Preachables from China

CHINA. The overseas couple only knew of one Christian in the ethnic minority group that they were seeking to reach for Christ. Her name was Rita. They had tried to contact her, but her phone number didn’t work and they didn’t have an address. Seeking the Father’s guidance, the wife faithfully lifted up Rita during times of prayer and fasting. One day the couple traveled to a remote area. They stopped in a market town and before they knew it, had been invited into someone’s home for a feast. As they struggled to communicate using their limited Chinese, the father of the home said, “Soon my daughter will arrive. She can speak some English.” A few moments later, the daughter showed up. She smiled at them and said, “Hello. My name is Rita.”

CHINA. While training a new believer, they asked her to lead in a prayer. She was reticent to do so, but with encouragement, overcame her fear and voiced a prayer to God. Several days later she led her sick niece to salvation in Christ. The niece died the next day. The aunt told the trainers that if she not had the experience of praying in public, she never could have told her niece about Jesus.

CHINA. An American mom and her children had accidentally gotten locked out of their China home. While they waited at the guard house of their apartment complex, the mom took the opportunity to tell their Chinese guard about God's love for him. When her husband arrived with the key a short time later, he joined in the conversation. After a short time, the guard opened his heart's door to Christ, receiving Him as Savior even before the family returned home to unlock their own door.

CHINA. For long difficult years they labored faithfully among an unreached people group that was uninterested and even resistant to the gospel. The Christian workers welcomed prayer intercessors, volunteers, and other partners to join them in the task. As members of the minority group began to turn to Christ, the workers and their partners rejoiced. But then they watched with heavy hearts as some of the earliest believers of the group underwent beatings, incarceration, and other forms of persecution. Through the years, the new believers have persevered. Last year 150 members of the minority group accepted Jesus into their hearts.