Jelina* couldn’t contain her excitement.
An East-West missionary to Central Asia had just taught her that through Christ she had access to the Fruits of the Spirit, and she wanted to share her new knowledge with someone.So the next day she decided to talk to her employer, a bedridden woman named Sitka*.
Though Stika had never shown an interest in anything Jelina said about Jesus, she was determined to keep sharing the good news of the gospel in any way she could.
As Jelina began talking to Stika—like she had done many times before—something was different.
Instead of ignoring Jelina or telling her she wasn’t interested, Sitka listened intently to every word she had to say. Jelina explained the Fruit of the Spirit to Sitka … telling her that the only way she could produce that fruit was to make Christ the foundation of her life.
Sitka soaked in every word and said, “Now everything that you have been saying all this time makes sense. I want that fruit in my life. Give me Jesus!”
Jelina explained the free gift of salvation and all that Jesus had done on the cross. Right then, Sitka prayed and received Christ into her life.