Pareto is a highly respected member of his village and has been a leader and a friend to all. He claimed to be a believer when a United States church began evangelizing among the Harvester People. He would come to Bible studies but only stay for a short time because he claimed to be too busy. For 10 years, he struggled between fully committing to God or to animism. The U.S. church believed that he chose animism when he participated in the circumcision ceremony that initiates males in his society into practicing animism. Praise God that they were wrong! A volunteer team from the church arrived and found that Pareto had truly given his life to Christ. He was baptized and is now an active member of the group that meets weekly to worship God and learn from the Bible. Pray that Pareto will remain strong in following Christ and that he will be a light to those in his village who are still in the darkness of animism. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV).