Can someone with limited local language use storying?

Bob had training on his first story (Luke 23:32-47) and the next night he had this opportunity. Bob is still a language student and he thought through how to cope with his language challenges but also saw God’s huge enabling. His first story is shared in a creative access nation using the majority (trade) language with someone from a minority language.

Bob shares:

We ate soup and quickly got into a discussion about life and faith. He asked, ‘How many times should I forgive someone?’

There was something about this issue in the only story that I’d learned! So I said, ‘How about I tell you a story about Jesus?’

The man immediately moved next to me on the couch to show how much he wanted to hear.  I told him the story then as best I could and then asked him to tell me the story back again in the majority language. I understood just enough to ask simple ‘lead through’ questions that helped my friend remember. After repeating the story about four times back and forth, I asked my friend to read the story for himself. I’d already prepared by printing out the story in English and local language and romanized so that I could follow the reading too.

We easily slipped into questions and he had some great answers. He found a great way to apply it to his life as well. He was especially excited by the responses of the Roman Centurion at the foot of the cross and the criminal who asked Jesus to remember him.

However, the most significant part to my friend was Jesus’ response of forgiveness to people hurting and mocking him. He asked a great question – one that was asked by the people in the story, ‘If you are the messiah, why not save yourself?’

My friend was excited to work out the answer as we discussed what would have happened if Jesus had chosen to escape. He immediately saw that the Centurion and second criminal’s heart would not have changed.

We closed in prayer. We had talked for about 90 minutes just asking questions and dissecting the story. He wants to come every week and do the same thing.
It would take too long to describe everything but know that the story has greatly impacted him and there were zero issues and questions revolving around his former faith.