everything that they have been taught. I also ask yall to start praying for me as my term starts to come to an end. We possibly could have said goodbye to our Aunt for the last time because we don’t know if we will have the opportunity to go back to the village or if she will come back to the city. I only have about 3 months left here and the goodbye will start to become more frequent. I know it is the right time to go home and I am excited to be with family and friends again, but I am also very aware of leaving the family and friends I now have here. It will be hard to leave this people group knowing that they are an unreached people group that needs a chance to hear and to leave a people group that has cared for me like one of their own.
