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\"09-19-15<\/a><\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 Do you like that painting Prodigal?<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 I was just wondering where these people are from and what life must be like for them at their town.<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 I think often of how we people all have different cultures but God still loves us all.\u00a0 Can I share another missionary story?<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 I have enjoyed the couple of ones that I have heard from you.<\/p>\n

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This is from Voices of the Faithful with Beth Moore and is from a worker in South Asia<\/p>\n

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We were at the last town of our journey and were contemplating going home a day early.\u00a0 Our trip had been harsh, and I honestly didn’t like the last town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was wearing some clean clothes, ones that I had hand-washed and let air-dry for days.\u00a0 Not five minutes of being in that town, a cement block came down from the top of a construction site and landed in a mud pit two feet from me.\u00a0 I was coated in mud but uninjured.\u00a0 When I found a bathroom to clean up, it was equipped with a communal washing barrel full of cold water.\u00a0 I laughed hysterically.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leaving one day early seemed reasonable.\u00a0 We were supposed to meet with a Christian in this town, but we had an incorrect phone number.\u00a0 Before booking transport, I prayed, “Lord, if there is anything else that You would have us to do or anyone that You would have us meet, please show–“I had not even completed my prayer when a voice asked, “Are you a Christian?”\u00a0 Surprised, we turned to meet a young national named Suk (sook), a missionary from the people group we target who also was trying to spread the gospel!<\/strong><\/p>\n

He invited us to go with him to villages in the area. We were able to share Jesus with many.\u00a0 Suk also informed us of other villages closer to where we live.\u00a0 Without this believer, it would have taken much research to locate them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

God is at work.\u00a0 Any Christian with a willing heart can join Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At this point, it seems like nothing worked out at all with this project, but don’t worry God likes to save some of His best work toward the end.\u00a0 Keeping praying and wait for the Lord to show you that He was in control the whole time.<\/p>\n

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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.\u00a0 I will strengthen you, surely I will help you.\u00a0 Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 41:10<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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