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Recently a report from Central Asia sums up the heart and purpose of the OneStory partnership:
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| Let me tell you about one of the happiest moments I’ve experienced in a while. A week ago I was in Yaqub’s summer hut up in the mountains. Yaqub is our newest helper; he began crafting scripture stories with us just last month. His family is somewhat conservative; in fact, his brother is a Molvi (religious teacher). Well, we’d been walking for two days before we arrived at Yaqub’s home, made of logs and earth. Horses and buffalo grazed in the fields beneath towering rocky peaks. In the evening, we all gathered around the fire and I listened to Yaqub tell stories to his family members. He told the stories with confidence and assertion – true stories, stories of the Prophets from the Heavenly Books, stories about Moses, about Job, and about Jesus. I watched six or seven of his sisters and nieces gazing intently at Yaqub’s face, as he told about Jesus calming a storm, about Jesus casting an evil spirit out of a man, about Jesus being accused of having Satan’s power but showing everyone that indeed he had come in God’s power. I had never seen Nomad women listen to a story so intently. Their eyes were wide; they kept saying “really?!” or “no way!” or “what happened next?” Just yesterday I found out that even after I returned to my home in the valley, Yaqub continued telling more scripture stories to other family members, men and women both, in his mountain village. Stories about Jesus seem to be his favorite! |
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