Lee grew up in a typical Tuareg community where, left to mind the family herds and farm, he never had opportunity to attend school. He dreamt of one day learning to read.
One evening as a young man, he finished work in the onion fields and came to the nearest town where he found a gospel worker selling books and tracts. He purchased several books, commenting that he wished he knew how to read them. The worker asked, “You just spent money buying books that you can’t read?”
Lee replied, “That is my next question. Would you be able to help me learn to read? It has been my dream almost my whole life.”
Together they spent months learning to read materials produced in Tamajaq, one of the languages of the Tuareg. They started with words, then sentences and eventually progressed to a book of animal tales. As Lee’s reading got stronger, they went on to read the first twelve chapters of Genesis. From Genesis, they went on to read the entire gospel of Luke.
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One evening, Lee said to his friend, “I have something to tell you. I have decided to follow Jesus like you.”
The worker, encouraged and amazed, responded, “So, Lee, who is Jesus to you?”
His response was unforgettable. Lee said, “Do you remember when Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but at the last minute the angel stopped Abraham and there was a ram in the thicket that took Isaac’s place? As we have been reading in this book of Luke, I can see that Jesus is my ram!”
How to Pray
- That God would reveal to the Tuareg, a proud people, their need for repentance and the joy of freedom in Christ.
- For audio Scripture resources to be distributed more freely.
- That God would raise up believers like Lee to be church leaders in their community.
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