Cira and George
Part II in a four-part series on e3 Sudan’s Indigenous missionaries.
I always chuckle a little when I think of Cira (Cheer-ah), our key man in Pageri, Sudan. He, like Joshua, was dropped off alone to plant a church (or more) in Pageri (Pah-Gary). The reason I chuckle is that before he became a Christian, he was a traditional dancer. It’s just funny picturing him dancing.
Anyway, once dropped off, he immediately went to work. He prayed and walked about looking for a person of peace. God is so good. A woman began a conversation with Cira. She immediately made a profession of faith. Then, she gave him a piece of land to set up his tent.
But wait, that’s not all. Being a person of peace (John 4 - Samaritan Woman is another example), she also went around and began telling her friends and neighbors to come and hear what Cira had to say.
She told him he could start the church in her home. They’ve moved the location since that time after he built a relationship with the local elders.
That church now runs 65 people. Cira has sent five young men to the bible school for further training. After David and I’s conviction about sending missionaries out in pairs, a terrificly well-trained teacher named George quit his job and joined Cira on the mission field.
They’ve started a second church and take turns preaching and teaching between the two locations.
Numerically, this is our most successful mission site.
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