Five years ago, while we were living right here on sight in tents while building our mud and stick house, Chabane was one of our most enthusiastic helpers. A church group that came to help us with the building, named him “Swart Hand” (meaning Black Hand in Afrikaans), since his hands often were black from the mud that we used to build. 🙂 “Black Hand” became one of Francois’s first language helpers and here, on this picture, he is reading the Word of God in his own language…
Sometimes we are overwhelmed when we look back at the long way we have come. We are so very thankful to finally be able to share in the Mwinika heart language who God is, and who the Redeemer is that He sent – for them also – more than 2000 years ago.
Today during the teaching, a local religious leader who has not been very faithful in coming (and therefore has many gabs in his understanding), was very vocal in explaining that his religion “has it all” and follows all the rules needed to satisfy the Holy God. Chabane was one of the first to tell him in no uncertain terms:
“You don’t know what you’re are talking about! It is better that you keep quiet and listen to the lessons you missed on the machine (Mp3 player).”
Someone else said: “As long as you think you can do it in your own power, you cannot be saved! You can never satisfy God with your rules!”
Yes, there are Mwinika who are starting to understand! Praise God!