One day a man and his little brother were out fishing. They caught so many fish that their boat was completely full. Then, an enourmas shark came circling their boat, so they thought “we better give it all of our fish so it will be full and not want to eat us.” They threw it all the fish in their boat, but the great shark ate all the fish and continued to circle them. So the little brother said to the big brother, “You have to kill me and throw by body to the big shark or we will both die. “ The big brother said, “No way, I could never throw you to the shark to be eaten.” But the little brother kept insisting, so the big brother took out his bush knife and cut off is brothers head and layed it in the boat and threw his body to the great shark. The shark devoured him and was not hungry anymore and swam away. When the big brother came to the shore he cried and whaled over what had happened to his brother, and he barried his brother’s head in the sand. Then he went and told all of his family what had happened. Several weeks later he went to play with his children down by the shore again and he saw something growing up from the ground. He thought, “What in the world is that.” Then he remembered…it was where he had buried his brother’s head. It was a small tree and as it grew, large round fruit grew from it. This is how the coconut came into existence.
Many people in Papua New Guniea are so blinded by the lies of Satan and so was my friend Katy before she heard “God’s Talk” as she calls it! She told me this story the other day and said this is what she used to believe before she placed her faith in Christ. Her grandparents told her this story and she believed it to be true. We have many other friends here who are steeped in these same lies. Please be praying for us as we build relationships with them and learn their language so that we can be the light in the Darkness.
Katy is the one the in dark blue shirt! Her and Agnes, the lady in the white shirt, became believers about 2 months ago. You can be praying for them that they would be a light to there family and friends here.