Thoughts of a fellow missionary

This short letter was included in a Newsletter update sent out from our Strategy Coordinators (Mike and Carolyn). I really liked what D shares. I definitely identify with the thoughts and heart behind her words. D serves with her husband as Strategy Coordinators with the Hakka Harvest ministry here in Taiwan. The Hakka number around 3 million on the island and are even more unreached than the Hokkien.

I had a beautiful opportunity to give glory to God before a small crowd this morning while buying pineapple from the back of a pick-up truck. Faces peered at me expectantly from under bamboo hats while plying me with curious questions. But their questions caught me off guard, and I thought of what to say only after I’d left.

That happens so often.

I’m not particularly good at what I do. I don’t have any great skills or abilities that make me an effective missionary. But at night I hear God’s heartbeat for children that He longs to embrace. At sunrise, I pray for hurting, hopeless crowds of people who are trapped by fear. At daylight, I’m compelled by His Spirit to be a living message of the mercy and freedom He is offering.

Please pray for missionaries. We are not heroes. We are weak people, speaking and sharing from the simple conviction that God is faithfully drawing nations to Himself. Powerfully. Beautifully. Today.

Love,

D