Sometimes communion says a whole lot about communion.
Interest in God has increased recently as flooding has impacted Ese Ejja communities. Some have come to faith in Christ, including Huajojo.
“Huajojo has lived a life of drinking, stealing other´s wives, and was very closed to the Gospel,” missionaries Mike and Cher Riepma wrote. “He has always been very critical of our work and accused us of having ulterior motives.”
But something happened after one of the village’s drunken parties. Huajojo and his wife felt very empty, and thought, “There has to be more to life than this.” They came and talked with Mike and Cher.
“It was so clear God was working and lifting the blindness and they were responding to the light God was giving. I could feel the sense of relief he felt knowing God had forgiven all his sins,” the couple wrote.
The following Sunday the church served communion, and Huajojo was there with his wife. Years earlier, Huajojo had run off with the wife of Jairo, who is now a leader in the Ese Ejja church. And now it was Jairo who presented the elements to Huajojo.
Jairo had been devastated and hurt, so Mike asked him afterward if he was bitter.
“No,” Jairo replied. “I am very happy for them to have finally accepted Christ.”
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