We didn't know what to expect when we joined our colleague at his church two Sundays ago. He was sharing about his work with SIL Nigeria, and we were there to support him and share audio Scriptures. Zach had gotten up early to load the lightstream (a cool device for sharing media quickly) with audio Scriptures and a sampler of 15 languages to give to people on their cell phones.
After the service we filed out of the auditorium that contained at least 600 congregants, and I imagined that we would be too late to get set up and share Scriptures with anyone. We shuffled to the side of the main exit, and settled ourselves down with the lightstream ready to go! Our colleague started shouting in the middle of the crowd, "Free Audio Scriptures over here!" and before you knew it, we had about 15 people gathered around. We started asking them, "What language would you like your audio New Testament in?" The most exciting moments for me were when someone would say hopefully, "Do you have the Bible in..." and we could say, "Yes!" After giving out about 30 NTs in over 5 languages we were splendidly tired.
Mariama was part of it all too, of course, and Daso watched what was happening though it wasn't until later she understood what we had been doing! She was so excited that we taught her how to use the lightstream so yesterday, she shared the Scriptures at the church we visited, and I attended to Mariama and fielded other questions.
We have already gotten positive feedback of people listening to God's Word on their phones. Praise God! Please pray for more opportunities to share, for strength on the weekends, and for fruit to be produced in people's lives.
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