Jul. 27, 2007 - A Door Opens...

Witnessing in this country in Asia is difficult.  You can't talk to people in a group, because one of them might report you and out you go - if you are a foreigner, if you are a native, in you go - to prison!  You have to be very cautious in who you talk to in order to either maintain anonymity or to establish enough relationship that you know it is safe.  Relying on the leading of the Holy Spirit is very important.  Number One Son had a great opportunity today that he reports by a secure channel:

"Get this--I got to spend the whole trip home tonight witnessing to someone.  I pulled out my laptop and fired up my music.  Normally I do this with headphones, but I hadn't hauled them out yet.  And he was OK with it, so I just played it on speakers.  A while down the way, I thought--let me tell him it's Christian music. So I got out my dictionary.  And figured out how to say that.  I followed it with 'I am a Christian.'  He replied that his mother and father were Christians!  When I asked him whether he was religious, he said no, but he told me about them.  Does he speak english then?  No--all in this language.  With the help of Langenscheidt's!  [Dictionary]  Anyrate, I ended up telling him that I listened to this music when I was sad, and played one song.  And then when I am happy, this song.  It was somewhere in here that we got delayed where we usually have clear sailing -- I figured that is typically known as a signal:  ...slow...   making the trip longer.  So I kept going, and eventually figured out how to tell him that this music praises and worships Jesus, and I sing, I am praising Jesus.  [Son says, "I love Lord Jesus" in the local language here.]  About then we got back to my neighborhood -- it took a while to figure out much of this in Langenscheidt's.  Oh, and I told him some other things-- [Son said the rest in the local language and Honorable Mother's translation skills are not up to getting it right for you - I do know it was about the Lord's love for us.]  This man is always glad to help, very friendly, never irritable, even when I try his patience].  He's the one that originally showed me about getting around.  He's about as close to a friend as one can get if you share <200 words  We've tried some linguistic explorations before, but this is far beyond.  Well, I was praying the whole way, especially after he said his mother and father were Christians.  We've added a significant number of words to the netlanguage between us!  Thanks and keep praying.

Jul. 27, 2007 - Praise the LORD!

Jul. 27, 2007 - Inspiration