Three years ago we started a Sunday school class in a typical Christian Bastee, where the people’s faith is mixed with the tenets and rituals of Islam and Hinduism. A seven year-old boy lived with his mother, who worked as a sweeper in Muslim houses. (His father had died years earlier.) The young boy started going to a mosque with his friend and wearing a cap on his head, which every Muslim uses when going to a mosque. He began to learn all the Muslim prayers and started behaving and talking like a Muslim. When the Sunday school was started in his school, this boy proved to be very dependable and receptive. Soon he learned many Bible passages. In his home early in the morning he started praying in a corner the same way Daniel in the Old Testament used to pray. This was a very new experience for everyone in the home. The first opposition came from his grandfather who used to believe in Hinduism and who asked why was his grandson praying loudly in the morning and introducing a new style of worship in the home. But the boy’s mother and her aunt supported him, and after a couple of weeks his grandfather also started listening to what was written in Bible Stories. After two months everyone in the home was happy that the boy was teaching them Bible Stories. Now his family has a strong faith in Jesus Christ, and they are a living witness to His life and sacrifice.

A young woman, who works as a sweeper in a government hospital, received the first book of Bible Correspondence and Teaching School course from one of our field correspondents while she was on duty at night. She started reading the book, but being afraid to read it in front of the other people, she read it when every one else was sleeping. She would keep the book on one of the partition walls in the washroom because that was the only safe place she could find. One of her Muslim friends who accidentally saw the book asked to read it. Eventually her Muslim friend took the book home where others started reading. Soon this family asked us to help them complete the course. We enrolled five of the family members, who are happy to follow this course with us. We thank our Lord and all those who have helped develop this Christian education course, for now this family also believes in Jesus Christ.

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