I'm not sure how many people read this blog, but I need everyone to pray for the IMB missionaries. If you can, we need to actually give to the IMB. The website to do this is www.imb.org.
Due to the economic recession we are currently facing, approximately 70 full time missionary candidates have been put on hold. In addition to that, 350 short term missionaries have been turned away.
I want to paint a picture of what this means. When my family was going through the process, it was completely by faith. They had sold their house and possessions before they were even appointed. The families that have been established have to get going on that process before they can begin. This often times means they have quit their jobs. That's right, they quit their jobs in the middle of an economic recession.
Let's even step back away from the people themselves. In fact, they wouldn't even want this post to be about them. They do not like it that we, the american church, call them our heros. However, they are. How many people are suffering in the world right now that need to hear the name of Christ? At the very minimum, please pray that these individuals can be sent to tell the world. You and I have everything. Everything we own could disappear tomorrow and it wouldn't matter. We have Christ. Our world is bright with the Shining Son, yet the lost has a world of total darkness.
Thank you for reading, praying, and if you can, giving.
In Christ,
MOC
I have met a number of IMB missionaries on my travels throughout Asia, and they do a good job. I will pray for this.
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