the little sprout

Last week we dove back into the story set. We wanted to continue testing the stories with different houses, so one afternoon we had some free time and we have been wanting to go to “the purse man’s house”. Abby and I both felt that was where the Father wanted us to go, so we went. We  were sitting with  ”the purse man” and his father and we asked if we could  share a story from God’s Word. They both agreed, so after we asked if we could ask some questions. Well to that the son agreed, but the father didn’t and in our culture that means No. We were not discouraged by this because we still felt like that house is where the Lord was leading us to, they did get to hear God’s Word, and now we know the son is seeking, but the father is not.

Well the next day we went to another house, who I have never mentioned on here. I will call them The Sellers. We know The Sellers from our village, Yosemite. Well after we arrived and sat for a while we told them we had a story from God’s Word and wanted them to listen to it, then ask some questions and talk about the story. The “mom” of the family said she would listen to it first to approve it, and after she heard it she instructed us to play the story for all the ladies. We played the story 3 times and then started asking questions. The women LOVED it. They said they understood it, wanted us to put them on tapes(which is the plan). A lot of the times when we begin to ask questions the women are hesitant to answer because they think they don’t know the answer and so they just say they can’t help us . Well the Mom starts empowering all the women “telling them to answer, it is easy you just talk to them about the story” so we had all sorts of answers and everyone was involved. It was great!  They are interested in the other stories too, so we plan to go back. We are so excited for these people and the plans God has here. He is showing us who is interested in His Word and who isn’t. People are hearing for the first time. Pray God will open their hearts to His Story, that as they hear the hard parts, their hearts would accept it.

Dinner with Eli

Last night Abby and I went to Dinner at Eli’s house. It is Ramadan here so they are fasting from 4/5am to about 7pm, and he invited us to come for their big meal. We had a great time, as always, but we just ask people to continue to pray for him. We gave him a copy of God’s Word in French because he has really been seeking hard and we believe he wants to follow.  He has told us he wants to follow, but can’t imagine the courage it takes to follow. Last night he said he has been reading and has more questions, but can’t talk about them in his home. We plan to get together soon in a “safe” place to talk more about the Jesus road. Pray God would open his heart too and would give him undeniable courage to follow.