reaching the remote places

We are grateful to God for favour and good fellowship with the believers in our recent trip. We heard testimonies of God’s goodness, guidance and provision for the local believers/ministry workers as they went into villages and other remote places in the different states to teach and preach and heal, just like what Jesus did when he was on earth.

One of the leaders we met shared that his team had to travel 3 days to reach a particular village in another state, including 12 hours on a bus, a boat and walking. After spending a few days there, they went on to another village, mainly by walking.

Another shared that she, together with a very young child and 2 other adults, took more than a day (24 hours) to reach her destination by train and walking. It was her and her child's first experience on the train which had only one "car" for passengers - the rest were for goods. So, the various and many passengers had to squeeze (like the Japanese on the express train, except that this car was not air-conditioned, and this was not an express train!!) in the not too large compartment, and stand for hours. Delays were common, so the journey was longer than was actually necessary. Her toddler was slightly traumatized by the proximity to strangers, and was extremely uncomfortable in the heat and motion of the train.

At each of these places, they taught the Word of God. The believers in these remote places were so hungry for the Word of God that they clamoured for more teaching and insisted on continuing in the teaching and learning of the word into the night and even into the wee hours of the morning. Though they hardly slept, the Lord strengthened the leaders for the work and ministry of the Word to these believers. They came away, even more convicted of the call of the Lord: they will be returning to the same villages and others like them to continue to establish the believers in the Word.

Let's pray that the Kingdom of God will advance into the "uttermost parts of the earth" without any hindrances and with ample provision and resources!