There is a Pentecostal group here in Namalu. At least 80 young people, from the States and Sweden. They are holding prayer meetings, there is singing and skits of Jesus being crucified. They are calling this the "signs and Wonders" presentation. They are telling local pastors that if they are willing to believe all that they are being told they will have dreams from God, that their lives will be great and they will not have problems anymore. They are traveling around in nice buses and they want absolutely nothing to do with any other white people in the area. Rumor has it that they have been instructed to stay away from us.

One of the buses stopped in the drive way to the clinic. They looked like they were lost. I went over and asked if there was something I could help them with. Not one of the white ones would even talk to me and they spoke English. They were saying I was one of the ones in Namalu on Weds. at the market. The driver told me they were trying to get to the school up the road and I told him it had been raining for the last week and it was muddy. And that all the roads would be muddy. He thanked me and rolled his window up in my face. So I turned around and left.

This is a sad thing. We are all here for the same purpose...to spread the word, share the Gospel with all those in the area. Working together to glorify the name of God!!!

It was very evident in Namalu this week that there is division between the groups. One of our visitors was drawing a map in the dirt trying to show some people the distance between the States and Sweden and where everyone was from. People came up behind us and were saying "they are trying to disprove these ones!" I turned to them and explained that we were just drawing a map to show where we all were from. That drew a bigger crowd than the play that was being presented did!!

Pray for what is being presented to the area by this group and for us as we stay focused on our work and try not to be distracted by these events. Pray that our Word is being trusted as the True Word and that all we have accomplished will not be destroyed by outside influences. And pray for these ones who have come, pray that the words they speak would be words of God!

~Kris