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News from The Forgotten Africa - March 2010 |
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Written by The Forgotten Africa
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News from The Forgotten Africa
March 2010 |
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A Garden for the Witch
Dear Praying Friends,
The Lord works in mysterious ways! This past week we had a couple of farmers and a pastor come work with us in a quilombo named Raimundo, in the state of Maranhao. The second morning of our work there we had planned to help a young family plant a garden behind their home. Well, the young family for whom we were to plant a garden was not home. Instead, we ran into a young quilombola man named, Roberto, who is well known for his drug use. We mentioned to him the possibility of us planting a garden in his family's backyard, and he told us that he would like for us to do so. We had no idea that Roberto was a son of the witch, named Orlanda, in this quilombo. As we started to work, Roberto recruited another worker, who is known as "Head". He just so happens to be the apprentice and a common law son-in-law of the witch. The two young men worked very hard with us in planting this garden. We shared the gospel with Head, the apprentice of the witch. He was not willing to pray to receive Christ but told us that he wanted to change his religion.
Pray that Head will turn his life over to the Lord. Also pray that the Lord will bless the output of this garden in such a way that it will touch the heart of the witch and her apprentice to help them understand that there is no God, except "The Almighty God". Your prayers are the wind beneath our wings. Keith and Deborah Jefferson
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Christa, Keith, and Deborah saying goodbye at the airport. Feb 2010
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