While we may sometimes take our literacy for granted, an Inapang chief from Papua New Guinea never will.
He wrote his simple yet joyful story.
"I am Johannes. Before, I didn't know how to read. I also didn't know how to write. However, now I know how to read and write some things. I am very happy about this. Later I will be reading God's Word. This is my story."
Three months ago, Chief Johannes could not read this story or any story. But now he can both read and write what he wants to say in his own language. "Our hearts are full of thanks and praise to God," wrote missionary Daniel Moore.
On Saturday, March 24, "Johannes will read this story in front of the whole village, when he, along with 14 other students, are presented with their certificates," Daniel wrote.
And someday soon, he will be able to read the most important story of all.
Another tribal person, Monika, "sat with me for two hours reading and re-reading the book she has borrowed from the small beginnings of the village library," wrote Daniel. "What a wonderful day it will be when they are able to read and re-read God's Word themselves. Keep praying."
Missionaries plan to begin evangelistic Bible teaching among the Inapang people in early July.
"Pray for receptive hearts and for God to save many," Daniel wrote. "Numbers do not interest us but our friends' eternal destiny does."
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