God drawing Muslim hearts to Jesus - Tuesday update

I thought day 2 couldn’t beat day 1 but I was wrong.  Our small team stopped this morning by the side of the road & just made our selves available to any Ethiopians who wanted to talk.  The 1st guy that we saw was named Mohammed Mekoro & he invited us to his home just around the corner.  We went to his home & sat outside under a tree & met his wife, his brother & his wife & his mother & a bunch of kids.  I introduced myself & shared my personal testimony of life change.  I then shared the evangecube & talked about God’s plan of redemption through Jesus Christ.  Mohammed said that his wife used to be a Christian but since he was Muslim he made her conver to Islam.  After sharing the cube Mohammed said that this was a good story & he believed that it was true but that he was afraid because following Christ would mean persecution since this was a Muslim community.  I told him that I respected his decision but encouraged him to pray when he was alone & ask God if this message was true & that God would confirm it in his heart.  We then left his home & walked out to the road & started sharing with more people walking along the road.  I was surprised to see Mohammed follow along & continue to listen as we shared the gospel story with others.  As we were standing in the road sharing with people walking by, Mohammed would grab people & encourage them to stop & hear the story.  He did this over & over again for several hours & no one walked past us where he didn’t stop them & forcefully tell them to listen to what we had to say.  After 4 hours of this Mohammed pulled me aside & said that he wanted to pray to receive Christ!  Praise the Lord!!!  

 

I prayed with Mohammed & he repeated the sinners prayer & said that he wanted to meet with our disciplemakers to learn more about growing in Christ.  I am continually amazed how God works in someone’s heart to move them from spiritual death to eternal life.  Mohammed went from being afraid to follow Christ to courageously accepting Christ & boldly sharing Christ in just a couple hours.  

 

The team is so excited to see how God has been moving in the hearts of Muslims.  Our Ethiopian church partners are boldly sharing Christ with us & are so excited to see God move.  

Please continue to pray for:

•      Ethiopian hearts would be receptive to the message of the Gospel


•      New believers would stand up strong under persecution 

•      Continued unity between the North Americans and Ethiopian partners

•      Continued good health for North Americans 

•      Safety & good health for North American family members at home

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