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One Sunday I went to a new village to hold a worship service. Two girls -- sisters, Domri and Domai Madji, age 22 and 15 -- had started attending our services. In fact, they would often come and attend worship in all five villages where I'm holding services.
When their brother found out, he was very angry. He started hitting them and shouted, "Because you are going to church, people are insulting and criticizing me. So stop going. It's causing problems for me!"
The next Sunday, the two sisters told me what had happened. They begged me, "Please don't come here again; our brother is going to beat you up."
I explained "Don't worry about me. Let him come. I am not doing anything wrong. And I know God will be with me. You also will always be in God. So don't be afraid of your brother or anyone else, because they will not harm you."
I was new to storytelling, so I had been preparing to preach a sermon as usual. But at the last minute, I decided to tell the story of Jacob instead. I told how he had deceived his elder brother, and about his life when he was at his uncle's house.
Then I told the stories about Abraham, how God called him and how he obeyed God and left his own land.
I told all these stories that day, and the people listened carefully to every story.
From that day forward, the two sisters became much stronger in faith. They are still faithfully attending our church.
And not only that -- now they are bringing two other sisters along with them! So now four sisters from that same family are coming to Sunday services!
This is my testimony about the things God is doing through the storytelling.
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