Me Next!
By Doug Lucas
One of our Team Expansion workers in the Middle East recently baptized 7 people in the Jordan River. One was a man from a country currently being torn up by war and violence. He had a beautiful wife and two wonderful little children. They had been trying to survive in their homeland until one day his father disappeared.
A couple days later he was shown a YouTube video of his father being beheaded by terrorists. He was filled with rage and immediately wanted to avenge his father’s death.
However, his wife convinced him to take her and the kids to safety in a neighboring land, currently at peace. He agreed, thinking he would get them settled then return to hunt down and kill his father’s murderers.
Then something happened: while he was in that neighboring land, the family met our Team Expansion team members, who immediately began sharing the Good News with the family. The man kept putting off his return to his homeland and getting more and more involved in our workers’ Bible studies and eventually decided to be baptized alongside his wife.
When he came out of the water he said all his “anger was gone and he was a new person.” His little daughter of about 6 was sitting at the edge of the water watching her parents be baptized. As they all started to come out of the water she jumped up and yelled, “Me next.”
Our Team Expansion team members had received training at Emerald Hills. That training taught them how to create effective strategies for communicating Christ to the nations. By helping create a “Fort Benning” to equip a global team of world-changers, you’re bringing peace and hope to a world in trouble. Thank you for your partnership in reaching the unreached!
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