Of Storiers and Teachers

Recently, our partnership church, Old Fort Baptist, in Summerville SC, sent a team to work with us in the Engaresero area.  The plan was for the team to tell some Bible stories interwoven into discipleship teaching times that some of our Maasai team members would teach.  The stories would be interpreted from English into KiMaa but the teaching was in KiMaa only.

Three days of teaching were planned and proceeded well.  The Bible stories included tales of Samson, David, and some of David's mighty men such as Joseb, Eleazer, Abishai, and Beniah.  All these stories emphasized that these men could not have done any of their feats without God's power and enabling.

These Bible stories were interspersed with the discipleship teaching times.  The subjects presented were salvation, prayer, God's Word, victory over temptation, having a great testimony, working together with other Christians, loving other people of faith, living in peace, and obedience.   The teaching times were from 11 am to 2 pm and were well attended.  There were several question and answer times along with extended discussions of each subject.  Several people made professions of faith and a teaching time concerning baptism was presented.

After 3 days of teaching and 2 days of the Maasai Olympics, people met together for worship and then a time of worship and baptism was held at the local water source, a mountain river.  Our Maasai leaders baptized 25 new believers.  A few people located themselves downriver in case the baptism candidates lost their footing and proceeded on a small journey downstream.  Fortunately, this did not occur.

There is now a new church in Engaresero.

Our Maasai team members are going back there on a regular basis for more training and discipling new leaders.

So, Jesus' mighty Maasai men continue to work with their people to bring them into the kingdom.