"It is time for a change."

As Heather was reading Voices of the Faithful this morning as part of her devotion, she discovered today's reading was about one of the people groups we will be able to work with in Namibia.  If you would like to purchase this book you can do that by clicking HERE.  Here is today's reading:


“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5

God has truly shown us that He is working among the Herero (hah-RARE-roh) people.  It was getting late in the day, and I was wondering if we really had time to make another stop in Talismannis (TAL-iss-MAN-iss) before heading back to where we were going to spend the evening.  We were deep in the bush, two hours from our destination, knowing that it was not safe to be traveling on these roads after dark due to the many animals that graze by the side of the road at night.

Just out of Reitfontain (REET-fon-tain), we saw a woman and a child hitchhiking.  We knew the woman was Herero because she was wearing the traditional Herero dress with the headdress fashioned into what resembles cattle horns.  We picked her up and found out she was traveling to her home in Talismannis.  Since we had a captive audience, I started to present the gospel through my interpreter on this trip.

We arrived in Talismannis before finishing the gospel presentation and to our surprise, the woman invited us to her house to finish presenting the gospel.  “If I [become a Christian],” she said, “then I will lose many friends, and things will be different around here.”  Then she added, “It is time for a change around here.”

We were exuberant as she put her faith in Jesus.  We returned to where we were staying for the evening before nightfall, not having to worry about the danger of encountering unseen animals in the road. 

Prayer:  Father, for those who sacrifice relationships with others to follow you, I pray that you will give them grace.  Bring the Gospel to the Herero people in Namibia, and bring your messengers to share this good news.  Lord, enable me to value my relationship with you above all others.  Amen. 

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Kaylan said…
So very proud of you and excited for the people who will soon hear the most wonderful news that they will ever hear! Thank you for what you are doing. We love yall!
June 23, 2011 at 10:03 PM
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