Most do not go beyond elementary school, having to drop out to help on the farms. Of the few who do graduate and go on to college, only a handful return to their home villages. Spirits can be benevolent or mischievous, protecting or bringing harm to men, beasts, and crops. Every house has an altar to ancestral spirits of grandparents and other relatives who died natural deaths in old age. If a Meo dies a tragic death, however, his evil spirit is supposedly left behind to bring havoc to his family and village, unless he is properly appeased.
Shamans are to be consulted before major decisions are made.
Although many of the Northern Meo have been exposed to the Gospel, most have responded to it with indifference. There is a small nucleus of Christians among them. At this time, there are no Scriptures in their language. Prayer is the key to reaching them for Christ. Prayer Points Take authority over the spiritual principalities that have kept the Northern Meo bound for many generations.