Haruuna & Hammadou

Today was a fun day, translating a health tract (on scabies; ICK!) into Arabic script fulfulde, with Haruuna, our gardener’s brother. BUT the best part of my sessions with Haruuna is when his brother, Hammadou, comes in and they read out loud together from the Firm Foundations material we have, already in Fulfulde. This material is in Roman script rather than the Arabic script they are used to, so the reading is slow going. We have to stop about every other sentence and make sure they understood what they just read. It’s so great to see the little light bulbs go on over their heads when they smile and say “Yowwa” or “Asee”, indicating they are getting it! We have had some really interesting conversations so far, ranging from lions and lambs living in harmony all the way to their acceptance of the fact that we are no better than Cain, who killed his brother. They are so into this reading of God’s word, and I am very thankful to have the opportunity to be able to say to these two Musxlim brothers – God loves us SO much, and he has had a plan for each of us right from the very beginning! Haruuna is a faster reader and has had the benefit of being taught and prayed for by our dear friends, Jan & Kim Cone, who are also our son, Josh’s, parents-in-law, but Hammadou is quicker to catch on in discussions. What joy!