Amidou is a Muslim man who happens to use a wheelchair...
He lives in the impoverished country of Cameroon; he was hit with a stroke 3 years ago. When our Wheels for the World team met Amidou, he was badly in need of help. After we fit this elderly gentleman to his new wheelchair, he listened intently as the Gospel was presented to him – our Wheels for the World team member used the beads of a Gospel bracelet to explain it all. Amidou learned right then that the black bead represented his sin, the red bead was for Christ's blood which covered Amidou’s sin, the white one represented God’s forgiveness if Amidou would confess his sins, the blue bead, of course, was for the washing of the Word, and then finally the green one represented Amidou’s growth in Christ if he would but embrace Him as Savior. Finally, the yellow bead represented Heaven; the day when Amidou would be free of his stroke and have a new body. This was all very exciting for Amidou; in fact, the old man kept going back to the green bead about growth.
He asked, “Where is the food for my growth? I am hungry for this food that others I see are receiving.” Isn’t that an interesting way of putting it? Our Wheels for the World team members realized that Amidou was talking about the Bibles that he had seen others receive that morning. We wasted no time in presenting a Bible – it was a French Bible -- to Amidou and his wife, Adizai. We shared the message of the empty tomb – the Good News of Jesus and His resurrection – and how they could be assured of life eternal if they would put our hope in Him.
Adizai was fascinated. She told us, “I have heard this name of this Jesus, I have heard about Him, but I didn’t have any details. I did not know this Jesus was still alive!” We went on to explain that the wheelchair her husband received was a sign – because a dead God wouldn’t be able to give them anything. But a living God? He certainly could! The God of the Bible was demonstrating His love by meeting a simple, practical need in their lives.
Right away, Amidou and Adizai began reading the French Bible we gave them. Afterward, Adizai closed the pages of the Bible and then we watched as she tucked the precious Scriptures under her left arm. A translator who saw this explained, “That’s where Muslim women put their most treasured possessions -- under their arm and nearest their heart.”
A treasured possession? You bet. Adizai patted her Bible and said, “Surely we will eat this food... and share the bread with our children. Such a God we have never known before.” You don’t often hear people talk about God that way, do you, but these two older people from Cameroon sure do. Oh, that we would believe, that we would talk about God and His Word like these two new converts from the Muslim faith who are now believing in Christ. And speaking of Amidou and Adizai, I’d really like you to meet them, I really want you to see their smiles and experience their joy, so visit me today at joniandfriendsradio.org and just take a look at a wonderful photo we have of them. And while you’re on my webpage, don’t forget to take a look at our video that shows how prisoners in 22 prisons across the United States are actually restoring our wheelchairs that we take to countries like Cameroon. It’s incredible to see! Plus ask for your prayer reminders and we’ll send three of them to you so you can be interceding that many more people like Amidou and Adizai will come to know Jesus Christ. You can also get those magnet prayer reminders by calling 888-522-5664 and back on our website you can let me know you’ll be praying for our upcoming Wheels for the World trips heading out real soon to Ukraine, Peru, and Brazil. Again, it’s all there for you at joniandfriendsradio.org, so visit us today and be inspired at what God is doing around the world.
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