Although there are no workers currently among the Daasanach, one couple still make forays up there and they’ve related how the Daasanach believers are doing. They report:

A Daasanach lady

“In April this year, we had the privilege of sitting in home after home of Daasanach believers, and hearing over and over again their accounts of a similar experience of the Lord’s gracious protection over their lives. Some months before our visit, Daasanach land was hit by an outbreak of cholera.  In communities like theirs where good hygiene practices are virtually nonexistent, the spread of such a disease is rampant and devastating. Severe dehydration and death occur even more quickly in such a hot, arid environment. We listened in awe as our friends related the story to us.

Relief supplies for the epidemic were flown into the area by the government.  There was a certain village that was well know to have numerous Daasanach believers that was denied any of the supplies. “Let their God take care of them”, was the calloused explanation that was given. Evidently, our gracious God, who is able to protect the honor of His own Name, chose to stretch out His mighty arm to answer that mocking challenge. Here are some of the testimonies we heard from the believers about those weeks…

“We cried out to our God, and He answered us! In all that time, not one believer in Jesus nor any of our children became sick with the disease, even though many around us died.”

“Even the unbelievers in our village were spared because of our prayers.”

“We were the only village denied relief supplies for the epidemic, and the only one that lost no one to the disease!”

“During those weeks, people were terrified to go near the homes of the sick and dying. When we saw how God was sparing us, we believed that God wanted us to share with others about His power, so we went around to other homes and villages, praying for the sick and testifying to God’s protection over our lives.””

Praise the Lord for this wonderful testimony and partner with our Daasanach brothers and sisters in lifting up their people to God for his provision and saving grace!

PRAYER POINTS

• Pray that the Lord will raise up qualified church leadership to lead and reach the Daasanach.
• Please continue to intercede with us for the believers in Daasanach land, that in all times, even those when God uses suffering for their growth, rather than intervening miraculously as He did in this case, they will continue to be transformed more and more into the image of His Son.
• Please pray that the Lord uses the Daasanach believers to reach out to their own communities and to other people groups that are around them.