It is amazing to read it aloud and people get quiet. They listen. Hearing the story of Hannah for the first time, in the early chapters of First Samuel, they are amazed.
A wife who has no births is in danger in this society. Her husband will leave her and look for a woman who can produce. No one will blame him. The wife will be shamed and abandoned.
What would a woman in this culture do? She would be strongly tempted to go to a witchdoctor and get a potion (for a price) to bless her womb with a baby. Or, failing that, to kill her rival.
But what did Hannah do? She poured out her heart to the Lord in prayer, trusting Him even in her pain.
Ask that the Lord blesses the teaching of His Word in Lomwe.
Ask Him to give faith and new lives, hope and trust and obedience, godly homes and wisely led churches.
Thank you for your support in prayer and in gifts!
Stuart and Sindia Foster
SIM Mozambique
Gifts can be sent to: SIM USA Box 7900 Charlotte NC 28241 for Ministry #070047
Our missionary account is 070047.
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