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“These words can change one’s life,” our night guard told me. I had given him the Wolof radio programs on audio cassette several years ago to keep him company, but only recently did he start to take interest in them, listening to up to five a night.
I told him I will soon be able to give him a “radio” (digital audio player) holding a chip with those radio programs and the Wolof New Testament. Happily, the second shipment of the Megavoice players arrived. Our night guard is a typical example of why we are translating and recording stories into the national language. He is illiterate and has no access to the gospel except through audio media. He is Serer; his second language is Wolof. Seeing the Word of God birthing faith in him makes the effort and hardships encountered all worthwhile.
He also has an example in his relative for a life changed by the gospel. This woman, a daughter of a sorceress, was the first person Mary Anne Lattin led to Christ after our move to Diourbel in 1977. Neighbors who were opposed to the Diourbel church’s building near them came to her to be treated for conjunctivitis, cuts and headaches at the dispensary she operates out of her home. They note that her previous quick temper and harsh words have been replaced by gentleness.
When she prays, however, she is hardly gentle. Raising her voice, she grabs heaven by the collar and boldly claims the sufficiency of God and His faithfulness to fulfill His Word. She and her husband are also charter members of the Diourbel church. Praise God for how He is building His church.
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