Other people to pray for...with a big praise

This is the Banse family. They are a Bissa family in the non-loti with whom we've been sharing alot. We've shared stories on tape, had the children over for the Jesus film, and tried to discuss some with them (though our Bissa is bad and they speak the dialect we don't know). Since our communication is not so clear, we can never really know what kind of impact we're having on people without someone to translate. On Saturday, our friend Rodolphe, a Bissa believer who is also a Banse, went with us to greet the family and talk with the boys about what we've shared with them. After speaking with the oldest son Hamado for a while, Rodophe said, and quite calmly, "Okay, he says that he is ready to pray to follow Jesus." WHAT!?! Hallelujah! So we left from there to go to the Christian bookstore downtown to buy a French Bible and also a book on following Jesus and one titled "Me, the Son of an Imam" because the Banse family is very entrenched in Islam.

Below are picture of me with the whole of the family. Hamado is the one holding the books. Pray that he would be truly good soil, that his profession of faith would be sincere, that he would read and be encouraged and filled with passion by God's word, and that he would be discipled and led to baptism and the church. Also pray that he would be an influence on the other boys of the family and the family as a whole. The boys' names are Sharif, Omar, Abdul Kaduz, and Elias. The girls' names are Acetu, Azarato, Awa, and, of course, Naana (mom) whose name I don't know because it would be inappropriate to ask. Pray that the Lord turns the family by His grace to all know and serve him.



















P.S. Notice the bunny in picture 1 and notice Naana Banse's arm around me with smile in picture 2