Mustard Seed Canada - Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Day 2, Thanksgiving Day [in the U.S.]
We drove 2 hours up a mountain, 7.5 km from Merapi, to a village steeped in animism. They chose not to leave their village, believing their area leader and their idols would protect them. The area leader “Keeper of the Volcano” died in the 1st eruption and their idols were not providing for them. Our team planned to do everything here as we did at the stadium except we had supplies to hand out, which included family packs, children packs and feminine packs. They were especially appreciative as the government supplies had not reached them since they stayed in the danger zone. Only 1 bag was left over after the distribution. Wow!
Fertile Soil.
After getting off the bus and walking up a steep hill to our distribution site we met three men. One was the pastor of a church with 8 families out of 169, the first believer in the village, and an older man with a bandana on his head, we will call Sam. We were led to the property where the pastor would like to build a kindergarten/church. Sam was so hospitable and friendly and we felt led to ask him our questions. After he gave his answers, we asked if he was Christian, he said “No, but if there was a church, I would come.” Miraculously, later in the day, we ended up back on that same property with Sam. We shared our stories with him, then asked a national worker to present the gospel in his native tongue. As the worker shared, Sam slowly unwrapped his bandana and placed it around his neck. We later discovered he was the village spiritual leader of a Javanese mysticism sect. Removing his bandana signified renouncing his position in order to surrender to Jesus. After he prayed to receive Christ, we encouraged him to tell his pastor of his decision. The local missionary gave us the opportunity to baptize this new believer right away in a large tub of water in a village home. What a joyful time it was! And that is not all, another team member had shared with his wife and she also prayed to receive Christ and wanted to be baptized. The native worker then baptized her. What a glorious Thanksgiving Day! We found out 2 other people from that village became believers that day as well.
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