The Robertsons

Every pothole felt like the truck had hit a crater in the middle of the road. Pain went from my toes to neck. The constant shifting and pushing the clutch used muscle long forgotten.

But, it was all worth it.

Halfway down the sloping hill, surrounded by beautiful, pink azaleas bushes, the small home is almost the last one before the Ghana boarder in northern Cote d’Ivoire. It’s just right for IMB workers, Jerry and Carol.

For nine years they have worked to make this small village, known only because of the boarder crossing, their home.

Young children run through their yard, peak into their windows and doors at all the times of the day.
Young believers drop by to chat, neighbors come to use the only working telephone around, and you know someone has come to get water out of the back facet when the water inside doesn’t work.

The Robertsons just take it in stride. Today is just like every other day and it’ll be the same tomorrow.

They enjoy the lack of privacy, because it means the Nafana people accept them.

At one time the Roberstons never thought they’d be allowed to share the stories of Jesus. But after showing the Nafana that they were serious about learning the language and translating 130 Bible stories from French/English/Greek/Hebrew into Nafana, did the Nafana people truly understand the dept of what the Robertsons were willing to do for the Nafana people.

The long, tiring work of translation has paid off. God has called at least 14 Nafana people to him and they have shared the stories bring 40 more in different villages.

The Robertsons share the stories in three villages with men, women, chiefs, children, and teacher, anyone willing to hear and understand.

I, along with three new, short-term workers, spent four days with the Robertsons. Pray that they continue to have the strength and wisdom to translate Bible stories into the Nafana language.

The three new workers:

Jeslyn – writer

JJ – videographer

Joshua – photographer