Recently Dennis has been teaching on Revelation. Is may seem a strange book to teach on but the Indians love a good story. Especially a true story. And a story about the future. They are following right along and seeing the truth of God's word. They are stoic people so we don't always get to hear how God is working in their hearts. They do not open up to us. But we know God can and does do His work in even the most stoic. The other day Dennis was going over some of his terminology in Guarijio with one of the believers and another man was standing by. They were talking of the end times. The man listening in, piped up. "Where is that in the Bible? Is that Matthew 24?"
Dennis was floored! To have a Guarijio listen and understand is one thing, To know chapter and verse is quite another. So we know some must be studying out the scriptures on their own!
Machelle teaches the Children's church every week. They focus a lot on Bible memory. Recently the group of about 15 children learned Psalms 23. Imagine our surprise when a 5 year old girl said she remembered a Christmas verse from Children's church 2 years ago and began to quote it word for word! She had been 3 years old! God it faithful to fill their hearts with His truth!
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| Jasmin (on right) knows her verse from 2 years ago. |
Thank you for your prayers. We are without partners in the tribe and we were a little nervous how it would go as it had been a real trial in the past. It is still hard at times. But we have seen God showing how we are complete in Him and we are finding victory in the battle.
We will be returning to the states by May 1st. We are gradually transitioning out of the tribe as our Guarijio partners will begin to take over once they finish New Tribes Mission Institute. Our hope is to still be with the Guarijio 4 month of every year. This way we can be a help to the Guarijio but they would gradually learn to depend on us less and more on each other - the local church.
