In the course of 2 days we visited the villages listed :
1. Gima
2. Mosera
3. Njailuhun
4. Ngakema
5. Nyiahun
6. Ngbodama
7. Kpangubu
8. Foya
9. Talia
10. Mano
We arrived at the first village, Gima, at 8:30, and had a great time of evangelism. Brother Stephen used a visualized book telling about the “One Way,” which Laura had drawn, and the attention of the people was fixed for the next hour. We did this in at least 7 more villages along the road. The sizes of the villages varied. A couple were quite large, at least 100 people lived there, but others where small.
But we had not reached our destination for the night. The truck was left at the bottom of a steep and very rough road, and we began to hike up the rocky road 2 ½ miles to the village of Foya. About an hour later we arrive, and are fed, ground nut soup and rice, what a supper! If you ever have a severe head cold, Sierra Leone food with all the peppers will clear your sinuses right out!!
We spent the night in Foya, which is a very nice village! We spent an hour or so singing hymns, and the crowd that was drawn by singing! Many of the people did not understand the English, but all gathered around to see and hear us sing! We had a great time.
The next day after doing some evangelism in Foya in the early morning, we trekked another 3 miles into the bush to my final destination of Mano. Mano is a small, yet very clean village in the middle of nowhere. To get there, we crossed a river and several logs spanning pits along the way. It was fun, even when I remembered I would have to return! ;)
In Mano, the Chief and all the people with important names and titles gather at the meeting hut. During all the introductions, I learned that I was the first white person to come to that village. WOW! That was pretty amazing!
I was privileged to share the Gospel with the crowd of people, which included 2 Chiefs, and 3 Imams. Bro. David Johnny translated into Mende for me. What made the time spent there even better was that the people actually had some very good questions. There was confusion in their minds about Mohammed and the Bible. They had been taught that John 1:27 (He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.) is being spoken by Jesus, not by John. Thus giving the impression that Jesus said someone, Aka Mohammed, would come and be greater than Him! Also in John 14:16 (And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;) they have been taught that Jesus is referring to Mohammed coming. Good question Brother David asked “Is Mohammed still alive?” Answer of course is no! Then he is not the Comforter, because the Comforter will remain forever! I enjoyed working with Brother David, he knows a lot of Bible and of course is able to explain it in a manner that will be understood culturally.
Soon it was time of the 5 ½ mile walk back to the truck, over the rocks, and pits, through the river etc. It was a little tough going on this Flat land Florida girl, but I loved it!! And it was well worth it to shared the Gospel with the villages.
What a thrill getting to spend 2 days sharing and observing the Gospel being shared with people, many of which had not heard it presented so clearly before! It is amazing to watch God at work in the lives of the people of Sierra Leone!
It is often difficult to get pictures to send through the internet, but they will be posted at some point on my blog.
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him;
and he shall bring it to pass.
Aimée Noelle
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