Meet B

Meet B.

I met B on a visit to Nepal. Aged just 28, he has already lived a life worth living. B was born into a high-caste Hindu family and his father was the village priest. A visiting evangelist met B and told him the gospel … and persisted in giving him a Bible, encouraging him to read it and urging him to faith.

B eventually believed. An early fruit of this is that this hitherto dumb man was able to speak. And speak he did – for Jesus. Despite a money offer from his father to abandon Jesus he continued as a Christian. Because of this he was ejected from the family home with just one set of clothes. He married a Christian woman and settled in her town.

Economic need saw B work in many middle eastern countries in some low-level jobs. While there he talked about Jesus and gave people Bibles. He was several times arrested and beaten and even spent time in a Saudi gaol for this.

B is still active for Jesus as a Bible teacher and through his home. He and his wife have two children of their own. They have taken several homeless children into their house in order to give them a Christian upbringing. They don’t always have the money for food and school fees, but they know whom they trust to provide.

I taught some Bible lessons which B translated, and he said that he had much to learn from me as a teacher. Perhaps - but there is more to learn from him about following and serving Jesus.