One Friday night, at the singing and testimonies program in the Natitingou church, a lady stood up to speak. She doesn’t give testimonies very often, so I wondered what she would say. I usually don’t understand her because she speaks Waama, and there isn’t always someone who can translate.

But this night was different. As she got ready to start her testimony, she invited a man in the audience to translate for her, and her testimony was about him! “I’ve been coming to church for many years,” she said. “Most of the time, I don’t understand what is being said because there is no one to translate for me.” The Natitingou church services are held in French and translated into Ditammari, the language of most of the non-French-speaking members. She continued, “Sometimes I would get discouraged and say to myself, ‘Why don’t I just stay home?’ But I felt God telling me to keep coming to church. And I started to pray. I prayed for another Waama to join the church who could translate for me. And God has answered my prayer!”

It brought tears to my eyes to think of this lady who has been coming to church faithfully for 10 years or more, and her prayer had finally been answered. This new Waama-speaking man was baptized in December and is now bringing his wife and three children to church, as well.

The Waama are a similar people group to the Otammari, but they have only a handful of Adventists among them, while the Otammari have several groups. We are praying that the answer to our friend’s prayer will be multiplied into a movement of seekers of truth among the Waama.

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