Telling God's Stories

From SPARK

Testimony from local storyteller

I recently started ministry in a large city where you cannot distribute tracts or conduct open meetings. So I used to pray about how to start my ministry. Then I thought of starting with just my own children. And every evening from 5:00 until 7:30 PM, after they had finished their school homework, I would go outside and tell them whatever stories I learned through this storytelling program. So then, what my children did—they started to bring some of their school friends to my house. And then every evening from 5 through 7:30 PM, I used to share some of these stories with the children.

One evening, I was telling the Abraham story—about how Abraham was not having any children. So he is thinking about having children. And when I was sharing this story about Abraham, I did not know that my house owner was listening from upstairs. And this man and his wife were not having any children for many years and years. And they had visited all the Hindu holy places where they prayed to have children, but without result. So this man was also hearing when I was telling the Abraham story.

So later that evening, about 9:00 PM, he came and knocked on my door, and he said to me, “I want to talk with you.”

And so I said, “Yes, what is happening?”

And he said, “Earlier this evening, you were telling that story about Abraham to your children. Can you repeat that story to me?”

And I told him, “Yes, surely. Shall I tell it to you only or to your family also?”

So he said, “No, No, No! I will go and call my wife, so she can also hear it.”

So I said, “Good. Go and bring her immediately.”

So he brought his wife and both of them were sitting in my drawing room. I started to tell the story. After finishing the story, I thought that they would just hear it and then go away.

But next Sunday, there was a miracle, because he brought three more of his relatives with him. And now all of them have started to come regularly. So this is how I have started my ministry there. So this storytelling program is a big blessing to me.

From Vijay

For more great stories, download 33 Stories from Storytellers.pdf.