Stories from the Field

July 2005

You Teach Me and I Will Teach Others

From a worker in Taiwan

All I asked her is if she wanted to know more about Jesus. Then the tears came. . . When she paused I asked one question, "You've been worshiping your ancestors all your life. Have they really been able to help you?" She stared at me dumb-founded. Then leaning forward in her chair, she changed gears completely. "If God is able to change my husband and me like he has changed you and your husband, then I won't say another word. I will become like you, telling everyone about him. Please come back with your husband to tell us about Jesus. But my husband is a stubborn man, so if he doesn't listen the first time, you've got to come back again." She got animated then and swung her arms and brought them down to emphasize as she continued, "Then come back a third time and a fourth. You can't give up. And when God changes us, you will have to teach me how to teach others. I won't know what to say, but whatever you teach me, I will teach everyone." And then she lifted her voice to Heaven and asked the Father to save her family.