We received the following text message (translated from Manubu’) on our cell phone a few days ago: "Good morning, older brother. In the middle of the night while I was sleeping there was a large rat which bit me on the foot and I bled. And now while I am translating lessons a snake approached me and wound up around my leg. Maybe Satan is angry because there is a group of children and young men who have asked to be taught (the evangelistic phase of the teaching) starting this evening."
The message came from Dikung who is translating our teaching material into Cebuano which is the language of the non-tribal people here in our part of the Philippines. PRAY for him as he is not only working his farm and translating our lessons but is also teaching them to fellow Cebuanos – and more and more people are wanting to be taught. As the lessons are chronological starting from Gen 1:1 every new group has to start at the beginning so he has a number of groups going. There is a Cebuano man who was saved a few years ago through Dikung’s teaching who now wants to learn to teach and help Dikung. We don’t yet know his name, but please PRAY that he’ll become a skilled teacher and faithful teacher. Isn’t it exciting that more and more unsaved Cebuanos are wanting to taught?
We’ve asked you to pray for Tu-tu’ and Duan, the two young men Piduy has been teaching the evangelistic phase of the teaching. After completing that phase, two of the other Bible teachers questioned them, even asking trick questions to see if they understand. They answered everything correctly (of course only God knows if they believe what they understand). Please continue to PRAY that they will become strong servants of the Lord. They have now started listening to the second phase of the teaching which takes them through again from Gen 1:1 to the accession tieing all the types of the Savior and God’s plan of salvation to Christ. The purpose of this phase is to solidify their understanding that eternal salvation is by "grace through faith and not of works."
Now you’re probably wondering about the saber. The Saber is an MP3 player that is battery powered. The battery can be charged or the Saber can be operated via AC or DC adapter, a solar panel, by flashlight batteries in a holder attached to the Saber or by turning a crank. It will last 10 hours on one battery charge.
Piduy is in the process of recording the 42 lessons of the evangelistic phase and the 22 lessons of the next phase onto an MP3 recorder. Carol is editing the recordings on her computer with an audio editor – a VERY long job. Then the lessons will be transferred to the Saber. There are already two older men who don’t know how to read and at their ages are not likely to learn who are eagerly awaiting the completion of the recordings so they can use the Saber to teach unsaved relatives. One of the men taught his family years ago using a hand crank tape player and lessons on tape we provided for him.
We have bought one Saber and have another one on order. We would like to have a number of them not only so older men who can’t read can teach the evangelistic phase, but also to leave with the people they are teaching so they can listen to the lessons over and over again. We would also like to make Sabers available for believers who can’t read so they can listen to scripture. Please PRAY for this project and the need for more Sabers. You can see the Sabers at globalrecordings.net.
Thanks for praying. Hope you are as excited as we are about what God is doing here.