WILLS POINT, TX – Discover how a three-day Vacation Bible School hosted by GFA World missionaries helped Parni, a 17-year-old girl from a traditional religious background, discover the freedom and peace found in following Jesus Christ.
Seventeen-year-old Parni did not need the ability to see into the future in order to guess what hers might soon look like. If her life turned out similar to the lives of the women in her family and her village, Parni would have a lot of expectations and religious regulations to live up to.
Deeply devoted to their traditional religion, the people of Parni’s community perform every prescribed ritual to please their gods and goddesses. If they don’t have money, they will borrow it from friends or relatives to make sacrifices to their gods.
In addition, women are expected to cover their heads before the elders of their families, and they fast two or three times a week for their husbands’ long life.
But for all their religious commitment, the villagers do not have any peace in their lives.
Learning to Shine like Stars
When Parni’s friend, a Sunday school teacher, invited her to come to a three-day Vacation Bible School hosted by Gospel for Asia missionaries, Parni accepted…
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