I just finished a debriefing with three of our people who recently returned from a trip to Asia. We are trying to re-up our church's work with the Bells of the Big Country (fake name). In 1997 Second voted to adopt the Bells for 20 years as our unreached people group. Five years remain on our commitment.
Our work among the Bells has waned the last two years or so. We need to find a way to wisely use these next five years. Souls hang in the balance. We may need to send someone to live there among them for a while to help us re-establish networks vital to our efforts being successful. We'll see.
One thing stood out as paramount in the meeting. The three travelers' hearts were literally crushed on behalf of the Bells. I know the feeling. It brought back sentiments about the Bells I've suppressed for a good while. The meeting caused irresistibly strong inner passions to surface again. I felt myself overcome with compassion for this unreached people group numbering about three million, of which only 200 or so are believers. We must do our best to win as many of them as possible to Jesus.
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