Sololo (Part 4)

When we were getting ready to leave Sololo, after wrapping up the outreach, we awoke early at about 3:30 am. Outside, satan worshipers were banging on drums and clanging cymbals. As we got packed and drove through town we prayed -- me for one side of the town and Getch for the other. We saw people with their flashlights and drums just staring with their mouths open and eyes wide. We had prayed that the God of all creation break the bonds of satan holding the town. We prayed loudly so they could hear and know that we really cared about them and their village.  

Then it was a long ride home. We started at 4:30 am with four young men in the very back seat, a family of four and two young ladies in the middle, then Getch and I up front. The trip took us until 9:30 that night. Along the way we dropped the family in Marsabet, the young ladies in Isiolo, and, finally, the young men at their schools here in Nairobi.

When we were in Sololo we talked to many youth and shared the good news with them. Some saw that we were different from the people that are there in the village, and they wanted to know more. We had fun with them, and they liked hanging out with us. But, we had to be careful not to be too close to any one of them. You see if we got too close and their parents saw who they were friends with, they could be beaten and chased from the house or worse. So when they came to the middle of town to get a ride to see the Jesus movie, we had to chase them away for their own protection. Pray for these children, that their hearts will continue to yearn for the risen Savior despite the beliefs of their parents.



Rock where Satanists do their
sacrifices.



Although Is*m is the predominant religion in this region, we saw our share of Animists and Satanists as well.  Animists follow the traditional beliefs of the tribe and seriously regard charms and rituals as ways to ward off evil spirits.  Satanists are the full-blown followers/worshipers of Satan.  We saw a rock where the Satanists are sacrificing animals and even their own children. We prayed that the Blood of our risen King would break the evil spirits that are there tormenting the people.

One team of ten missionaries was sent to a very remote village. When they walked into the village the people came out rejoicing saying that they had been tormented and possessed by the evil spirits until the missionaries showed up. They later said that their livestock were also possessed. So the missionaries went to see for themselves and were shocked at what they saw. The cattle, sheep and goats were acting very strangely, but as they got closer the livestock calmed and the spirits left. The villagers said that men of God had come before and chased the evil ones away, but that when the men of God left, the spirits came back. They were begging that a man of God stay and protect them from satan.  We found a young pastor to take the responsibility of pastoring this young flock until we could find someone to put there permanently. This church now has about 30 in this small village and has services every Sunday along with bible studies.