This testimony is from Sitei. The information in parenthesis is our explanation of her story.
For myself, I’m just telling this to lift up Jesus’ name. God has helped me and I am truly one of his people.
A cassowary wanted to run me through. (Cassowaries have large spurs on their legs.) It chased us and stood against us. (This is contrary to what normally happens. Cassowaries usually run away.) I felt I was about to die.
It was like this. We were looking for bird eggs on Sunday afternoon. (There were two Siawi looking for eggs together.) I was looking for eggs when I saw it. I saw it coming and realized, “It’s going to kill me! Help me, it’s coming, we can’t stay here.”
I was sorry for my body, and I threw away all thoughts of gathering bird eggs and ran. We ran and ran a long way. We ran along the road that the Sepik people made when they worked on the canoe.
I prayed to God that I would stand with my skin strong. (She prayed that she would be brave.) “God, help me! The cassowary is going to run me through like that.”
It came and chased us around. It stood up strong. “Come, we can’t stand here. That cassowary is gigantic.”
I said, “Jesus help me!” What was I to do - I had a big sorry for my body. (She means that she was trying to save her own skin.) I was not interested in getting poked full of holes.
I ran and jumped through the jungle (not following the trail), without standing up (stopping to catch a breath). It was late afternoon.
We prayed in Jesus name. “Help us! God, you yourself created it and it has fight.” We prayed like that.
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