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uring a simple Church gave his life to the Lord and was
Activation Training Meet- then baptized in the sea. He then
Ding in Turku, Finland, a 70- joined us for the whole training
year old man discovered Jesus weekend and gave a couple of
over coffee. This is reported by incredible insights on both days.
church planter Charles Kridiotis.
At the end of the training session
“It was a remarkable thing,” he was crying as I prayed with him
Kridiotis said. “We were meeting - tears of joy at having found
a smaller group in a cafe in the city Jesus and the peace he had been
centre, when a 70-year old man longing for all his life, and tears of
came in for his morning coffee. He regret, “if only I had heard the
listened as I taught the group and Gospel earlier and not wasted my
then joined us at our table and years”.
after a while asked questions.”
[Charles Kridiotis, Joel News
“To make a long story short: he International 1088, July 2018].
he gift of an unwanted Bible he pulled the Bible from his lation in the Yopno language. their calling and gifts. “The Bible
led Wes Reed to faith in backpack and began reading it as They saw the Yopno New Testa- is the greatest book there is,” said
TChrist. But the power of he journeyed. “The Holy Spirit ment and Psalms dedicated in Wes, “and we Christians should
God's Word in his own life led Wes worked through God's Word very August of 2010. believe that. It's God's revelation
to translate the Scriptures for powerfully,” said Wes, “and while to us. The greatest message ever
others. in Lima, Peru, I knelt down by Wes and LeeAnn now work as told - that ever could be told - is
myself and gave my heart to the selection and assignment specia- available to us but not to some. If
When Wes was 19, he and his Lord.” lists for Wycliffe. They assist we have the resources and the
brother decided to explore South individuals who have applied to training, why not go and make it
America. But before they left the Wes's love for the Scriptures drew Wycliffe - particularly for lan- available?”
United States, they visited their him to Bible School in Seattle. guage roles - and help them find [Wes Reed, Wycliffe, Joel News
grandfather. He talked with the Wes' language teacher was an assignment overseas that fits International 1088, July 2018].
young men about Jesus, pressing impressed with his language
tracts and a Bible into their hands. skills and gave him a book about
Wycliffe and Bible translation.
Wes and his brother were not Challenged by the book, Wes
interested. After all, they had no wanted to learn more about the
religious background and were Organization. He attended a one-
heavily interested in science. day Wycliffe Seminar on the
Still, out of respect for his grand- needs in Bible translation. The
father, Wes tossed the Bible into event was enough to propel Wes
his backpack. on to SIL training at the University
of Washington and then into
A few months later in Mexico, a becoming a Wycliffe missionary.
young American shared his faith
with Wes, and gave him a Scrip- He and his wife, LeeAnn, went on
ture portion. For some reason, it to spend 28 years in Papua New
piqued Wes' interest - enough that Guinea, working on Bible trans-
n 'n Franse dorp het 'n leer- weer op ander papier plak en dan hy aan die werk gespring. Hy het hom die nuus bring van die
werker gewoon. Sy van was voel die blinde kinders met hul 'n els gebruik om die dotjies op geslaagde musiekuitvoering, het
IBraille. Hy het 'n baie mooi vingertjies watter letters dit is. Dit papier te maak. Nogal dieselfde hy van blydskap gehuil! Sy groot
seuntjie gehad. Sy naam was het egter vreeslik baie tyd gemors instrument waarmee hy sy oog lewenstaak was afgehandel. 'n
Louis. en so 'n boek vir blindes kon nooit beskadig het! Kort daarna het hy Paar dae later het hy gesterf.
Eendag moes die outjie 'n skerp regtig gedruk word nie. homself, asook ander blindes, Sy “dotjieskrif” is vandag die
els uit sy pappie se werkswinkel Louis was 'n baie slim seun met 'n geleer om te lees. wêreldbekende Brailleskrif. Selfs
gaan haal. Ongelukkig val hy en sterk ondernemingsgees en hy Jare later het hy ook musieknote die Afrikaanse Bybel is in Braille-
die els steek in sy een ogie. Die het planne begin maak. Hy wou in hierdie soort skrif gemaak. (Hy skrif te kry. So kan blindes ook
oog het baie seergekry en infek- iets beters uitvind. Eendag lees was self 'n goeie orrelis en tjellis). selfs die Bybel lees.
sie het gevolg. Die ander oog is iemand vir hom 'n stukkie uit 'n Mense het egter gesê dat dit
ook aangetas en kort daarna het koerant van 'n Franse kaptein in onsinnig was. Volgens hulle sou Jongmense, wanneer teleurstel-
hy heeltemal blind geword. Hier- die weermag wat vir sekere van sy niemand ooit op daardie manier lings op ons pad kom, hoef ons
die verlies het baie smart, teleur- manskappe geleer het om bevele musiek kon leer speel nie. Een nie moedeloos te word nie. Ons
stelling en droefheid vir die hele in die donker te lees. Dit het aand het een van Louis se moet die Here vra wat ons kan
familie tot gevolg gehad. 'n Blinde geskied deur middel van opge- musiekstudente egter 'n musiek- doen om hierdie teleurstellings in
klein seuntjie - kan julle dink hoe hewe dotjies op papier wat hulle uitvoering voor 'n groot gehoor 'n seën te verander. Die Here sal
baie sy ouers gehuil het? Wat sou met hul vingers kon voel. gelewer. Die gehoor het oorver- julle help soos Hy vir Louis gehelp
die toekoms vir hom inhou? Louis het hardop uitgeroep: “Dit dowend hul hande van opgewon- het.
Hulle besluit toe om hom na 'n kan gedoen word! Dit kan gedoen denheid geklap. Die musiek was
skool vir blindes te stuur. Daar word! Neem my asseblief dadelik pragtig! Ongelukkig kon Louis nie [Kom ons vertel Stories, Mev. J C
gekom, vind klein Louis dat hulle na daardie kaptein toe!” Na 'n self teenwoordig wees nie, want de Ferrières (Tant Sannie),
die letters uit dik papier sny, dit gesprek met hierdie kaptein het hy was baie siek. Toe 'n vriend vir Evangelie Uitgewers, 1968].