David has worked with the church leaders in our village for years, and they continue to learn how to be better shepherds to their people. Now there are also children in the area who are being raised by second generation Christians. They are being taught to pray to God only, rather than invoke the help of the evil spirits. Some are learning to depend on God to give them wisdom each day to know how to fight against the powers of darkness. They are learning how to be lights in a place that once had no light at all.
Core beliefs change slowly, but they do change.
God is at work continuing to show the people that the Holy Spirit of God living in us is stronger than any spirit that is in the world. Many have come to believe in God and are finding that having a relationship with God, who wants us to serve Him out of love instead of fear, is a wonderful thing. Though a translation of the Bible in Pidgin English is available, and most of the Kire people can speak and read Pidgin, there are many passages that are not clear to them. Portions of the Word of God in the Kire language are beginning to be an effective tool for the us to use in teaching the people about the God of Love. Lord willing, by the year 2001 the Kire people will have the whole New Testament in their own language.