Murkot has opportunity to hear
A group of Akolet people in Papua New Guinea have now heard 20 of 70 evangelistic Bible lessons and appear to understand the scriptural themes that each lesson teaches.
Forty people attend the meetings faithfully while others come sporadically. Upon hearing last week’s lessons about Noah and the tower of Babel, several people said, "We’re still like that today. We’re still stubborn and not listening to God."
After Saturday’s Bible lesson, Julia talked with Murkot, a woman in her 80s. Most days Murkot sits by herself on her little woven mat under a fruit tree and mutters or heckles.
"Truthfully, we don’t really know what she’s getting out of the lessons," Julia wrote.
Murkot said that some of the younger women had been talking about Heaven and the "Place of Fire." She told them, "Well you guys just keep waiting, and you’ll hear more about it. Be patient. Me, I’m going to die, but all of you can hear it."
Julie told Murkot that she needed to hear this for herself and know where her own spirit would go when she dies.
"Murkot, where will your spirit go when you die?" Julie asked.
Murkot looked up and said, "I don’t know, the good place, or …?"
Julie responded, "God loves us and wants us to know. He doesn’t want us to be afraid of death. That is why we’ve come and are living with you and teaching you these things, so that you can know."
The old woman’s eyes seemed to clear and focus a little more when she heard those words. She clasped Julie’s hand and held it tightly. Then she smiled and said, "Thank you."
Just then some of her adult granddaughters arrived and were asking about Julie’s grandmother who passed away in the USA on Thursday. Julie turned to Murkot and said, "My grandma was very old just like you. She just died two days ago. But when she died, she wasn’t afraid. She knew and understood God’s Talk, and so she wasn’t afraid. She was happy when she died. And you can be too."
"Please pray for Murkot," Julie wrote. "She seems generally lucid most days but we don’t know how much longer she will live or how much she is grasping. She is faithfully coming every day though, for which we’re thankful."
Pray too for strength and energy for the Martins and their co-workers, Ryan and Sarah Warner. "We’re now four weeks into this 14-week-long period of evangelistic teaching. It is definitely a roller coaster," Julie wrote.
Forty people attend the meetings faithfully while others come sporadically. Upon hearing last week’s lessons about Noah and the tower of Babel, several people said, "We’re still like that today. We’re still stubborn and not listening to God."
After Saturday’s Bible lesson, Julia talked with Murkot, a woman in her 80s. Most days Murkot sits by herself on her little woven mat under a fruit tree and mutters or heckles.
"Truthfully, we don’t really know what she’s getting out of the lessons," Julia wrote.
Murkot said that some of the younger women had been talking about Heaven and the "Place of Fire." She told them, "Well you guys just keep waiting, and you’ll hear more about it. Be patient. Me, I’m going to die, but all of you can hear it."
Julie told Murkot that she needed to hear this for herself and know where her own spirit would go when she dies.
"Murkot, where will your spirit go when you die?" Julie asked.
Murkot looked up and said, "I don’t know, the good place, or …?"
Julie responded, "God loves us and wants us to know. He doesn’t want us to be afraid of death. That is why we’ve come and are living with you and teaching you these things, so that you can know."
The old woman’s eyes seemed to clear and focus a little more when she heard those words. She clasped Julie’s hand and held it tightly. Then she smiled and said, "Thank you."
Just then some of her adult granddaughters arrived and were asking about Julie’s grandmother who passed away in the USA on Thursday. Julie turned to Murkot and said, "My grandma was very old just like you. She just died two days ago. But when she died, she wasn’t afraid. She knew and understood God’s Talk, and so she wasn’t afraid. She was happy when she died. And you can be too."
"Please pray for Murkot," Julie wrote. "She seems generally lucid most days but we don’t know how much longer she will live or how much she is grasping. She is faithfully coming every day though, for which we’re thankful."
Pray too for strength and energy for the Martins and their co-workers, Ryan and Sarah Warner. "We’re now four weeks into this 14-week-long period of evangelistic teaching. It is definitely a roller coaster," Julie wrote.