Testimonies

From a pastor with the PAG in Kenya:

“I have been ministering in the church for the past twenty years, and I have pastored various churches all over Kenya. Last year was my turning point in sharing the Word of God.

When we were called for the pastors’ conference, we were re-commissioned afresh and given booklets to use in our teachings. Lesson One seemed to me like a Sunday kids’ program, but because it was a command from above, I had to obey and follow the teachings lesson by lesson.

To my surprise, by the time we were in Lesson Five, the church showed more interest in the lessons. I started to take interest as a teacher to also learn from what I was teaching. By the time we were in Lesson Ten, I had now understood why the church was keen with the lessons. The lessons were simple with the very truths that I have been teaching, but using my theology and not the Bible.

The church began to grow. Most people who were home started coming back to church. I speak of a church that had 70 people, but we now have 230 members every Sunday.

These books I now call the ‘The 68 nuggets of life.’ I used to tell people to repent from sin, but I never gave them the history of sin from creation. They now know from the lessons. From the 68 lessons, there were 110 people who gave their lives to Christ and are now in church. These lessons have humbled me to know that the Word of God is God Himself. After every lesson I ask where I am in this.

We have started the book of Acts. I have made 300 copies now and am telling you that this is another eye opener. We are now learning who the Helper really is, God the Holy Spirit. My prayer is that God will bring more to the light of the truth through these books. I thank the mission for these. My pastoring now has a meaning to me and my congregation.”

From the Maasai: Most of the men in our village have been employed as guards after they lost most of their animals to the drought. They work daily, yet they are not respected because many cannot read. Here is a testimony from one of them.

“My name is Peteti and I have been working as a guard for years. My boss has never respected me because he knew that I could not read. Every time when I asked for a salary increase, he would just look at me and say I that don’t know how to read.

This hurt me very much and every day I prayed that God will come to my rescue. I went to church one day and the pastor introduced some Maasai booklets to us. As I am Maasai, I wanted to read them. I approached my pastor and he gave me one of the booklets.

I started to read and I understood all that was written. I couldn’t wait to show my boss that I could read. I took one of the booklets with me to my work. My boss would pass by and see me read, but he didn’t ask anything until he saw me with the second book.

He came to me and asked me what I was reading. I shared with him what I learned from the books about creation, the fall of man, and the love of God. He was shocked that I could tell him all that. I thank God that these booklets brought respect to me.

My boss has increased my salary. He now listens to me as I share the Bible stories with Him. These books are teaching me more about the Bible and I enjoy reading now.”

From the Maasai: “In our village we have had a lot of struggles with famine. We lost our cows when they were stolen, and we have had lots of pain for years. Every time we had an attack, we would meet and plan how to defend ourselves, but our secrets were always leaked. We did not know who was doing this.

Then we received something that brought us together as a village. We started to learn God’s word in our language.

As God through His Word had sent Noah to build an ark, God would send us a Savior who would set us free from everything. We prayed and God heard our prayers. It has rained and now we have planted and hoping to go forward.

During one of our meetings last year, one of us stood up in the meeting and said this

‘I do not want to be among those who rejected God and were washed away with the flood. I want to confess today. I have been behind all the robberies that have taken place in our village. I stole the animals and sold them in our neighboring village. Today I surrender to God. I have kept some of the money in my house. I will give it to the leader of the village, but please forgive me for the pain I caused.’

The booklets have made our village peaceful. We thank our pastor for this and now everyone enjoys reading the bible stories. No More fear!”

Working in northern Kenya and South Sudan:

“I write this to you with great hope and trust you are well in the Lord. It is with great joy that I write to you. We have had testimonies of the Lord’s working in all of the areas where we have taught the chronological lessons.

In the Kot area, South Sudan, thirty souls have come to believe in Christ. Five entire families have been transformed through these lessons. In the Leer area, South Sudan, after going through the lessons, there have been twelve rebels who have surrendered their souls to Christ, and surrendered their weapons to the authorities. Several Muslims have come to the knowledge of the truth.

I believe that the Lord would have us to go to new areas further north. We are planning for training in the Tondiak and Bentiu areas, which are mostly Islamic, as well as further south in the Bulbuong and Nasir areas.

We need your help with booklets. Please, one of our brothers is coming to Nairobi this month. Could you kindly prepare for us 500 copies of Arabic Arabic (lessons 1-20) and 500 copies of Nuer (lessons 1-20). Kindly confirm if it’s possible so that we might arrange for the transportation of the books. Help us to reach out more with the truth.”