MAY 2017 WOMEN ON MISSION
A Missionary’s Story
from Mission Mosaic Magazine
David Petro
Zambia
David Petro was in a new area of Zambia the day he met a man named Zulu.
“He asked us to pray for him, that the evil spirits that prevented him from going to church would leave him. We prayed with him, and a few days later he prayed to receive Christ,” David said.
“When the small church there started meeting in the school a couple of weeks later, he was there with his whole family wanting to learn more about the Bible.”
Zulu’s struggle to get God isn’t uncommon there, he said. “Ancestor worship and witchcraft are prevalent here, and the people are enslaved to it. They live in constant fear of someone ‘witching’ them or being cursed by a dead ancestor who is not happy with them. There is a lot of pressure on believers here by their families to participate in witchcraft to please their ancestors.”
Because of that, it is hard for believers to break away from their culture and trust Christ fully, David said.
But even though they are slow to choose Christ, they are open to hearing the gospel– and some like Zulu are choosing to walk away.
David asked for prayer to know whom God wants him to pour into. “Please pray for wisdom of where to invest my time and efforts. Many people are open to the gospel, but few are ready to truly give their life to Christ,” he said. “It can be difficult to know who is serious about pursuing the Lord and those who are just saying they want to.”
Women on Mission will meet Monday, May 8th at 6:00 p.m. at the church. All our ladies are invited to be with us.