"My first church experience was indeed an encounter. I sat down by an elder on a small bench in a crudely built block building. Quickly, I became faint and found myself sliding onto the floor. I picked myself up, shrugged and sat down again by a man named Samuel; who I later learned was another of the first three Maasai to become Christian. Again I slid on to the floor, and again.

Finally, I staggered across the room and asked about this man beside me on the bench. I was told that he did amazing things like raise the dead. So, I came to understand that I was there for what the Maasai could teach me.

A few days later, through an interrupter, I had opportunity to ask Samuel questions beginning with “I understand that you have raised the dead?” 'I got to be there when the Lord raised them,' he replied."

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