SULADS STORIES

A VISITOR THAT SNORES

by Salleh Suli

Log Deck 5 Mission School

August, 1999

Have you ever had a visitor that snored very loudly?  We had one in Log Deck 5 Village.  It was in the middle of the night when I woke up due to a very loud sound—it sounded like someone snoring.  Thinking that it was my partner, Darren, it did not bother me too much.  It seemed the sound was coming from a different direction but when one is sleeping, one cannot be too sure.  It was certainly a loud sound, however.  It sounded like a big man who ate too much food just before going to bed.  Putting the sound out of my mind, I was soon back to sleep again.

The following night, the same thing happened.  Someone was snoring so loudly it woke me up.  There must be something wrong.  I looked around but saw nothing in the darkness.  The fog was very thick that night and I was unable to see anything.  I was puzzled but soon fell asleep again.  Early the next morning, I woke up and tried to look around but saw nothing indicating the source of the sound.  “I’ll see you tonight,” I vowed to myself.

 

That night, Darren and I stayed up late to investigate what was causing the sound.  We talked, sang and studied God’s word until quite late.  Suddenly, something big bumped the side of our little house.  The sound moved right under the house to the exact spot right under my bed.  After a short time, the snoring sound we had heard the previous two nights came again.  We peeped down through a hole in the floor of our house and began to laugh.  There under the floor under my bed lay a huge pregnant pig belonging to our neighbor.  Why did the pig choose our house to sleep under?  We don’t know.

 

The people here in the mountains of Mindanao love to raise and eat pigs.  The children play with the pigs and take baths with the pigs in the mud.  At this time, we cannot blame them.  They do not know any different and do not realize there is a better way.

 We have only been in Log Deck 5 for a few weeks.  We must win the confidence of the people.  Then we can begin to tell them of the Jesus who left the glories of heaven to come to this dark old world and show us how to live better lives.  We pray that one day, not too long from now, the sixty-two families now living in Log Deck 5 will eliminate the pigs from their diet and thus from their village.  Then our sleep will not be disturbed by the loud snoring of a large pregnant pig!

To be a part of bringing this message to Log Deck 5 and other villages in the mountains of Mindanao, please send your free-will offering to:

Adventist Mission Society of America

2411 S. Azusa Ave.
West Covina, CA 91792.

Mark your contribution for MVC SULADS and you will receive a tax-deductible receipt.  The SULADS say “Thank You” for your assistance in bringing Jesus to the unreached people of Mindanao.