Saturday, August 2, 2008

Telling the Story...




One of our greatest accomplishments lately has been in telling the story of the Bible. We have progressed enough in our French that we can now tell Bible Stories in French. I takes me (Mike) about three or four days of preparations, but it is well worth the effort. Every Thursday we go to a little neighborhood called Vridi. We have been going there for about three months now telling Bible stories. In the last month I have been telling Bible stories from the OT to a group of 6 guys. Heather has been telling stories to a lady for several months now. They all claim to be Christians, but most of them have never heard these stories. We started with the creation story and have just finished with the Exodus. It is very exciting to be able to tell a story we know well in English in a different language. Please continue to pray for us as we continue to learn French and tell these stories. We go out at noon and come back around 5pm.

Please pray for the group pictured that are playing checkers. This looks like a friendly game, but they are actually betting on the game with what little money they do make. They are currently not open to the gospel, but I (Mike) still stop and talk with them.

The picture with the large red doors is the church in Vridi that we attend from time to time. You can see how poor this neighborhood is by looking at the drum set in the church. Drums are the only instruments this church uses. They start singing a song and the drummer joins in keeping them on time. One person did donate a keyboard, but no one knows how to play it, so it stays at the pastor's house.

Please pray for us as we continue to learn french and tell these people the stories of the Bible. May God get all the glory.

Mike

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