  Home click to enlarge I think God is knocking on my door J.T. and I visited a husband and wife who had already received visits and had been prayed for by church members. When we got to the home and talked to the couple, the husband said that it was no coincidence we were in his home and that he felt like God was knocking on his door. J.T. has been taking the lead in the visitations. He was getting ready to have a time of invitation, but he didn’t. I was confused. My interpreter, who knew me well by this time, tapped my leg and whispered, “Do you want to say Read More  click to enlarge The Most Important Gift Our host home was not a Christian family. After a week of comings and goings, expressing joy and praise to the Lord, openly praying for each member of the family, I shared with our hostess the real reason for our presence. I told here that we were in Ukraine for more than sightseeing and buying gifts and souvenirs, but we had come to share the most important gift-the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. I may never know this side of heaven what decision she made, but I am grateful for the opportunity to share the love of Christ. Read More  click to enlarge Joy of the Lord On Wednesday I went to the village of Lukonkhowe, about 15 km from Dobola Baptist, which is 25 km from Mzuzu. Two families would walk 8 miles every Sunday to go to church. The pastor wanted us to go and share in this area to see if a new church could be started. We traveled by bus and it was slow and bumpy, hardly any road. We arrived and shared with about 20 people under a tree, and it started to rain. We moved into a tobacco house. After I finished with the gospel about 10 pray to receive Christ. Read More  click to enlarge “Thank you for bringing Jesus to us.” We went to one village where no one could speak English, and they could not read or write. We shared the Gospel and everyone who heard accepted Jesus. An older woman pulled me aside and said as clear as day, “You could have brought us a billion dollars and it would not help us at all. The best gift you could have brought us is Jesus. Thank you for bringing Jesus to us.” I gave her a hug and said, “I gave you the best that I have.” Read More  click to enlarge “What took you so long to get to us? Today, the people of Malawi are open to hearing about Jesus. This story is from a project a few years ago in Malawi, and it will remind you of the need to go and share.
The pastor of a small church in Malawi told the team today they would be going to a big village. After walking two hours, the team topped a hill to see mud brick huts with grass roofs stretched out as far as they could see! First stop was to the village chief to ask for his permission to tell the story of Jesus in this village. Stephen shared his testimony and God’s plan of salvation. As it was translated, the chief listened intently and big tears began to roll down his face. When Stephen asked the chief if he was willing to call on God in a prayer to forgive his sins and be his savior, the chief said, “No, everyone in my village needs to hear this story; I will call them all to come.”
He went outside and began to beat on a metal ring hung in a tree that signaled for the entire village to come for a meeting. Soon, over 400 people gathered, and most were very frightened as they had never seen a white man. The chief said, “This white man has the greatest story I have ever heard. Listen to what he says.” The team member repeated his testimony and God’s plan of salvation. The pastor translated, yelling as loud as he could so all could hear. When those who were listening were asked who wanted to pray, it appeared that every single person raised their hand. As they prayed out loud for forgiveness and to receive salvation, it was quite a roar and totally awesome to hear! Those on the team said they would never forget it.
Afterwards, the chief asked Stephen, “How long ago did this Jesus man die on the cross?” Stephen responded, “It has been 2000 years.” The chief then had this very astonished look on his face and then he asked, “What took you so long to get to us?”
Stephen wrote, “I didn’t have a good answer. My heart was broken as I realized that Christians have not done all they can do to take the gospel around the world! How many more villages exist that have never heard of Jesus? How many people will die never hearing the Good News? How many people are just waiting for someone to tell them about Jesus?”
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