We rested along the side of the trail at the top of the ridge. It had been a long, tiring walk up the mountain. In the valley below was the village where we were going. It had taken us nine hours of hard walking to get this far. Before starting down the mountain to the village, we asked the Lord to guide us where we should go. It was now late in the afternoon. My wife and I wanted to spend several days in this village, telling the people about the Lord Jesus, but we needed a place to stay. We had heard of a man in town who loved the Lord Jesus. His name was Senor Domingo.
As we entered the village, we asked where Senor Domingo lived. “Straight ahead on the right,” was the answer, “and here comes his wife.”
We approached the woman and told her who we were. Her name was Rosa. She was happy that we had come to the village. Like her husband, she also loved the Lord Jesus. She invited us to stay at their little house, after telling us that her husband was up in the mountains and would not return until evening.
As we walked to the little house “straight ahead on the right,” a few of the other women in town walked with us. They were very interested in my wife, since they had never seen an American woman before. As we sat on the rough boards and boxes, which was all the furniture they had, we told these women about the love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Later that evening, Senor Domingo returned from his work. How happy he was to meet others who loved the Lord Jesus. We had a wonderful time that evening, reading the Bible and talking about God’s love.
Senor Domingo had been saved many years earlier in a little village in another area. Another man in town had found an old torn tract, and after reading it he became interested. He had never heard about the love of Christ before. A short time later he was able to get a Bible. Night after night he read it, and soon he was saved. Then he told Senor Domingo about the Lord Jesus and showed him the Bible. Domingo also became interested. He had already seen the change in the life of the other man. Domingo borrowed the Bible, and before long he also believed. Not long after, Domingo had moved to this village we were now in and began to tell others about the Lord Jesus. Soon, instead of just he and his wife, there were a dozen who met every evening to learn God’s way of salvation.
Later on in the evening about twenty people came to Domingo’s house. Benches were found for some of them. The rest just sat on the floor. For about two hours they asked questions and listened to the wonderful truths from the Bible.
About ten o’clock two other believers returned from their day’s work and, of course, the meeting had to begin again. It was one o’clock in the morning before they all left.
We wearily got ready to sleep on the same rough benches where we had spent the evening. Although very tired, we were happy to again see the power of the Spirit who had worked in many of the visitors that had come there that evening. God had revealed Himself through His Word to them. They already knew that salvation was all from Christ, and that only by accepting Him as their Saviour could they be saved. Senor Domingo had been a happy and faithful witness to the people in his village. His life had attracted others to the Lord Jesus, and many had been saved. Is your life a witness to your friends? Are others attracted to your Saviour by what you do and say?
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that path no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isaiah 55:11Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isaiah 55:1).
ML-02/22/1981