A magician appeared in Kalskag. After two assemblies in the schools he
performed an evening act for the Village.
After he mesmerized the audience he gave a strong, loving salvation
message and 32 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and
Savior. After the performance the magaician gave me the commitment cards to follow up. My “Coffee with Jesus” Bible
Study friends began praying for all those adults & teens that made that
commitment.
Soon after the magician took
flight, the Kalskag children kept coming to my door wanting to know more about
Jesus and His Word. After days of a
revolving door I suggested that the children come on Thursday evenings after
school and we will have a “Kids Club.”
We put up advertising signs around town and announced it on the
radio. The first night we had 18
children at Kids Club. Pizza, games,
memory verse, and door prizes comprised the agenda. I gave a basic gospel message and asked the
children who wanted to believe and trust Jesus as their Lord. Nine children raised their hands and made a
commitment. Week two: same agenda and five more children came to Jesus.
One evening I heard a knock
on my door. There were six teenage girls
on my front porch. They asked if they
could come to Kids Club even though they were older than the 13 year old cut
off age. I told them, “of course!” They
can help with Kid’s Club or we can have a club for them on another night of the
week. These teenagers began coming and
helping on Thursday’s. After five weeks
of Kids Club, 23 children came to trust and believe Jesus to be their personal
Lord and Savior!
I was warned to be prepared
for persecution by the Russian Orthodox parents of these children. Several of the people in my Protestant church
have been shunned and publically humiliated over the years because they spoke
about Jesus to the children. I told my
friends that the parents said nothing negative to me. As a matter of fact, I
had two RO parents come to Kids Club and help me with the children. My church friends warned me about one
particular elder in the Village that will give me a hard time. I turned to my friends and gently told them
that she hasn’t said anything to me, in fact, she was the one that adopted me
into the Village by giving me my Yup’ik name! (Sayak – meaning “Giver of Life
to the Village”) My friends were flabbergasted. They have never seen the unusual
favor of the Lord upon any “guzik” (white stranger) that has come into the
Village before me. I am humbled and give
all the glory to Jesus, the true Miracle Worker.
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