MEHANNA ROAD

Post by Dave Adcox (June/July 2009 Trip - Village K)

On Tuesday, 6/30, we spent part of the day looking for people in Village K with whom we could share the Bible stories, but found few because of the work in the fields. Later in the afternoon, we returned to the school where Abdrouman and I spoke with "Paul" at the school about the gospel. Paul said that he needed to understand more about Jesus because the children in school often asked about the BC/AD division of history. This offered an ideal entry into a discussion of how Jesus was central to all of human history and why He is so central. We gave Paul a French New Testament, a tape with stories from Songhai believers, a set of the John tapes, and a video cassette of the Jesus film in Zarma. He said he had read the New Testament in the past with a nurse who worked in Village K and had gone to university in Niamey next to a church where he also read some of the New Testament.    "Paul", in Village K  

Near the end of the discussion, I asked him what he thought about Jesus and the truth of His claims. He said that he believed that love was very important and that he would need to think more about our discussion. Abdrouman said that this was typical of initial discussions with Songhai about the gospel, and that he and Loualy would follow up with further discussions.