The group of children we are working with increased by 50% today. The word is out that we are in the area. The day went well and the children have much joy even though they have little else.
After lunch we went back out into the community house to house. I met a boy named Louis. He is eleven years old, has never been to school and cannot read. He lives in a tin enclosure with dirt floors, with his two younger sisters and his father. His mother left. He knew nothing about Jesus. So I shared the Gospel with him, but he was not sure that he wanted to trust Jesus. The translator working with me was touched by this boy and I told her and the two team members that were with me that we would go back.
We finished up and went back to the church for dinner. After dinner, I asked the translator and a couple of our team members if they wanted to go back up and see if Louis was there and we could take him some things from Vacation Bible School. We made our way back up the street walking and ran into a little girl who had been in Bible School. She came up to me and hugged me and insisted that I come talk to her mother. We told her we would be back by and went to where Louis was, but he was not home.
So we walked back to where the little girl was and she went and got her mother out of the house. I found out her mother had been to a Catholic church but did not have a relationship with Jesus. I talked to her about the good news, and she trusted in Christ as her Savior. The Lord had other plans for our being back up that street, but the work was not finished.
On our way back to the church, we rounded a corner on a dirt street and who did we see? It was Louis, helping an older man make mortar for cement blocks. He doesn't go to school but he works apparently. I called him and another boy over, who was nine years old and told them the story of Jesus. Louis admitted that he was a sinner and needed salvation and he and the other boy trusted Christ.
The Gospel is not complicated. There is nothing like telling people about Jesus. There were several others who trusted Christ today as we talked to people in the community. There are many more who need to.
What about the people that don't know Jesus in your community? Are you willing to go, and testify to the grace and mercy of God?
