Friday, March 09, 2007

Wanted ~ Rigo



Name: Rigo
Family: wife and 5 kids
Village: Dapilu
Stats: Rigo is a great friend of ours. He has been Chad's main translation helper from the beginning, and he has done a super job. But I talked to him a few weeks ago, and he is struggling with the job of translating because he believes one thing, but God's Word is saying another. He is a part of a religion that does NOT believe: 1) that Jesus is God, 2) that God is a trinity, 3) that there is a hell, 4) that Jesus could forgive all our sins, 5) or that God would punish unbelievers to eternity in hell (they would just cease to exist). So he sees that God's Word says one thing, but he is afraid of the leaders in his religion, and what it would mean if he started to or tried to believe something else. For him it would mean banishment and ridicule. Not to mention, he would have to admit that his belief which he has held for many years is false (even though supposedly founded on Jehovah's Word).
Pray: I talked to Rigo and shared the gospel with him as clearly as I could. Also one of our believers, Paulas, came with me, and he too shared many important things from the Scriptures with him. Pray that the Spirit would be working in his heart, and that he would believe the gospel of grace. His heart is in turmoil right now, and we need prayer that he would choose to believe in Jesus' finished work on the cross.

1 comment:

Mrs said...

Thank you so much for this update on Rigo! We have been praying for him for years, but especially when the gospel was presented to the Tobo and Rigo's name was not mentioned as a new believer.

I wrote to Chad and Janeene and they told us about him. . . we have been praying for him specifically and this news is SO encouraging!

Thank you for all you do in PNG!
JoAnna Welsh