Beginning at the beginning
The Uriay people of Papua New Guinea, sheltered from the rain by the thatch roof overhead, listened intently as missionary Elias Struik spoke.
"Akore, akore fari, Kot, nom …. In the beginning God …."
Elias went on to explain more about that beginning. "There was no ground, no sky, no sun, no food or water and no people other than God Himself."
Toward the end of the lesson a village leader, Wobere, stood and asked, "There is just one thing I would like you to explain to me. What was it like for God if there was no ground and no sun?"
"We gave him the only answer we could think of," wrote Elias, "that we really didn’t know. We are not like God. We need air to breath and sunlight to see and ground to walk on. We can’t really imagine a life without these things. This was exactly the point we were trying to make and it seemed like it rang loud and clear."
The missionary team was pleased with the attendance for the first week of evangelistic Bible teaching, and pleasantly surprised when one man who indicated he would not come to the teaching showed up mid week, probably out of curiosity.
The man stood outside the schoolhouse, listening, and after the meeting he asked if he could use one of the MP3 players to take home for the weekend to listen to the lessons.
The missionary team is teaching Sunday through Thursday each week. Please pray for faithful attendance and that the Uriay people will have ready hearts to receive the Gospel.
"Akore, akore fari, Kot, nom …. In the beginning God …."
Elias went on to explain more about that beginning. "There was no ground, no sky, no sun, no food or water and no people other than God Himself."
Toward the end of the lesson a village leader, Wobere, stood and asked, "There is just one thing I would like you to explain to me. What was it like for God if there was no ground and no sun?"
"We gave him the only answer we could think of," wrote Elias, "that we really didn’t know. We are not like God. We need air to breath and sunlight to see and ground to walk on. We can’t really imagine a life without these things. This was exactly the point we were trying to make and it seemed like it rang loud and clear."
The missionary team was pleased with the attendance for the first week of evangelistic Bible teaching, and pleasantly surprised when one man who indicated he would not come to the teaching showed up mid week, probably out of curiosity.
The man stood outside the schoolhouse, listening, and after the meeting he asked if he could use one of the MP3 players to take home for the weekend to listen to the lessons.
The missionary team is teaching Sunday through Thursday each week. Please pray for faithful attendance and that the Uriay people will have ready hearts to receive the Gospel.