The Power Of One

Last year, my students read the article posted above, written by NBC's John Larson. As you know, my niece, Meagan, lives in Zambia at a Christian orphanage. After we discussed John Larson's piece, Brittany Rode' made a simple suggestion: "Why don't we buy some bicycles?" We did. From Brittany's impetus, we collected enough money to purchase several bicycles for workers in Zambia, designated by Meagan. Today, I received the following e-mail from the wonderful Meagan, complete with pictures. You think one person doesn't make a difference? Ask Johnston. He'll never meet Brittany but he, and those he tells about the Lord, are in her debt. Never, never be afraid to speak up.

Hi Uncle Steve! I hope you are well. I have some good news! Your class' first bicycle is bought! The name of the bicycle evangelist is Johnston Sikabuba, and he is a great, great man. He covers a distance of 450 km preaching the gospel to those who haven’t heard or who are having troubles. In one of his territories, he has planted 7 new churches since 2003. In the Western part of his territory, he has planted 14 churches. He started preaching in 1999, but he wasn’t a trained preacher. He still isn’t, but he feels a major calling to spread the word of God, and he was thrilled to have a new bicycle to do it with! Here he is on his new bike! In the second picture, he is patting his chest, a traditional form of thank you.

I gave him your address because he wanted to write you all personally and thank you, but I don’t know how long that might take. But he was very grateful, and so am I! Please tell your classes what a great job they did in helping the Word of God be spread around Zambia.

I love you, Uncle Steve! Thanks for supporting me! I want to hear about your plans!

Meag

God bless,
Steve
Luke 18:1

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