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THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

One of the bigwigs in our church denomination came to town Sunday to speak at our mission festival. We go to a Christian and Missionary Alliance church. It’s not a big denomination, but what there is, is choice. Our main thrust is sending missionaries hither and yon, and he’s in charge of it.

Well, he told about how, a short while ago, he found himself in what he called “the ends of the earth,” a tiny hamlet on the Bay of Alaska. He said it was really odd that he was there at all. Well, he met a commercial fisherman. Turns out he was a former Christian and Missionary Alliance missionary to Indonesia.

A few years before, the man’s mother-in-law had gotten very sick, so he and his wife left South Asia, came up to Alaska, nursed her, and she had just passed away. So now he was free, and wanted to go back.

The bigwig sent him back to Indonesia, and got him plugged in with a neat job: equipping the impoverished natives with boats and motors.

So what do you suppose is just about the No. 1 need down there, after the tsunami? Boats and motors! Many people’s livelihoods were swept away by the tsunami as their fishing equipment vanished. American dollars are literally keeping them afloat. And, while he has to be careful, that missionary can help their practical needs as well as do a little “fishing” on his own.

He’s a Matthew 4:19 kind of guy.

Don’t ‘spose God knew the underwater earthquake was coming, and what people’s needs would be in the aftermath? The bigwig is pretty clear on that.

You just never know, when you find yourself at the ends of the earth, why you’re there . . . but I guarantee you, somehow, some way, it’s for a good end.

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Praise report: All who prayed for Cindy, my dear friend who is battling chronic leukemia, join in the glad tidings that she does NOT have to start chemotherapy, as feared, but can wait at least another month. Her doctor’s appointment Monday went very well and she is feeling so much better. Father, with prayer support such as she received, she is going to be able to face anything, because You and Your people are there, and she knows it. (Galatians 6:2)