Peaches

What do canned peaches have to do with sharing the Gospel? Last week I would have said “Not a thing”, but this week is a different story… I spent the week with our Thrive Africa mission team. 4 awesome women from Michigan, Tennessee, and Georgia who came to share their hearts with the people of South Africa.

As they spent time with Paulina, they learned about her work as a traditional healer (Sangoma in Zulu, Naka in Sesotho). Traditional healers practice natural medicine and communicate with ancestral spirits for wisdom and guidance. Paulina believed in God and Jesus, but didn’t know that the Bible spoke against communicating with spirits and consulting the dead - basically a rejection of the Gospel.

As the ladies helped with laundry and canning peaches, they also built friendships and opened the door for heart-to-heart conversation. Now Paulina has some real food for thought. Can she forsake her traditional spiritual beliefs in order to commit fully to Jesus Christ? Please pray with us that she does.