The Deepest Roots: Part 1

Over the next few weeks, we hope to share with you a few stories about animism and tribal beliefs that (hopefully) will encourage you with the importance of bringing God's Word clearly before the people. Here is one such story: 

Towards the end of August 1975, when I was teaching in Uganda, there was a knock on my office door. On the threshold  was a religious brother in a white cassock who introduced me to a well-dressed Ugandan lady. She was a tutor in Kampala College of Education and she owned a beautiful house and a garden on a hill which I could see from my window. She told me that her husband had found "bad things" in the garden. "What bad things?" I asked. The lady was reluctant to say more, but after a little more conversation, it transpired that they were bundles of leaves and certain instruments of sorcery. Her request was that I should come and bless the garden and so neutralize the evil spell.... [Her garden] was enclosed by a stout wooden fence and very much overgrown with weeds and rank grass. Nobody had ventured into the garden since the discovery of the  "bad things" two months before. Such is the power of sorcery! - Aylward Shorter

Please continue to pray with us for those bound by fear. Fear is an awful taskmaster. Pray with us for the millions of people across the globe who need to hear and understand the words of Jesus: "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matt 11:29-30)"