Across the world God has used unsung, untrained, unknown heroes from many countries, just like the Chadian and Sudanese students, to take the gospel to other nations. Of course he also uses people who have been well trained in seminary and Bible school, but it is a fallacy to argue that it is essential for people to go through that system before God can make use of them. The growth of student work in central Africa, Russia, Ukraine and neighbouring satellite countries like Kazhakstan shows this. These pioneering graduates may have served on the committees of their own campus groups or led small Bible studies in their universities, but that was all the experience they had to offer.
"(...) My daughter, she has no use for night runners. You know, her first language is not Luo. Not even Swahili. It is english. When I listen to her talk with her friends, it sounds like gibberish to me. They take bits and pieces of everything - English, Swahili, German, Luo. Sometimes, I get fed up with this. Learn to speak one language properly, I tell them." Rukia laughed to herself. "But I am beggining to resign myself - there's nothing really to do. They live in a mixed-up world. It's just as well, I suppose. In the end, I'm less interested in a daughter who's authentically African than one who is authentically herself." It was getting late; we thanked Rukia for her hospitality and went on our way. But her words would stay with me, bringing into focus my own lingering questions.
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