Success, our National Coordinator in Malawi, was busy shelling harvested maize and had no opportunity to leave the compound. As the day went on, she watched her team share one testimony after another of gospel conversations that had taken place.
Seeing their updates, she began to feel discouraged. She wondered if the whole day would pass without her having the opportunity to share her faith.
Then, at 3 p.m., her phone rang.
It was Ruth, a young woman who had given her life to Christ just three days earlier. Ruth asked if she could come to Success’s home. Success gladly said yes, seeing it as an opportunity to continue walking with Ruth in her new faith.
But Ruth did not come alone.
She arrived with a friend named Rose.
As they entered the house, Success realized that this visit might become more than a discipleship meeting. She asked Rose whether Ruth had told her what had happened three days earlier. Rose said yes. When Success asked what she thought about Ruth’s decision to follow Jesus, Rose replied, “I think it was a good decision.”
Then Success asked her a simple question: “What about you?”
Rose answered honestly, “I am not very sure of my salvation.”
That opened the door for a gospel conversation. Success shared the Word of God with Rose and then prayed with her as she surrendered her life to Christ. Afterward, she gave both Ruth and Rose Bibles with her signature in them.
What began as a quiet day at home became a beautiful reminder that discipleship multiplies. God used a new believer to bring a friend who was ready to hear the gospel.
The following weekend, Rose called Success again. She shared that the Scripture Success had given her had become precious to her. She had memorized it and said she loved her Bible so much.
That Sunday, after their different church services, Ruth and Rose came again for fellowship and discipleship. This time, Rose was the one sharing what the Scripture had done in her heart. She spoke from John 15:1–5, reflecting on what it means to remain in Christ.
Soon, this simple discipleship journey could become a GO Team for their community.
Ruth’s story is a reminder that new believers are not statistics. They are people to be loved, nurtured, and cared for. And when they are discipled, they can quickly become witnesses who bring others to Jesus.