Factory workers ask: ‘Why not begin (Bible study) now?’

Missionaries Keith and Carolyn Hocutt and their 14- and 15-year-old daughters had been searching for opportunities to share the gospel in Peru.

In July, they worked with International World Changers for a week of evangelism. In August, the Hocutts began chronological Bible storying groups in a sweater factory in Chiquian every Tuesday afternoon and in a pueblo every Thursday night.

When Carolyn visited people in the factory to ask if, and when, they would like to begin the Bible study, the workers began talking rapidly about what was feasible.

Carolyn missed most of the conversation, but they finally looked at her, slowed down their talking, and said, “Why not begin now?”

Praise God for the factory workers’ open hearts! Pray that as they hear the gospel they will receive it as truth and will rush to share it with neighbors.