A Testimony of Perseverance

The following is a testimony from Sudan:

Gabriel was led by the Lord to preach to the Chad tribe in the Nuba Mountains. There is a very strong Muslim presence in this tribe. Although the people of the village were very friendly towards Gabriel and his friends, the men told the women not to give them any food.

As the days went by, Gabriel realized they weren’t going to get any nourishment. He decided to stay and fast, but his friends went back to their village. As time went by, Gabriel realized they were going to starve him to death. He decided to travel to a nearby village, buy some food and return to the Chad tribe. He traveled by foot and it took him a day to get there. He ate his own food for two or three days and then went without for a few days.

This went on for nine months. Gabriel’s friends, who came to visit him, pleaded with him to go back to his own village and stop witnessing to the Chad tribe but he refused. As the rainy season approached, he realized he needed to go back to his own village for the time of the rainy season. Before he left, God opened the ears of some of the young children to listen to him. He told them he would return after the rainy season. The adults of the village laughed as he left, saying this preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ will never come back again.

A few months later, Gabriel returned to the village of the Chad tribe, preaching again the gospel of Jesus Christ. The adults were very surprised when he returned. How wrong he would prove them to be! Today there is a small church in the Chad tribe because a servant of God chose to preach the gospel in and out of season!