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We get in a taxi to head home. Our driver is an illiterate Bambara speaker. We greet a little, then drive.

After a bit, the taxi man grabs a paper sitting on the dash and hands it to me. I scan it. It’s a Bible tract in French that lays out the great questions of the gospel: who Jesus is and how God gives us a promise of new life forever with Him in paradise.

“What’s it say?” he asks as he doesn’t understand a lick of French.

In my broken Bambara, I tell him the words are from the Injil (New Testament) and Tourat (Pentateuch) and that it talks about the way of Nabi Isa and the road of Allah. I tell him it’s good, just like the Injil I have in my hand.

Now, how motivated do you think I am to better share in Bambara the next time I get into a taxi? A lot. This is why we learn an unreached people’s native or local language. This is why we live among UPGs.

(From Sahara’s Gate team)

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