A group of Fulani came to Isaac telling him they wanted to be believers in Christ. They told him that they have been watching him, noticing how he and the believers live and have decided they need to live differently and wanted to become followers of Chrsit. They have seen the love the believers show to others. Isaac told them stories of Christ. He went to their house, sat on mats and told them more stories. The Fulani man told Isaac this story. "This past week we caught a Gonja boy slaughtering one of our cows. He told Isaac that he decided he should forgive this young man this first time who did this. As it happened there was a boy watching the Fulani man’s cows. The boy saw the young man who killing the cow. Because the young man had a gun, the boy didn’t confront him but ran to tell the owner what had happened. The young man had broken the legs of the cow and slit it’s throat and was preparing to take it to his house to smoke and take to market to sell. The young man is in hiding because he knows he has done wrong. If no action is taken, he will return to his village. The Fulani man has forgiven him, not because of any action of his, but because of Isaac’s life and influence. The mother and sister of this young man came to talk with Isaac. He told them that the Fulani man has forgiven the young man because of him. He tells them, “You don’t know the LORD, the One who helps you in time of need. Your son and brother was forgiven because of me. The taking of other people’s property, stealing animals (cows, goats, sheep, chickens) and taking them to market to sell is wrong.” Isaac prayed with them that their hearts would be open to the love of Christ. Isaac tells us, “When things like this happen, a door opens. You can use this open door to share Christ with them to see if they will repent. There are many women in the village talking about me because the Fulani man is telling everyone that he forgave the young man because of Isaac. They are saying that Isaac has been a great benefit to our community. He has helped us in many ways.”
On another note…
Isaac is in the process of creating “farm” story sets for the church planters to use as they go out taking permaculture methods as well as the gospel to surrounding villages.
Keep those prayers a coming.
