3-Year-Old Missionary
Catalina cried the whole way. The wound hurt when her shirt touched it. Mom lifted her shirt, but the wound hurt when the wind blew against it. The cool wind that felt so nice on hot days didn’t feel so good now.
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“I Don’t Know Jesus”
“You foolish girl!” Mom cried, picking up a dry stick from the ground. “I’ll beat you!” Karuuparerue began crying and ran away. Mom didn’t chase or beat her. She just waved the stick in the air to show that she was very angry. Karuuparerue returned home with the water to help Mom make maize porridge for lunch.
Making It With God
Emmanuel had never seen Jesus with his eyes. He had never read the Bible with his eyes. But he was reading the Bible with his fingers, and he believed that Jesus loved him. He was baptized and promised to serve Jesus with his life. But would Jesus make his life a success?
Prayer of Faith
After the scare at her birth, Emmaculate seemed like a normal girl as she grew up in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. But when she was 3 years old, she began to have fits. Every once in a while, she would start to jump and couldn’t stop. As she jumped, she would bite her tongue. It hurt, but she still couldn’t stop. Then she would fall onto the ground and lay very still.
Singing With Soapsuds
The trouble with Mom started when Angel was transferred to an Adventist school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Mom hadn’t wanted Angel to study at the school. She had wanted the girl to go to a school that belonged to her church. But a friend of Dad had recommended the Adventist school, and Dad had insisted that Angel go there.
Refusing to Go to Church
Sibusiso didn’t want to go. He didn’t want to say goodbye to his friends. But he saw Mom’s face and knew that he couldn’t argue. He might be able to refuse to go to church on Sunday, but he couldn’t refuse to go to the Adventist school.
Power of an Invitation
Luccilla wanted to go to church again, and she waited for Abigail to invite her. But after church, Abigail didn’t say anything about going together the next Sabbath. Abigail didn’t say anything on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. By Wednesday, Luccilla couldn’t wait any longer.
Locked-Up Lucky
When Mom saw that he still believed in God, she decided that something must be wrong with him. She didn’t understand why he didn’t want to worship dead ancestors like her. She asked a traditional healer who also worshiped dead ancestors to come to the house to see what was wrong with Lucky.
Shining With Joy
Then Mom felt sad. She wanted to be a good mother who cared for her son. But now her son looked like an orphan who had to go from family to family to eat lunch every Sabbath.
God Is Good
It was a very sad day for the little boy, Henry says when he tells the story. In one day, he lost his dad, his granddad, and his ability to walk.
Faithful at School
It turned out that six of those girls also came from Adventist homes, but they were studying for the test. One of those girls said, “But God understands our situation. We need to pass the test.”
God’s Gift of Speaking
On Wednesday, he read the sermon nine more times. In the evening, Mom said he had done his best yet. But on Thursday, Mom told him not to read the sermon.