Alis and His Family
We were told this week that the followers of the Cargo Cult will be leaving to go to another village on Monday for a "holy day" on Tuesday and Wednesday. They are going in order to worship their leader, do the required rituals, and wait for the cargo (i.e. the bread which perishes) they think is coming. They will be coming back on Thursday and Friday.
Jason went down to our neighbors house and saw that he had his bark loin cloth drying outside on the grass.......
Jason: "I see that you have your bark outside. Are you planning on going? I see you at the teaching ever day and I know you are struggling in your heart, is this the decision you are struggling about?"
Alis: "Yes, I am struggling greatly. On the one hand I am scared of all the other men who want me to keep on believing in this Cargo Cult. But I am also afraid of God who sees all, and I know that if I go and put that loin cloth on and follow them this week, I will be choosing eternity in hell. My insides are split in two. "
So, in light of the facts, we have decided that instead of teaching the gospel next week, we are going to go ahead and present Christ's Arrest this Monday and then His death, burial, and resurrection this Tuesday morning!!!! This is different than what our last update said. Our reasoning for this is that we do not want to "feed our pearls to swine". They will just trample it underfoot, and are not coming for the true bread of life, but for the bread that perishes. And for those who have made the decision to stay back and listen to God's Talk, we feel that they are ready to hear the power of the message: the Gospel of Christ.
Please be on your knees, we NEED your prayers!!!! Pray for the ones "on the fence", pray for the ones who stay back, and pray for fellow Brothers and Sisters to be added to the family of Christ in the next 48 hours.
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His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, & Malachi Knapp
Jason, Kellie, Micah, Sophia, & Malachi Knapp
1 comment:
we had a most incredible time of prayer at our worship gathering Sunday evening for the Tobo tribe, and for your two families... we would have done it anyway, but the cool thing is it tied in with the teaching right after our prayer time, and it was awesome to see hearts breaking and burdened for the lost on the otherside of the world... we are so excited to hear of new brothers and sisters and will be rejoicing with the angels!!!
Renee Morris - worship leader for Souljourn. I am Rhesa Bagley's sister, Doug and Bev Croot's daughter... Bryan and I knew Chad and Janeene in Wewak way back !:)
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