I woke up this Sunday
morning and thought of the verse that says, behold what manner of love the
father hath given unto us, 1 John 3:1.....this would latter turn out to be
prophetic!
A team of six volunteers
from Weccare Foundation, I was one of them, met at Dr Oben's house at
mid-morning to go out witnessing and follow up. We traveled 66 km to Manyai a suburb
of Matomb. We were looking for a man seen almost a year earlier by Dr Oben
.
(Dr Oben and his wife
were traveling from Douala to Yaounde when they spotted a man crawling on his
hands because he apparently had no other way to ambulate. Dr Oben said to
his wife that it just wasn't right that they should be riding in a car and this
poor soul be moving around in such a manner. Dr Oben vowed to go back one
day and help the handicapped man; this was to be that day!)
Locating this individual was the first objective
as Dr Oben only knew this man’s infirmity but not his name or exact location.
When we arrived in the vicinity of the previous sighting we decided
to ask if anyone knew him or his whereabouts. We pulled over by a small road
side store and described the man to the proprietor, he said not only did he
know him but he would take us to his house. After a brief ride to a small, even
more, rural home we piled out of the van and met the handicapped man Nka
Mathurin and five others. We shared the Gospel and the love of Jesus with
the household. Four people said they wanted to trust Jesus for salvation.
We then told the 41 year old man who was crippled with Poliomyelitis
since childhood that the Weccare Foundation would buy him a wheelchair this
week. He was a reserved individual, probably from the isolation of being
trapped by this affliction, but was very happy to receive such a wonderful
gift. We also said we would give follow up material to the four accepting
Christ when we returned. After taking many pictures, shaking lots of
hands and receiving many thank you we departed. I can still remember the
last sight of him on his porch, makeshift wooden block hand shoes attached. The
next time I see Nka Mathurin he will probably be in heaven, he sure will look
different then!
By Patrick Gaughan
Emmanuel (Watchman)and Aka Mathurin
The WeCCARE Team Evangelistic Outreach and Aka Mathurin's Family
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