This heartwarming story really excites us

The other day one of our former guards, Loriku came to see us. He is from Maasai land. More than 10 years ago he underwent some traumas. In 2012 he lost his wife and little son after a domestic accident. The wife sat in the cabin cooking with two of the kids. When the lamp ran out of petroleum she began filling it up again and as she did, it exploded in her hands. The fire lit her clothes and mother and son both died as a consequence of the accident. Only the daughter survived.

Loriku decided to remarry. He took not one wife but two wives. It is not unusual for Maasais to have several wives. He explained his decision by the fact that he would not risk being left alone with children again.

As the years went by he never considered becoming a Christian and he never wanted to talk about spiritual things. The Masaais are proud people and oftentimes they worship their ancestors.

But one day he came to our house with great news. He said, “Tabitha, I and my two wives and our children have decided to become Christians and we are all going to be baptized.” He smiled saying, “I understand your surprise, but it is true!” I got so excited, jumped, hugged him and wished him God’s blessings.

He had one wish: “Mama, can I have a Bible? I would like to read it to my family.” I got even more excited and ran to get two Bibles for him and the family. He was a real happy Masaai who left our house with his two Bibles under the arms.

Now they have all become members of the Lutheran church. All honor to God.

To us it is a miracle that shows us that to God nothing is impossible.

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 5473 [post_author] => 3 [post_date] => 2024-03-26 14:48:35 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-26 13:48:35 [post_content] => En masaipige ved navn Ruth Lucas, som går i Form 4 (Secondary school), bor sammen med sin mor og mormor her i Arusha. A Maasai girl by the name of Ruth Lucas who is in Form 4 (secondary school) lives with her mother and grandmother in Arusha. Faderen er forsvundet, og de har ingen kontakt haft med ham i flere år. Ruth er meget dygtig i skolen. Skolen, hun går på, har sponsoreret hendes skolegang, da de er så fattige. Af forskellige årsager er hendes skole netop blevet lukket, og Ruth har skullet ud og finde en anden skole. Moderen har ikke råd til at sende Ruth i en anden skole. Ruths bedstefar, som er masai, vil have Ruth tilbage til masailandet. Han mener, at en pige ikke skal tage en uddannelse, men i stedet følge masaiernes tradition for piger: at blive gift. Masaierne mener, at kun drengene skal have en uddannelse. Ruths mor fortalte, at Ruths morfar havde fået et tilbud fra en ældre, velhavende masai, der vil betale en meget stor brudepris i form af mange køer for at få Ruth. Ruth har været helt utrøstelig, for hun ønsker at fortsætte sin skolegang, få en uddannelse og selv vælge sin mand, når den tid kommer. Derfor kom moderen og Ruth til vores kontor for at bede om hjælp. I tro sendte vi Ruth på en god, kristen skole, hvor hun er meget glad for at være. Vi har fået en sponsor, der vil gøre hendes Form 4 færdig. Men Ruth ønsker at forsætte yderligere to år, så hun afslutter med en studentereksamen. Hvis der er nogen, som gerne vil hjælpe hende videre, så skriv til os eller send en gave til vores missionskonto. Pengene skal øremærkes ”Ruth”.

The father disappeared and they have had no contact with him for several years. Ruth is a bright girl in school. Her school decided to sponsor her schooling because they are really poor. For various reasons the school recently shut down and Ruth had to find another school. The mother cannot afford to send Ruth to another school. Ruth’s grandfather is a Maasai and he wants to have her back in Maasai land. He does not want a girl to get eductaed, but instead follow the Maasai traditions for girls: to be married. Maasais think that only boys should get educated. Ruth’s mother told me that Ruth’s grandfather had received an offer from an elderly, wealthy Maasai who wanted to pay a very large dowry in the form of many cows in order to marry Ruth. Ruth had been desperate because she wanted to stay in school, get her education and choose her husband when the time was ripe. For this reason the mother and Ruth came to our office asking for help. We trusted God and sent Ruth to a good, Christian school where she is thriving. We received a sponsor who will support her until Form 4 is completed. But Ruth wishes to continue for another two years and graduate from High School. If any of you would like to support Ruth for a few more years please write us or send a gift to our missions account. Please earmark it “Ruth”.

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