New Believer

Pastor came over yesterday with a big grin on his face. (as he often does...)
He said that a few weeks ago a man showed up at the church/radio station compound. He said he wanted to speak to the pastor. He introduced himself, and explained that he was an Imam (a moslem teacher.) He had been an Imam for 11 years. He had hurt his hand so that he was unable to work teaching the students at the mosque for 2 months. During this time that he was laid up, (The hand was very bad, almost lost a finger.) He listened to the programs from Radio Yeelin. (Our station.) He was really interested in the gospel. Meanwhile, he went to the mosque where he taught to ask for financial help while he was hurt because he wasn't able to work. He knows they have an amount set aside to help those in need. They wouldn't give him anything.
He became discouraged with Islam, saying that on the Christian radio they talk about grace, and love, and Islam has none of that. Just a strict code of legalism. So he listened more, until this day when he came to visit. He asked Pastor Youssouf to explain the gospel that he had heard via radio. (He rode his bicycle 45 Km to visit.) Pastor Youssouf spent a couple of hours talking about the gospel and the love of Christ with this man. He accepted Christ, and prayed with Pastor Youssouf. Pastor then gave him money so he could take the bus back to his village, instead of having to ride all the way home. That small gesture spoke so much to the man, he was amazed at that small bit of consideration. Anyway, today he is back in his village, a new believer. There is an alliance church near him, but not in his village. Pastor Youssouf referred him to that body of believers. So pray for him as he is in the early stages of faith. Pray that he integrates into that church, and grows in knowledge of the Lord. Pray that he uses the aptitude for study that he showed for Islam for Christ.

Pray for us. Our newish Dell Laptop computer does not want to boot into windows. The problem may be viral. Fun. I'll go to Bamako, and try to have it dealt with in two weeks when Lisa goes there for a womens conference. At least there is an actual Dell dealer there. They may even honor my 100% failsafe warranty. I hope.... So for now I am very thankful for the cybercafe in town. Even though today it is at turtle speed, not cheetah speed.

The pic of the week is funny. (It makes me smile, anyway). This is the floor of our electrician's shop in Kadiolo. Does this look like the workshop of a guy you would trust your laptop to? Actually, he is a believer, and goes to our church, and is working on several less complicated projects for me. One of these batteries is charging for us, so that we can get Ernies' three wheeler motorbike running.




Thanks for reading this, and praying,
God Bless
Tom

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