We are spending Monday through Thursday working with pastors and Bible women teaching them how to relay the Word of God by telling the stories from the Bible. The objective is to take the stories and teach them to people in the congregations. These people will then learn the stories, the truths they contain and teach them to their neighbors. Because many of the people are illiterate, this is a way that the normal person can share Jesus with their friends.
A teaching team from Simply the Story is working along side of Pastor Kevin Olson helping him teach this concept. The team is from India. Therefore, they find if very easy to communicate the idea to the students.
First they read the story, try to tell it to themselves without looking at their Bible, then they review to make sure they didn’t add or subtract anything. They then develop questions to ask the hearers so that they can engage their minds as they think about the story.
We will be leaving the Chiralla area early Thursday morning and will be traveling on to Uganda. We will arrive at the Jore’s early in the morning on Saturday. Saturday morning we will go out into the village to observe Nate teaching.
Prayer Requests
- God would work through the telling of His Word in story form
- This new way of bringing the message will be an effective way of bringing the Gospel
- Traveling mercy as Kevin Olson returns to the US and Elden Nelson, Lyle Mattson and Del Palmer travel to Uganda
- We will be able to rest as we travel without going to bed
- God would lead in sensitive meetings in Uganda
