Caleb has been preaching recently from Mark 5 about the man with the demons in the cemetery. It's such a great passage to teach on since they are all too familiar with demons themselves. We have had some great conversations with them regarding the demonic force and how to turn from it. We explain to them that if they let go of this evil and turn to Christ the Holy Spirit will come to live in them and they will be shielded and protected from the demons coming to make camp inside them. Sad to say I believe there was a young girl in our village with a demon. She was "long, long" as they say in pidgin, meaning crazy. I would talk to her and at one point helped her with a sore on her hand that was literally eating away half of her flesh. The sad thing is that in October she drowned in the river. Reality check.... yes demons are real, and yes they want you dead. I was so heart broken by this, but have been using it as a teaching tool to others that they do not have to fear this if they turn to Christ.
On another note, 2:45am Caleb and I were woken up to our names being called outside. It was like a weird dream, for you heard your name being called but there was no knock at the door or anything, just this faint whisper. We both jumped out of bed thinking that there must be something no good happening for why would they wake us up. My heart always starts to pump that adrenaline and get me ready for the fight or flight of what is coming. When we turned on the light and walked outside there was Elsi and Simoi holding a bamboo torch and telling us that MORE FUEL WAS STOLEN. Yup you heard me if it wasn't enough to to steal 15 gallons before they had to steal another 15 gallons~ oh I was so mad. You see two days before we took down the motor house because obviously it was too easy to break into to steal. So we took it down and Simoi was going to build a bigger and better one. We had the fuel in 55gallon drums on the grass next to his house not thinking at all that someone would dare steal it again and out in the open like that. YUP, we were wrong. We know its an inside job and one of our Moka people stole it. We now have a court order out for them since no one will tell us who did it. I feel like screaming and crying at the same time. I mean I told them we help you, care for you and share the Word of God with you and this is how you treat us. I am not the first missionary nor the last and I know that many, many missionaries have gone through this as well as much worse.
Please pray for us
*that they will not continue to steal from us
*that they will be saved
*that the Lord will protect us and care for us.
*that our hearts will be in the right place!