Allow me one more story from the world of Wycliffe and missions. I have talked about Klaus Pieter Kugler before (Gems 145 and 341) but didn’t tell the details of story of what opened up the Fayu to the love of God. As I said in Gems 341 they were practiced liars and thieves. It was a cultural practice and one would say impossible for them to change. One day Klaus Pieter had some crocodile meat out drying it in the sun when he saw the chief’s son come and take it and disappear off into the bush. Klaus Pieter went to chief’s son when he was with the chief and confronted him about what he had done. Of course he denied everything. Another seeming impasse. But God told Klaus Pieter to love him unconditionally and practice agape love toward him. The kind of love with no strings attached that seeks the benefit and well being of the one to be loved. Klaus Pieter took some more crocodile meat and gave it to the chief’s son in the presence of others and said, “Here I am giving this to you because you obviously need it more than I do”. This one act of agape love stunned the Fayu people. Oh their culture said it was ok to steal but they had never seen someone who loved back rather than stealing back. It was the catalyst to this people group accepting the truth of God’s Word.
