Women and children

Pictures
     Mothers:
1. Ko Meh and Neh Meh practicing retelling a story from the life of Christ
     Daughters:
2. Kho Meh, Pleh Meh and Mi Meh (and younger siblings) practicing a new story to share with the women
3. Nga Meh and Neh Meh practicing
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Pray for 6 Karenni women, Klaw Meh, Kho Meh, Lu Meh, Pray Meh, Ko Meh, and Neh Meh, growing believers at Los Arcos. None of them speak English nor are able to read in their own language, and there is no complete audio bible in their tribal dialect. Needless to say, feeding them with the word is somewhat challenging.

We've almost completed loading some oral stories in their language and the entire New Testament in a dialect similar to theirs onto mp3 players. In the mean time, their daughters have been helping them by sharing bible stories in pictures, learning to read the story in English and simplify it while still maintaining accuracy.

Two nights ago the girls spent 2 hours preparing and practicing a story from the last supper where Jesus says "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." They chose this story to help their mothers and neighbors understand that Jesus is the only way, as some of them are still wrestling with Catholic/Christian conflicts and animistic practices of their cultures.

It's easy for us to judge them for this, though we often seek job security, technology, or self help philosophies in the same way. Only by the mercy of God do we learn to depend solely on Christ.

»»Please pray for the girls, Kho, Nga, Mi, Neh, Pleh, as they go out in pairs to teach this story this week, that they will be filled with the Spirit and be able to set an example for these women.

»»Pray also for the women, that God will help them to understand the truth of Christ more deeply and be willing to give up all others for him.