The rest of the story of Samuel
Go to the document below, "Samuel's Testimony" first as this is the second part/
Samuel had been dead for 15 years in the eyes of his family. When he had become a Christian his father disowned him as a son and vowed to never speak to him again.
I asked Samuel to contact me when he graduated from Bible school and was ready to go back to his home villiage to minister. He contacted me in the summer of 1994 and told me that he wanted to start a church in Nairobi and make trips into Muslim territory to minister.
A friend of mine had asked me to recommend someone in Africa who needed some monitary help to set up a ministry. I put the two together and Samuel began to receive support from our friend.
In the fall of 1995 I received an e-mail from Samuel telling me that he had recently made a trip to his hometown to hold a weekend seminar to strengthen any Christians who would come and preach the gospel to the non-Christians.
The results of the weekend were nothing short of fantastic. Several Christians came to be ministered to and to rededicate their lives to living for Jesus.
During the weekend one person came forward to receive Jesus as their Savior, this is where it gets good, that person was Samuel's father. Samuel had not seen his father for 15 years. Can you imagine the high excitement when he saw his Father receive Jesus.
Samuel's father was a Muslim leader in the villiage and had over 30 families under him as their leader.
Samuel's father now holds classes in his home on Sundays, but he is not teaching Muslim law, he is teaching them from the Bible.
The following is from a weekly update dalled "Friday Fax."
"Africa is more open for the gospel than it has ever been,"
> reports DAWN Africa Coordinator Danie Vermeulen. "Thousands
> of Muslims are finding Christ, and some of the most exciting
> church planting movements are among Muslims. Civil wars, AIDS
> and political repression are other factors leading growing
> numbers to open for the gospel..."
These are exciting times for us Christians as we are going to see the "Spirit poured out upon all flesh," (Joel 2:28) as we have never seen it since the days of the "Book of Acts."
Keep the faith brothers and sisters.
Go to the document below, "Samuel's Testimony" first as this is the second part/
Samuel had been dead for 15 years in the eyes of his family. When he had become a Christian his father disowned him as a son and vowed to never speak to him again.
I asked Samuel to contact me when he graduated from Bible school and was ready to go back to his home villiage to minister. He contacted me in the summer of 1994 and told me that he wanted to start a church in Nairobi and make trips into Muslim territory to minister.
A friend of mine had asked me to recommend someone in Africa who needed some monitary help to set up a ministry. I put the two together and Samuel began to receive support from our friend.
In the fall of 1995 I received an e-mail from Samuel telling me that he had recently made a trip to his hometown to hold a weekend seminar to strengthen any Christians who would come and preach the gospel to the non-Christians.
The results of the weekend were nothing short of fantastic. Several Christians came to be ministered to and to rededicate their lives to living for Jesus.
During the weekend one person came forward to receive Jesus as their Savior, this is where it gets good, that person was Samuel's father. Samuel had not seen his father for 15 years. Can you imagine the high excitement when he saw his Father receive Jesus.
Samuel's father was a Muslim leader in the villiage and had over 30 families under him as their leader.
Samuel's father now holds classes in his home on Sundays, but he is not teaching Muslim law, he is teaching them from the Bible.
The following is from a weekly update dalled "Friday Fax."
"Africa is more open for the gospel than it has ever been,"
> reports DAWN Africa Coordinator Danie Vermeulen. "Thousands
> of Muslims are finding Christ, and some of the most exciting
> church planting movements are among Muslims. Civil wars, AIDS
> and political repression are other factors leading growing
> numbers to open for the gospel..."
These are exciting times for us Christians as we are going to see the "Spirit poured out upon all flesh," (Joel 2:28) as we have never seen it since the days of the "Book of Acts."
Keep the faith brothers and sisters.
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