Last Sunday, it was a joy for us to travel with a student to his home area, Nonga in Dei Council. Jeff preached in Pidgin and the student translated into his local language. They made a great team.
We had been with this church two or three years ago. In the interim, some positive changes have occurred. The little Bible school associated with the church has a second teacher, a CLTC grad, now working there. And Jeff has grown in his Pidgin-speaking ability and understanding of local culture too. He knew to use an example of an enemy's pig digging up someone's garden, a fairly common event here, to illustrate the Bible text.
Everyone knew their reaction would be to kill and eat the pig as just compensation for the damage. But Jeff then taught about the attitude and actions God would want a person to exhibit and the resulting harmony that would follow. The people were struck by the Word being made so clear to them.
We thank the Lord for those special moments when we make connections that bring the heart of our great God into a clearer picture.
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