The Fountain Magazine Issue 01, August 2013

Testimony
Seven weeks as a literature
evangelist has taught me what
I would never have learned in
the greatest schools of this world, yes
even Princeton. I started with the goal
of saving souls only to realize God was
seeking to save my own soul. That
I was in danger just as the one with
whom I solicited with. That self was not
fully dethroned. It is through working
with Christ for the
salvation of souls
that we ourselves
are transformed
into the character of
Christ.
I thought it almost
an impossibility to
get even five books
out. My aunt thought I was crazy and
desperate for money for the summer.
Given her many years with Americans,
she thought the prospects for success
were well nigh already obliterated. I felt
the same way. And for a while I went
out in the field in my strength, in the
wisdom of my eloquence, trusting in
my position as a Princeton student. But
God taught me that all such efforts are
in vain. My selfish motives for recognition
and “recommending myself to
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Colporteur Ministry:
My Experience in the Literature Evangelism Field
Every rejection, every
time someone said,
“I’m not interested”
reminded me of the
times when I said the
same words to Christ...
God” were laid bare when I got zero
books out on one day. Getting doors
slammed at your face in the sweltering
sun, in peril of dogs with already one
dog bite, brought me to my senses.
Everyday has taught me to trust less
in what I can do and more in what the
Lord can do for and through me. It is
not the talents which we now possess
or ever will that will bring
us true success, but that
which the Lord can do
for us. What was true in
canvassing is also true in
our own spiritual experience.
Every Great Controversy
I get out, every
Steps to Christ I leave in
a home is a miracle of God. That we
should accept the offers of grace is a
miracle of God. Every rejection, every
time someone said, “I’m not interested”
reminds me of the times when I said
the same words to Christ. I am no different
from those who reject the silent
witnesses. Every day I learn to love
those who reject me and pray to God
that they may have another opportunity
to receive Him.
Through canvassing I have seen many
prayers
by
answered
Allan
and
Marube
the moving of
the Spirit like a wind. In my seventh
week, I canvassed a dentist’s office.
From previous experience, I had no
success with medical offices. But this
one was different. As usual, I introduced
myself and asked for the manager
of the business. She invited me to
her office – never happened before to
me. I talked to her about the work and
showed her the health books we had
and a copy of Christ Object Lessons.
Immediately her face lit up and every
other message book I showed grabbed
her attention. She started thinking of
people to whom she could give the
books and went so far as to ask for
two GCs. She thought not of herself
only but those she could bless with the
books, those whom I could never reach.
Without controversy the Spirit of God
was moving in her heart bringing to her
heart names of people I never met who
needed the books with the message
for this time. I left her with a 9 book
set, what other canvassers would call a
“dump-bag”. Praise be to God!
There is something higher, deeper
and wider you learn in the field that
no amount of Bible study can teach. It
is only through working for the salvation
of other souls that we ourselves
are brought into harmony with God.
The Kapenguria mission is no different.
I am confident God will perform
great things for those who humble
themselves as weak instruments
by their personal effort in the field
or by financial contribution. We do
not see much because we do not
attempt much.
Allan Marube was the chairperson
of Fountains of Christ,
2011-2012. He is now a student
at Princeton University in the
U.S.A.
In an electric circuit, the
primary aim of making the
circuit complete is to have the
bulb light. All components are
functionally integrated to achive
that result;
• Battery – provides electrical
energy.
• Wires – transmit the current
• Ammeter – measures the
amount of current in the
circuit.
• Rheostat – varies resistance
controlling the amount of
current being transmitte.
• Voltmeter – measures the
potential difference across
the bulb/cell.
• Switch – initiates the whole
process by closing the current
to complete it.
• Bulb – produces light.
CIRCUITS
In Christianity
by Deborah Onwong’a
Form 3X, Alliance Girls High School
Evidently, we can have all the
other devices ready but we will
still not have the light if the
wires are missing. Wires are the
passage for the current throughout
the transmission process.
The nature of the wires in the
circuit also determines the
brightness of the bulb. Thick and
short wires allow more current
to pass through while thin and
long wires have more impedance
hence allowing less current to
flow through.
What reference can be made in
our Christian life with regards to
the working of an electric circuit?
We are the wires through which
the current must pass in order
for the world to receive the true
light, our Lord Jesus Christ.
The switch thus represents our
power to choose between God’s
will or to reject it.
The battery signifies God’s
might, and is
the source of
the power that
is transmitted
through us.
The ammeter is
our faith which
determines how
much we can let
God be in our
lives.
The rheostat
stands for our
actions that
show how much we believe in
God and let Him work through
us.
Temptations are the voltmeters
that check us and keep us on
track as we do service for Jesus.
The bulb lighting shows the
Creative Physics
moment when our actions, faith
and temptations balance. Jesus
Christ, who is the light of the
world, is then at that moment
seen through us.
It’s up to all of us.
Our lives as Christians
are circuits.
We have the power
to start the great
work of God and
to let Him work
through us that we
may produce the
light of the world,
the everlasting
light of our Master
Jesus Christ. It is
your choice, and
it’s mine too. Hope we’ll choose
well.
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