Bearing Gifts We Travel Afar

A story and prayer request from our on-the-field Maninka team.

A member of the Maninka team shares, “When we first moved to our city several years ago, I asked a young Maninka woman to explain her understanding of Christmas and its customs. She saw it as a time when we Christians prepared food as a sacrifice and then shared it with our friends as gifts. A worker had once given her baked goods at Christmas and that is how she interpreted the gift, even though the worker had shared the Christmas story with her. Often the message we share is seen through a cultural lens. Please pray that this Christmas season the Maninka team will have many opportunities to share the story of the Savior’s coming and the hope that it brings. As we talk about Christmas with our friends and with university students, pray that our message will be clear and God’s Spirit will speak across cultures.”