Mama N
I sat and listened as Mama F and Mama N chatted away in Kimwani about the news. One of the news items here is about COVID-19, but it has no direct affect on the lives of the people yet, therefore news is more along the lines of the most recent attack from the terrorist group north of here, who in the neighborhood is sick with Malaria, or what the monkeys stole from the garden.
Mama N changed the topic and asked Mama F for help her with her little radio. She went inside the house to get it and came out with her two month old baby who had just woken up. As Mama N fed the baby, Mama F began to look at the radio (Audio Bible in Kimwani).
Mama F showed Mama N how to get the radio back to the beginning (Matthew 1) and we started listening to the genealogy of Jesus. In the pause between chapter 1 and chapter 2, Mama F told Mama N to pay special attention when she listened to the radio so she could learn from it. I was happy to sit back and listen to Mama F share with another Mwani lady about the Bible.
Towards the end of our visit, I invited Mama N to the next Mwani gathering on April 4. I told her it was for anyone interested in learning more about what the radio talks about. She was very interested and asked Mama F more about it. Mama F, not yet a believer but seeking to understand the Truth, explained more about it.
As Mama F and I got up to leave I used the typical goodbye "mpaka siku nyengine" "until another day," but Mama F excitedly said "mpaka April 4" and Mama N responded with a grin on her face "mpaka April 4.
It warmed my heart to hear these ladies so excited about the next Mwani gathering where they will learn more about who Jesus is. It also blew me away that God used Mama F, not yet a believer, to share what He is teaching her and cause excitement and curiosity in our new friend, Mama N, while I had a side-line seat.
Mama N changed the topic and asked Mama F for help her with her little radio. She went inside the house to get it and came out with her two month old baby who had just woken up. As Mama N fed the baby, Mama F began to look at the radio (Audio Bible in Kimwani).
Mama F showed Mama N how to get the radio back to the beginning (Matthew 1) and we started listening to the genealogy of Jesus. In the pause between chapter 1 and chapter 2, Mama F told Mama N to pay special attention when she listened to the radio so she could learn from it. I was happy to sit back and listen to Mama F share with another Mwani lady about the Bible.
Mama N happily listening to the audio Bible, hungry to understand it's message. Her two month old baby girl sleeping on her lap.
Towards the end of our visit, I invited Mama N to the next Mwani gathering on April 4. I told her it was for anyone interested in learning more about what the radio talks about. She was very interested and asked Mama F more about it. Mama F, not yet a believer but seeking to understand the Truth, explained more about it.
As Mama F and I got up to leave I used the typical goodbye "mpaka siku nyengine" "until another day," but Mama F excitedly said "mpaka April 4" and Mama N responded with a grin on her face "mpaka April 4.
It warmed my heart to hear these ladies so excited about the next Mwani gathering where they will learn more about who Jesus is. It also blew me away that God used Mama F, not yet a believer, to share what He is teaching her and cause excitement and curiosity in our new friend, Mama N, while I had a side-line seat.
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