Eliza and David have served among the
K people since 2015 . Here you can read Eliza sharing about the way God ’ s Spirit is at work in the lives of K people and using the team ’ s presence .
The answer came , “ Yes !” And Lily began attending Anna ’ s ‘ Sunday tea ’ club . Sometimes Anna and another friend go to visit Lily and Sam at their house .
“ I ’ m very happy ,” Anna says . “ It had been eight months since our group started and some people came but didn ’ t really believe . Their hearts weren ’ t true . But women like Lily , they are real .”
About a month later , Anna sent through photos on WhatsApp of what looked like a day trip to a nearby tourist attraction . A believer from the city had found a minibus , gathered a number of believers from across the country , plus Anna , Lily and Sam , and taken the group for a day trip to a magnificent canyon . It had long been Sam ’ s dream to visit the canyon before his body could no longer manage such an outing .
Here was the body of Christ coming together to admire God ’ s creation and bless a mother and her son through fellowship and the fulfilment of a dream . What a privilege to sit on the sidelines and watch the Holy Spirit at work !
This is how we are seeing God at work . After supporting Anna through several domestic violence incidents , very ill health , pregnancy and poverty last year , she found the courage and strength to start her own faith community .
We connected her with a believer in the city , who broadened the network to other generous and loving believers . We ’ ve since been able to deliver copies of the Bible in the K language for Anna to distribute , together with donations of groceries , clothes and toys .
Anna has six children of her own but she is sharing these gifts with the believing families in her network .
Believers from the city have heard Anna ’ s story and visited her here in the village , to encourage her and spend time worshipping God with her family in their house . Now Anna has heard about other family groups in outlying villages through this network .
Another highlight has been connecting our teammate Petra , an experienced Occupational Therapist , with Lily and Sam . Petra is looking for ways to share her skills and experience with this family , to make life just a little bit easier in a world where caring for those with disabilities is not done well .
Our faithful partners and supporting churches have joined with our family and team many times over the past 12 months to kneel in prayer for Anna and her family .
Together we prayed when her husband abused her , when she was desperately ill , when she started her ‘ Sunday tea ’ club , and together we praised God for the safe arrival of her sixth baby in January .
What a joy to be in this together , as we follow the Spirit ’ s leading to support the establishment of new K faith communities in this village and , hopefully , beyond .
Right : Anna is a K believer who is now discipling others in the Silk Road Area . She is pictured here with her children , along with Dustin , who is Eliza and David ’ s son .
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