Bible Storying

John is doing much better, thank you! He has finally come back to life. He thanks you ALL for your concern and prayers. At one point he told me he thought he had encaphalytis. :) Obviously, he didn't, but that lets you know how sick he was.

I spent Friday night and Saturday morning at an IMB training conference. We were learning, or re-learning, how to "story" the Bible to illiterate people groups. It is a different, but highly effective (at least we are told), way to reach people who cannot read and have not heard the truth of the Bible. We "orally" story the Bible from creation to Genesis. This can take days, weeks or months depending on the approach that is used. The end goal is so that new-testament house churches will be planted with Believers who desire to obey Christ in all areas and then go out to reach other people. The two days reminded me why we are learning Spanish and what the end goal is. Espanol is just a means to the end. God has ignited a fire in our hearts to share Christ with the people of the world. We think that storying is a unique way in which we can do this.

I was also reminded to start "sharing" NOW! Don't wait until we get to Peru! I was thinking that there will always be a reason to wait - language study, sickness, homeschooling, etc....But now is the time. Please pray for us! Please pray that God will bring a multitude of opportunities our way to speak and share of Christ. Please pray we will recognize these opportunities and that we will seize them.