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Papua New Guinea: 106-year old chief gets baptized

You're never too old to get baptized. That's the message that Napa Namb presented to visitors of his baptism service in Yano Kambulupira, Papua New Guinea. He was baptized at age 106.

Napa Namb is a local chief of chiefs. In 1975 he decided - against the will of his fellow tribesmen - to allow Adventist missionary Paul Piari to plant a church in his village. In the years that followed Piari received several death threats and was continually hindered in his work, but being a person of peace Napa Namb defended him and convinced this tribe to let him stay in the village. One by one people came to Christ and got baptized. But although Napa Namb defended Piari and allowed him to build a church in the village, and even mobilized people to help with the construction, he didn't bow for God himself and continued serving his ancestral spirits.

For 30 years he did not come to church. But finally, in 2005, he paid his first visit, and several months later he surrendered his life to Christ. During his recent baptism his whole family was present. During his long life he was married to five wives and received over 60 children and more than 300 grandchildren.

Source: Wako Napasu, AMN

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