GELIO IS READY TO BELIEVE
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October 20, 2009
by David Bell
One of the four Akolet co-workers helping to translate the first chapters of Genesis in the Akolet language has definitely been thinking about what he is hearing.
"So, missionary, I\'ve been wondering," Gelio said to Adam Martin last week, "I believe there\'s a God because we\'ve been hearing about that as we\'ve helped you translate Genesis 1- 4. I also know He made everything but I don\'t know anything else. So what happens to me if I die and that\'s all I know?"
Adam told Gelio that his question is what we should all be asking, and that it was very good that he was wondering. Adam went on tell Gelio that he will be one of the first Akolets to hear these things as he continues translating Scripture and begins working on Bible lessons.
"I see the ways of our ancestors and the beliefs that we still hold onto today, and I recognize them as untrue," Gelio said. "So I want you to know that I believe you\'re really going to bring us the truth. And when you actually tell us what that is, I\'m ready to believe it, whatever it is."
Please pray that the questions Gelio is asking and the desire he has to know the truth will spread to other family members and to his fellow Akolets in Papua New Guinea.
Pray too for Adam and his wife, Julie, as they keep working to understand the Akolet culture and language and translate God\'s Word so the people can hear God\'s Truth.
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