Maribu Visit

This is an interesting story.
Yesterday, Lisa prayed for opportunities to share the gospel with someone.
Aminata, our lady who works in the house, was sick. We decided she needed to be seen by a doctor.
So at the clinic, Lisa meets this Maribu guy. (a maribu is a teacher of the Koran, some of them practice magic on the side...)
This guy asked her to help with his medicine, but was also very open to talking. Lisa was able to share with him, and give him 1000 francs. (About $2.)
He was very impressed. He said that moslems would not have given any money to help him, and here she was, a believer in Christ giving him help. She invited him to come to our place to meet me, and to talk some more.

So later on that day, here he comes. We sat out on the porch, and shared for quite awhile. He was very impressed with someone who would give something because of God. I told him that we do not give to earn points with God, because God loves us 100% already. But that love enables us to love others, in fact Jesus (the prophet Issa) commands us to love one another.
In the process of the conversation, he said that his need was to go back home to Mopti. (very far away) to rejoin his wife and kids. We just met SIL missionaries from Mopti last week when we were in Bamako. I was able to give him a small sum towards his bus ticket, Lisa gave him some filtered water and bananas. (He was being treated for ulcers...)
Then I walked with him to our study room at the bus station, and gave him an Arabic new testament, and some Arabic tracts. He was very thankful. Who knows where this conversation, and small gift will produce fruit?

Here is a picture of us talking, Lisa took it at a distance through the screen door, so not to be obtrusive.



Continue to pray for us as these kind of contacts are many, and that we would be wise with the gifts we give, and that the gospel falls on open hearts and minds.

Tom