I would like to share another story from the book, Food from Ravens, as told by Margaret Wall. She was a missionary serving as a parish worker in Nairobi, Kenya, and blessed when she visited patients on the wards of a large hospital. There was freedom to speak openly of God, even among the non-Christians, but one day she was totally rejected by a woman, BiBi from a northern tribe in Turkana, Kenya. When Bibi saw Margaret coming towards her bed, she had a look of terror and recoiled. Margaret had no idea why she was afraid of her, but the nurses told of how this patient had come alone on the plane in great pain from her body being torn by unqualified helpers who forced labor on her in and abnormal pregnancy. Bibi needed someone who spoke Turkana and Margaret prayed for such a person, calling many people and trying to find that someone. One day she heard a voice in her spirit telling her, “Go down to the Christian bookstore for help.” She obediently went and asked at the bookstore if anyone spoke Turkana. The clerk asked at the nearby office and finally in a loud voice asked if anyone shopping in the store knew of someone who could speak Turkana. You guessed it, the person behind Margaret said, “I do!” It was Jon who was a Turkana evangelist with a missionary pastor, in line at the bookstore. He had come a long way to the bookstore and was the answer to a prayer that had not yet been prayed.
Jon went to the hospital to Bibbi’s ward, and everyone watched as he communicated with Bibi in her language. Her countenance changed and her fears were melted away as Jon shared Jesus with her and later made cassette tapes in Turkana telling the gospel stories. Everyone wanted to know why she had been so afraid of the missionaries and Jon found out she thought they were going to kill her. Bibi found the Lord and freedom from her fears and Margaret was in awe of how the Lord answered her prayers.
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