{"id":4097,"date":"2013-12-04T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:15:30","slug":"west-africa-meeting-the-first-believer-from-among-the-hidden-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"WEST AFRICA: Meeting the First Believer from among the “Hidden People”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Baptist Press News<\/a>, November 8, 2013<\/p>\n

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To say that Ellen Zaborsky is a fan of her church’s adopted people group is a bit of an understatement.<\/p>\n

Sitting in the sanctuary of Unity Baptist Church in rural Prince George, Virginia, the retired ninth-grade science teacher is wrapped from head to toe in a vibrant pink cloak called a taseynest<\/em> – traditional women’s wear among [a people group] in West Africa.<\/p>\n

In 2009, Unity took responsibility to share the Gospel among those they call “the Hidden People,” a group of roughly 300,000 nomads who roam the West African desert. The church has since sent six short-term teams to their adopted people, and Zaborsky has aided every team – at least in spirit. Though her heart is firmly planted in West Africa, the 69-year-old won’t ever set foot there. A wheelchair and a heart condition have ensured that.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, on this Sunday morning in early fall of 2013, a piece of West Africa has come to her.<\/p>\n

Zaborsky listens intently as “Ibrahim,” the first known believer among the Hidden People, preaches a sermon to Unity’s congregation. It’s a surreal experience for many of Unity’s members, who, like Zaborsky, have been praying for the Hidden People for years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00bb Full story<\/a> with pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Baptist Press News, November 8, 2013 To say that Ellen Zaborsky is a fan of her church’s adopted people group is a bit of an understatement. Sitting in the sanctuary of Unity Baptist Church in rural Prince George, Virginia, the retired ninth-grade science teacher is wrapped from head to toe in a vibrant pink … Continue reading WEST AFRICA: Meeting the First Believer from among the “Hidden People”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4098,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions\/4098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}