I first came across Ian and the Gigantic Leafy Obstacle by Sheila Miller when I ordered a preschool curriculum from Sonlight. Recently, Maggie has requested to read this book over and over again. I like this book because it teaches that God is almighty and hears our prayers! In this book, a missionary is stuck in a Thai village unable to get down the mountain because of a fallen tree in his path. The Thai people he had been witnessing to remind him of his God who answers prayer and tell him just to ask God to move the tree. So, Ian prays and asks God to move the tree. After he prays, the tree is still there. Ian then learns that there is yet another village "at the end of the road" he has not been to. Unable to get down the mountain, Ian goes to the real village at the end of the road to share the gospel. Six miles away, another man is in search of his favorite elephant, Tusker, who has wandered off. Two days later, Ian comes back from the village at the end of the road, finds the tree still there blocking his way down the mountain, and prays again asking God to move the tree. Then, the man who lost his elephant appears and tells Ian he can move the tree. He comes back with Tusker, who successfully removes the roadblock. Amazingly, they discover that the time when Tusker "wandered off" was when Ian first prayed and asked God to move the tree. God heard his specific prayer! Moreover, the people of the true village at the end of the road never would have heard the gospel from Ian if the tree had not blocked his path!
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