‘The last week has arrived’
This week, the Mwinika people will have the opportunity to place their faith in Christ, as they hear the climax of months of evangelistic Bible lessons.
“The last week has finally arrived,” wrote Nadia Hattingh, who serves among the Mwinikas along with her husband, Francois, and Phil and Elin Henderson. “We can hardly believe that after 18 weeks of teaching daily, we have reached this point. Praise God who has been faithful in calling those that must hear to come.”
Tuesday, "they heard about the betrayal of Jesus and the subsequent arrest and trial," Phil wrote. Today's lesson is to cover the death and burial of Christ, "and Thursday will be the resurrection followed by the ascension," he wrote.
Attendance has been good, and some people who live too far away to attend every lesson have been keeping up by listening to recordings of the lessons.
“Francois is very encouraged with the way the listeners are tracking during the lessons,” Nadia wrote. “Their understanding has greatly increased, so much so that they can anticipate what will be said next. They fully and completely believe that God's Word is the authority.”
Many of the Mwinikas have tried hard to seek God in the only ways they knew, through their traditional religious practices and another major world religion. But to this point, no one has shared God’s plan of salvation with them in a culturally relevant way so they could understand and respond.
“They are so ready to hear the Truth and the Way,” Nadia wrote. “May many find Life through this teaching!”
Pray that the important lessons they hear this week will be just the beginning of the spread of the Gospel among the Mwinika people.