Feb 21 2013

Why does it happen? If you’re committed there’s no choice…

Masses of people fly outside the window next to my seat in the van.

We are on our way to the meetings we’ve been doing this week. Yesterday we went to a village with a  population of 500 people. This village is completely unreached! There is no church. No Bible worker. No Adventists. Not even a Christian living there! No knowledge of God. No Christian influence until last night. Last night we drove in the rough main road to the village stopping at a paved cement part of the road. Setting up right on the road, a Hindu temple provided a place for the people to sit. Probably 50 or more people came last night. Gabe shared one of Eric B Hare’s children stories first, then he followed that with a talk about the importance of water for health.

Tonight I’m on my way there again. I didn’t plan to go, it happened at the last minute. Since I’ve been here with the camera to record for a show, I’ve been a floater without an assigned team. I planned to go with another team working on the other side of town. But Gabe was feeling sick and wasn’t able to go tonight. I didn’t want to go in his place… I needed to record with the other team… but there was no one else to go to this village of 500. If I didn’t go the site would have to close for this night. If I did go, then I would miss the other team. What to do? It’s not fear of being in front of people, rather it’s inability to fill both needs. It’s not the first time I’ve been torn like this. If only I could do both… but I can’t. Why is there no one else to go? In a minute my mind was made up.

60-70 people show up tonight. One of the local brothers who came with us shared a children story. Next it was my turn. Using the little projector, I shared basics of health. Going through each of the 8 doctors of health I explained briefly about each one.

The last one came with an opportunity. I shared about my God. A God who cares about every part of our lives. A God who loves us. A God who wants to be our friend. No doubt this was all new to these people. Next a question… “How many of you want to learn more about this God?” More than 10 hands went up…

A Bible worker could work in this village if there was a sponsor… Are you willing to sponsor a Bible worker for this village or others like it? There are infinite opportunities! Or perhaps you would be willing to go and train people here, or to do meetings in these unreached places. Are you willing?