I am from the H-People Group and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior by reading a Bible that wasn’t in my mother tongue, but in a second language that I only partly understood. I wanted to know more about Jesus, but due to the language barrier, I struggled to absorb the full meaning.
At one point, I became very ill and prayed to God, and he completely healed my body. Filled with gratitude, I wanted to show my appreciation. In my culture, we expressed thankfulness to our gods by offering an animal sacrifice, so I thought this was the right way to honor God. At that time, I had very little understanding of what the Bible truly said.
Later, I met some people (Hidden Harvest team members) who had actually translated the Bible into the H-People Group language.
As I began to finally get understand and direction from God‘s Word more clearly, I realized that he desires obedience from the heart rather than the animal sacrifice we would traditionally offer.
I did not know that God values heartfelt obedience above ritual sacrifice, and I would never have understood this until I had access to the Bible in my own language. Now, with the Bible in my mother tongue, I can fully comprehend what Jesus asks of me and live in obedience to him.
Without God‘s Word, I would still be in the dark about his direction. Although I had accepted Jesus, I could never fully understand him until his Word was made available to me in a way I could truly grasp. I am grateful!!!
* Photo is not of the actual person and the names of people groups are withheld for protection and security purposes.