Meeting a very religious man

Our first visit was at this man's house. He scurried right across those boards you see and invited us to follow. We were a bit hesitant. The second board was unstable, which meant we had the board and a water buffalo waiting below.

I was the first to head out. It was a definite tight squeeze. Since one of my teammate's shoulders were wider than both boards, it was decided that this was not the way to cross. I didn't know there was another way to get up, so I decided to head back. Because of my backpack, I could not even turn around! I had to carefully walk backwards to get back to solid ground.

I laughed when I realized there was a stairwell and that the team as a whole would be upstairs, so I could have just continued on with my journey on the plank!

The inside of the man's house was very neat and organized. He had lots of books that we were told were on various religions. There were also pictures of various gods. Here is one of them:

We began sharing with the man, but the conversation quickly became an animated discussion on religion between the man and our interpreter. We felt like we were at a tennis match trying to keep up with who was talking.

Please pray that this man's passion for study will continually send him back to God's word, and that His eyes will be opened to the truth of the gospel.

Pray that he will rid his home of all of the false gods and idols.