Missions on our minds…



A few weeks ago, Richard Pratt, founder of Third Millennium Ministries, challenged our church to take the Gospel to the Muslim world by building relationships with them. His challenge was quite straightforward. The only way to make a true impact on the spread of Islam is through the gospel of Christ, and the way to do it is through relationships. I thought about our time in Turkey and the friends that we made while there, and the burning desire in my heart to go back and see them. I’ve kept up with one young woman in particular via email, and hope and pray that at some point in our relationship I might have the opportunity to share the gospel with her.

We’re praying about going back to Turkey. There will be a missions team leaving in October to serve for 10 days and Don and I (plus Marla) feel compelled to go. We’ll have to raise support as before, and are confident that if the Lord wants us to go then he will provide.

I don’t know if the Lord will use me in a teaching role this year, but my heart and mind are filled with the memories of the faces of the women I met and connected with. I ache to be useful to the Lord in their lives.

Why not go on a missions trip to a different place-- somewhere closer, perhaps?

Because we have formed relationships in this place, with these people. Relationships are built by time and personal investment… we need to go back.