THOSE WHO SOW IN
TEARS…..Part 3 of 3
And a few years
later....
Aggie and her
husband were attending an evangelism conference in London, England, when a
report was given from Zaire (the former Belgian Congo).
The superintendent
of the national church, representing some 110,000 baptized believers, spoke
eloquently of the Gospel’s spread in his nation.
Aggie could not
help going to ask him afterward if he had ever heard of David and Svea Flood.
“Yes, madam,” the
man replied in French, his words being translated into English.
“Svea Flood led me
to Jesus Christ! I was the boy who brought food to your parents before you were
born. In fact, to this day, your mother’s grave and her memory are honored by
all of us.”
He embraced Aggie
for a long time, sobbing.
“You must come to
Zaire! Your mother is the most famous and honored person in our history.”
When Aggie and her
husband went to N’dolera, they were welcomed by
cheering throngs of villagers. Aggie even met the man who had been hired by her
father to carry her down the mountain in a hammock-cradle.
Then the pastor
escorted Aggie to see her mother’s tomb with a white cross bearing her name.
She knelt in the soil to pray and give thanks to God.
Later that day, in
the church, the boy turned pastor read....
“I tell you the
truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a
single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” John 12:24
“Those who sow in
tears will reap with songs of joy.” Psalm 126:5