AspenRidgeChurch

Here is the latest update Moi.  This is from Rich and Karen Brown, the family that moved into our house.  Keep praying!!!

Dear Friends and Family,

 Right after our team meeting at the Crockett’s this afternoon at 2:00 PM we heard wailing for Abohapiya (A-bo-ha-piya).  Yesterday morning they gave him seven deep 1 ½ to 2 ½ inch gashes with a bamboo knife to bleed out the ‘bad blood’ that was supposedly causing his severe stomach cramps.  After trying to treat him with medicine they opted for the traditional Moi way of blood letting believing he had too much blood inside of him.  Now after 36 hours he is still bleeding and may possibly die from bleeding to death.

 At 3:30 PM everybody gathered for the teaching.  Afterwards Rich went down to see how Abohapiya was doing and pray for him.  While he was praying he started loosing consciousness.  After he came to he looked Rich in the eyes and said “Pa-may” (thank-you).  Rich fearing that he may die asked him if he believed God’s word to be true and that Jesus was his redeemer.  He said he believed.  Rich then got Steve who had just finished the clinic with Carolyn.  By then Karen had come over because of all the wailing that started when Abohapiya started to loose consciousness.  Steve held Abohapiya’s head in his hands and began to tell him the rest of the Gospel story; that Jesus had died in Abohapiya’s place and paid the penalty for his sins.  “Do you believe you are a sinner?” said Steve.  “Yes, I have lots of sin.”  “Do you believe that Jesus died in your place so your sins would be paid for?”  “Yes, I believe that is true talk.”  “If you believe what I just told is true, God’s word tells us that if you die you will go to heaven and be with him.  We will meet again there.”  “Pa-may, pa-may” he said quietly.

 During this whole conversation many of the Moi who had been listening to the teaching were intently listening.  You could have heard a pin drop.  The teaching that they have been following over the last five weeks was now giving them a new view of death that has been such a part of their everyday life.  Will they allow the truth of God’s Word to reign in their hearts, that there is hope beyond the grave?

 Please pray with us that as Abohapiya’s life hangs in the balance he will have indeed believed God’s Word regarding His Son.  Pray that somehow God would use this to grip the hearts of the Moi with the realization that He has conquered sin and death.  The bottom line is we see in their eyes a huge battle is taking place.  Satan has blinded them for so long and yet God wants them to be with Him for eternity.  Pray with us for the final week of teaching; that they would fall in love with Christ and be overwhelmed by the ultimate demonstration of His love for them.

 By His Grace,

Browns and Crocketts

This picture of Abohapiya, his wife, Da-ge-babi and son Ee-dii-sii, who was named after Rich, was taken Tuesday, May 20^th.