Another Quick Story from Nkum...

In what I believe was the last village my group went out to visit while in Nkum, we saw some really encouraging things.

This village was one of the much bigger ones we had visited, relatively speaking, but less than 100 people or so; and they seemed relatively better off as well. Most of the people in this village we already believers in Christ (as were some of the other people we had encountered, who had been visited in years past). So we just decided to offer them some words of encouragement, or advice, or scripture or whatever came to mind. There were probably about 20 or so people listening intently and it was a great chance to build them up in their faith journey, since they don't often get the chance to hear things of this sort. So we probably spent about a half hour or so with different members of our team (both American and Ghanaian) sharing with them.

I (as well as some others in our group) noticed in particular this one older gentleman who was sitting towards the back of the group that was listening to us. He was frantically, intently, and eagerly taking notes of everything that each speaker was saying, making sure he got the reference for every verse or passage someone mentioned. It was a really neat sight to see.

And it stirred to mind Acts 17: 11, where it speaks of the Bereans being more noble than the Thesselonians because they not only recieved the message eagerly, but checked the Scriptures everyday to see if what Paul was saying was true. And that's exactly what this gentleman was doing on behalf of his village. Here were people who were not just eagerly receptive to whatever came out of our mouths, but they were genuinely interested in looking into it further, in double checking it, in talking about it more, and in taking it to heart. Their eager faith and desire for spiritual growth rooted in the Bible was truly impressive.


[P.S. I'm going to try also to not repeat any of the stories that Andrew is sharing so that you can get a bigger picture of things. He and I are staying with the same family, so we've spent like at least 90% of the trip together. So check out hios blog too for some of our other adventures and sights lol.]