One more story?

Last month I wrote an email about a woman in her 20's that I've started to hang out with. She has been a Christian for about a year. She eagerly wants to know more about Jesus but considering that she didn't get the chance to finish primary school, it is a challenge for her to read the Scriptures by herself. Some of the preaching at church is also a little over her head.

We had been sharing Jesus stories before I went away to camp. I gave her some easy-to-read booklets with stories from the gospels. We spent time together reading out aloud and talking about the meaning of the stories. When I came back to Phnom Penh I didn't know if my friend wanted to keep meeting to talk Jesus stories. I didn't want to force anything. But it only took about 24 hours for her to ask, "Big sister Pip, do you have any new stories?"

We made a time to meet last night. I thought I should prepare something so yesteray I chose a passage from Mark and read it through several times. I wrote down some points in English and translated key words into Khmer to help me explain them later. This took about an hour. Last night we took some cushions and sprawled on the floor with one copy of the New Testament between us. We read the text. We talked about it for half an hour or so. When I finished there was a short pause. Then my friend asked, "Big sister Pip, one more story please?"

I laughed and said, "Do you know how long I spent preparing this one? I've been thinking about it half the day and preparing these points for an hour! But OK- one more story."

We continued reading from Mark. I started to become tired by she was becoming more energised as the freshness of these truths hit home. We finished another section. But she wanted more. I agreed to one more story (thinking in passing that this might be good preparation if I ever have children...).

While none of this was planned by me, I can't help thinking that the Father has had these meetings in mind for some time now. I'm loving the meeting and talking and learning together. I love her hunger for one more story.