DMM: A Shaman Befuddled

 A Shaman (Folk Islam Witchdoctor) Befuddled 

 
Shaman Ina appeared a bit befuddled. Overtly she was undone by what she heard. Our time in her village began as we prayer walked the border of her island home in our area. Toothless, bright-eyed, and fully enthralled sat this Islamic witch doctor. As she and her adult niece interacted with me and another of the summer teamers, Maya, Shaman Ina could not believe what she was hearing. Maya had just shared her personal story of how Jesus transformed her life. Shaman Ina could hardly contain herself from trying to comfort Maya. As I translated Maya’s story, and as we train others to do, Maya was sharing the condition of her life before Jesus drew her to faith in Him.

It was at this point that I realized that Shaman Ina felt compelled to tell Maya, “Oh, honey, don’t worry about those sad things in your life.” I shared with Shaman Ina that she is so kind to want to comfort but she is going to be so elated when she finds out how Isa Al Masih brought healing and comfort, better than any human words could ever bring.

Maya continued by sharing how Jesus drew her to Him, and how He has indeed brought healing and comfort in not just that “area” of life but brought His hope and purpose for all of life abundantly. 
 
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!…-Matthew 6:21-23

Again, we felt prompted to ask Shaman Ina if she wanted to know what we see in her eyes.
 
In the same wooden house on stilts sat the head of the village, alongside various family members, some of whom were Imam level Islamic adherents. While Maya and I shared with Shaman Ina and her niece, two others in our group shared similarly with the Imam and Village leader. 
 
We praise God for the recent summer team of college students, which we were able to train in that which helped to launch even more Discovery Groups of Muslims being brought to Christ.

These students, as well our local Indonesian teams are trained in a process, when one is starting out in a given Unreached People Group, for the desired launch of Disciple Making Movements:
 

7 High Value Weekly Disciple-Making Movement activities

1. Focus on God’s Word and the Holy Spirit  (John 6:44-45)
2. Multiply Extraordinary Prayer and Fasting  (Matthew 11:20-25)
3. Look for Persons of Peace, who will open up their households/friends group (Mt. 10, Luke 10)
4. Help start newer Discovery Groups (27 of 30 cases reaching households in the book of Acts)
5. Vision cast to others to do likewise (Revelation 5:9-11, Revelation 6:9-11, Revelation 7:9-11, Habakkuk 2:14, Matthew 24:14)
6. Train others to do likewise (Model-Assist-Watch-Leave/Coach)(2 Timothy 2:2)
7. On-going coaching in making reproducing disciplemakers (Matthew 28:18-20)

Prayer Requests:

• Ask God to open these households as they are followed up
• Ask God for continued breakthrough, in persistent shameless unrelenting intercession for the SaSumBi. Luke 18 (Parable of the persistent widow=Shameless in the Greek)