As Christians, we know that this is not true. Only the righteousness of Christ and faith in His work can bring us into a relationship with God. Naturally, I am concerned for Maas and many others like him. Some weeks ago, he showed up at our door and asked for some medicine. He had a pretty high fever, and we immediately suspected that he had malaria.
Malaria is very common here.
Most Senegalese contract it at some point in their life. Maas was no exception. We gave him a dose of anti-malarial medication and had him lay down for a while. After some time, he left with enough of a supply of the medicine to get him through the week. He could hardly stand up.