Last Friday my Uncle took my two cousins, Bethany, a visitor from
Zambia named Baruch and I on a trip to the third largest canyon in the
world - Blyde River Canyon, as well as several other beautiful spots.
On the three hour drive there I watched as the magnificent mountains
whose tops were covered by the clouds alternating with deep valleys
went past the window of the kombi( van). Hundreds of villages with
hundreds more huts and shacks
housing hundreds more people nestled within the valleys and up the
mountain sides.
How many of these people have never heard of the Gospel and still
worship their ancestors? Sadly, the answer is most of them. It is
impossible for one missionary to go to each of these villages within
his lifetime, however, God wants to use the hand of the believer to
reach the heart of the lost, so that is why my Uncle and his family's
ministry is concentrated on handing out Gospel booklets wherever they
can. Many of these people who they meet in town will travel back to
their own villages, and will take the Gospel literature with them,
this is the way the Gospel is spread faster and farther. After doing
some sight seeing, we went to some very busy downtown areas including
a taxi rink, and handed out close to 600 Gospel booklets. It's still
difficult to get by with only a few Sotho words, but I'm learning.
Besides, it's probably better not to know some of the things the
African guys are calling out to you as you try to give them the
booklets.
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