As I watch our guest in the multiple feed view in the monitor, an idea solidifies. Tim in working in Cambodia. He’s a missionary there. He started a school, orphanage, a studio and even a church there. Today he’s connecting with us on the MissionTV LIVE show through Skype. All the way from Siem Reap to Mcdonald, TN. The connection suffers several breakups, but God uses it to create in me a vision. It’s an idea that has been forming in my mind for several years now.

The real life connection through video from Cambodia to our studio is so amazing when I really stop to think about it. Anyone could do it. It’s simple. Yet there’s something about it, it’s just unusual. And exciting. Perhaps it’s just because this is the first time we’ve done it. But whatever it is, we need to do more of it.

In my mind’s eye, I can see it. A team of several people calling in from the real live mission field. Calling into the show, reporting on what they’ve been discovering about missions, about the need, about the multitudes of people who are completely destitute of any knowledge of God. They call into the LIVE show, and even make short video reports of their travels. Reports that show the need, that show the hardship, that show the real life of a missionary, etc, etc. The possibilities are endless. The impact of such a project, inestimable! Whether calling by Skype on an iPad, or by a reliable satellite link, the real life aspect of it could draw many to the reality of overseas missions. The reality that we aren’t finished. God’s reality.

There’s a rule that we live by here at MissionTV. If someone has an idea they get to be the ones to do it! Often it’s more of a joke than a rule. But this time I believe it’s an idea that needs to be implemented. It fits right in with the mission of MissionTV. It is be a tool to help involve more people in reaching out and going to reach those who still have no knowledge.

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned over and over in my life, it’s that you can’t wait until you have all the resources to begin doing something God asks you to do. If God give you an idea, you an idea you have to move forward and do everything in your power to make it happen, and to do it, even if it’s just on a small scale. You’re using what you have to do as much as you can. That’s wise management of resources, as long as God is the one leading.

But even though I move ahead and do something like this, I’m only one person, which is a tremendous limitation! Would you join me in prayer that God would form a team of capable people qualified with the vision? And not just for a mobile team, but also here at the MissionTV headquarters? Both need human and financial resources. God knows how to provide both. Let’s pray that He will do so in the way He sees best.