How Do You Pray?

A missionary colleague and I were attending a baby-naming ceremony when the conversation turned to a discussion of how Christians pray. We were sitting with a group of Fulbe women under a huge mango tree on mats while a few people started preparing for their 2:00 p.m. prayer time. One lady asked us, "How do you pray?" I replied that we can pray any way, place, or time, but she wanted to know the exact words that we use. I gave her several examples of prayer for our children, sick friends, and others, making it obvious that we communicate with our Holy God. Then my colleague, knowing that most Fulbe do not understand what they pray because it is in Arabic, asked the lady how she prayed. The lady did not know how to respond.

Please pray for these ladies to remember this conversation and understand that they also can have a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior.

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Amy Little
Fulbe/Futa Jalon Team
(FUL-bay/FOO-tuh jah-lone)

In 100+ degree heat, three believers sat outside the mosque in a small village and prayed for the people who had just answered the midday call to prayer. In the stifling West African heat, people knelt inside while others hurried to get in, kicking their shoes off as they approached the door. The call seemed particularly angry that day, almost as if the enemy sensed that Truth was being proclaimed in the village. "Lord, open their eyes! That man going in right now, he does not want to go! Break the enemy's hold on him!" one man prayed. "Lord, let this building one day be a church. Today it is a house of lies, but let the Truth be taught in it one day soon!" "Come quickly, Lord!" was the prayer of another. As the people quickly filed out after completing their required prayers, the three believers got up and continued to intercede as they walked back to where they were staying in the village. This is how the battle for souls is being waged in our part of West Africa. No big open-air meetings or large concerts, but heartfelt pleadings to the Father to rescue a lost people.

There is not one known believer in this village. Please pray that a Chronological Bible Storying group can be started in this village so that the people will realize that all roads don't lead to heaven; only One does.

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Stephen Haber
Jula (JOO-luh) Team