Laraba and Audu
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
Laraba and Audu are two separate flipchart stories bound in the same 25cm x 36cm booklet.
Description
Laraba is the story of an African girl who is given a task by her father. She disobeys her father and stops along the way to play. She loses what she is carrying and returns home to tell her father.
He says he must punish her. After being punished, her father assures her he still loves her. Later her father promises to buy her a beautiful new headcloth the next time he goes to the city. He will give it to her because he loves her. Laraba is excited and tells her friends. Days pass and her father doesn't go anywhere. Her friends laugh at her. But she believes her father's promise.
Finally the morning comes when Laraba's father rolls up his sleeping mat and goes off to the city. As the days pass, her friends continue to taunt her, but she continues to believe her father's promise.
Finally Laraba's father returns and gives her the pretty new headcloth he had promised. He gives her the headcloth because he loves her.
- God has promised salvation through trusting in His Son, Jesus. (Isaiah 45:22)
- God has promised believers that they will become part of his family on earth. (John 1:12)
- God promises to keep us in his care. (John 10:27-28)
- God promises believers a home in Heaven. Heaven is a beautiful place. (John 14:1-2
These promises are for all who love and follow Jesus. Even if friends laugh, as they did at Laraba, a believer can say, "I know it is true because my Father in Heaven said so. And He never lies."
This story ends with a brief invitation to become a follower of Jesus.
Audu is a Fulani boy from Northern Nigeria. This is the true story of how he became a follower of Jesus.
Audu is sent to care for his father in a leprosy hospital. He listens each morning as someone reads from the Bible, God's Word. But his father tells him not to listen. His family is Muslim.
Later Audu becomes sick with leprosy and goes back to the hospital. Again he hears and wants to believe God's message of love. But he is afraid. When a man comes to his village to share the good news of Jesus, the villagers want to beat him. The chief said, "Let him talk, he will get tired and stop". When the man asked if any one wanted to follow Jesus, Audu stood and said, “Yes!”
The villagers chase him and the man away. Audu sells his two chickens and buys a Bible. But he cannot read it! He hid it under his sleeping mat and looked at it after his family was asleep.
One night he had a dream. An old man told him to listen to his voice and obey the words he spoke. He taught Audu John 3:19. When he woke up, Audu could remember the words. Each evening he would open his Bible and repeat this one verse. He would look at the words as he said the verse, but he didn't understand the words.
Then a miracle happened; he understood the words of the verse he had learned. He had begun to learn to read!
He was beaten by his own people and others, but he was protected by other followers of Jesus. Audu went to Bible school. He completed his tests and finished school. He asks believers to pray for his mother and father and family. He asks children to pray for the work of the Sudan Interior Mission as they share God's message of love.
Considerations
- Both these stories have pictures with two colors, plus black, white and gray.
- Laraba has twelve pictures.
- Audu has twelve pictures.
- Both stories are short and can be read at one time.
Limitations
- Both of these stories have pictures that show only parts of people and scenes.
- Some pictures show just body parts. These pictures may confuse some children who are not picture literate. They should be explained before telling the story.
Guidelines for Use
- These stories could be used in Sunday Schools, schools, or Bible clubs and Bible camps.
- The stories could be recorded on audio-cassettes to use with the pictures.
- The stories could be used as filmstrips.
- The stories could be used as radio dramas with added sound effects.
Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Cost
Cost: $11.95 (US) Price as of February 2007
Producer/Owners
Author/Artist/Producer
Authors: Francis Harling, Claire Greiner, Janet Cranston Artist: Francis Hertzler
Current copyright owner
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