A visit with a family

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Heading back up from the trail from the school, we visited the family that was so curious but shy. The father was very open and talkative, but the women and the children never quite became comfortable with us. They stayed in the area where we talked, but never really interacted with us. We started on a blanket out in the yard, but were then invited in the house for chai. If you looked at the pictures, you saw that we had to climb a ladder to get to the upstairs room.

We shared the plan of salvation with the family. The father dialogued and said he believes in one God too, but that He has many names, like Shiva, Hare Krishna, etc. Please pray that he will soon understand about our one TRUE God and that he will not just add our God to his gods, but that he would surrender his life to God. Despite our differences in beliefs, he was very thankful for our visit and asked us to share more from the Bible with them, so we did. We also left Bibles and the music as well.

The man told us he was 75 and was proud that he could still farm and carry loads up and down mountain. Before we left, we prayed with the family. Kasey Jo and I had left our head coverings down on the blanket, so we asked permission to use a blanket off the bed instead and huddled together underneath it during the prayer...they probably think we are a bit strange!

Because we had spent so much time with this family and had a far way to go to reach the other homes and our ride back, we decided to move on and not visit with the other small cluster of homes nearby in hopes that those who were in the room with us would share our stories and gifts with them. Please pray that there are many conversations among these neighbors about our God and His Word.

This family, like many families, had a shrine for their family god (it's the concrete pyramid shape in the pictures). Please pray that this shrine would be torn down and that this family will worship only the one true God.