John 3 in their hearts

They stood, they began in Rigwe.  They said the whole chapter of John 3 in their language.  Wow. 

The leader had been in a training that I had done a few months ago on listening Bible studies.  He hadn’t played the audio Scriptures, sat in a circle, or asked the questions and given time for responses.  He wasn’t using the method I had taught, except that the students knew the six Bible study questions in their language.  It was a moment to say, “You give what you have, and you leave it in God’s hands!”

The things we give to people are often morphed into something else and in this case, it is God’s word being memorized and answers to the Bible study questions being taught rather than discussed.  This man runs six different Bible studies--three in his village, and three in a different village three miles away.  He goes there by foot, over the beautiful hills and now lush green landscape.  What a love for Jesus and his word he must have to walk, teach, give what he has to those God has put in his realm of influence.

The fact is, with my method, those youth wouldn’t have memorized John 3.  Please pray for discernment as I go around and visit different groups.  What does God want me to bring to the group, to the leader?  In this case, I took a picture of these remarkable youth, meeting three times a week, and memorizing John 3 in two weeks, and told them I’d tell their story.  They smiled, nodding in agreement, dark brown eyes shining. 

Here they are.  Please pray for them, that as they grow, the words they have memorized with go deeply into their heart.  Pray for their leader that he would make use of the audio Scriptures he has available to him.  Pray for the Rigwe community, that we would partner well with them and the unchained gospel would impact lives for Christ.