Posts Tagged ‘Dao’

God provides answers

Posted by Ian and Julie Fallis on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Paatoma, Wikipai's brother

Paatoma, Wikipai's brother

Have you ever just wanted to know, “Why, Lord?”

Ever been in the midst of trying times or tragedy, and wanted to know what God was up to?

Wouldn’t it be great in circumstances like that if you could get just a glimpse of God at work?

That’s what Scott and Jennie Philips got.

Wikipai’s death troubled the young missionaries. Wikipai was one of the first two believers among the Dao people of Indonesia. He was a leader and a Bible teacher. He had just begun sharing God’s Word in another Dao village.

And he was one of Scott’s best friends.

“From our human perspective it didn’t make any sense at all but Jennie and I were resolved to hold on to the fact that God knows best,” Scott wrote.

Then Paatoma, (more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in Ministry | No Comments »

‘When we are scared, we call out to Jesus’

Posted by Ian and Julie Fallis on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
A Dao man

A Dao man

The Dao village was buzzing with the big news.

Wakayoo, a very prominent Dao man, was on his way to perform a “Spirit Chasing.” He was come to speak incantations and perform rituals so no one in the village would get sick from evil spirits.

You see, he had heard that ever since Wikipai, a Dao Bible teacher, died, people have heard strange noises and what they call “evil spirit voices” from the direction where he is buried. In October, we told you about his illness and his death.

None of the Dao believers doubt even for a second the existence of these evil spirits or their intention to do harm.

But they have begun (more…)

Tags:
Posted in Ministry | No Comments »

How to die well

Posted by Ian and Julie Fallis on Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Wikipai

Wikipai

Wikipai has died.

The Dao Bible teacher seemed for a time to be recovering from the illness that struck him as he taught in an unreached Dao village. However, the missionaries to the Dao people learned this week that he had unexpectedly died last week, leaving behind his wife, Moipi, and their two children.

At least Wikipai was prepared. Earlier he had said:

No man knows the day that I will die, but the Creator knows. Will I die while I am young? Will I die while my wife and I have only cut the cords of two children? Will I die when I am old and have lived a long life? (more…)

Tags: , ,
Posted in Ministry | 1 Comment »

A lot of reasons to say ‘no’

Posted by Ian and Julie Fallis on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Moipi

Moipi

You can always find reasons to say “no.”

Moipi certainly had some big ones.

The Dao woman was getting ready to move to a distant village with her husband in order to present God’s Word there.

“I know that my kids could get sick and die,” Moipi said, since she and her family would be far from the medical care provided by missionaries in her village.

“Or my family might not have enough food,” because her husband, Wikipai, would be concentrating on teaching instead of hunting and gardening. (more…)

Tags: , ,
Posted in Ministry | 2 Comments »