Dear Family and Friends.
Thank you once again for your support. Thank you for replying to my newsletters with your kind words of encouragement. I appreciate you all so much. This week at the School of Missions has been a mix of all types of emotions for me. As we continue to study the Bible, I feel God clearly speaking to me: GO!! Share the Gospel with all NATIONS!! But I ask him, Lord how? How can I, a twenty-three-year-old California girl, share the gospel with those billions of people who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ? I feel extremely convicted to go and do so, and I understand that it’s my command from God to go share with those Nations. This at times, overwhelms me. Praise God, He has placed me in the perfect place to be trained and equipped to do so!
Throughout the week we have approximately 20 hours of class time. In these classes, we’ve had the opportunity of learning from our pastors and missionaries who are currently serving in those unreached countries. It’s refreshing to hear them share their experiences serving in those countries. For many of these missionaries, it took years of God preparing and equipping them to be sent out before they actually bought that plane ticket. We have also spent time partnering with the local Calvary Chapels, doing outreaches with the local communities. At these outreaches, we share the gospel and plan activities with the children and families.
One of the biggest things we have been learning about these past few weeks is what we call the Unreached. This is name we use for the 3 billion (with a “B”!!!) people living in many countries all over the world with little or no access to the Good News of Jesus. This is made up of Muslims in the Islamic Block, Hindus in South East Asia, Buddhists in central Asia, and Atheists in Northern Asia. In many of these countries it is illegal to convert to Christianity and restricted to share the gospel.
To all the believers, I want to ask you this question: Do you believe that Jesus is the only way to salvation?
In John 14:6 it says “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” If your answer is yes to the above question, I have another question. How do you think those who live in countries where the name of Jesus has never been heard will come to salvation?? “How then shall they call on Him on whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” (Romans 10:14). Paul here is making the argument of how in the world can people who have never actually heard the gospel be saved? On top of that, how can they hear the gospel if no one is going to them to tell them? I could go on, but I hope you get the point I’m trying to make. I feel heavily convicted to reach the unreached. How will I do it?? I won’t but God will through me. In the meantime, I’ll keep surrendering daily, continue to study God’s word and patiently wait for the next step God wants me to take.
If you’d like to partner with me, I would appreciate it. I still have the need of paying of this schooling the total is $2,700 half of that which is $1,350 left to complete the total cost of CSOM.
Prayer request.
- To keep surrendering daily to The Lord
- For the health and safety of our team
- To keep dying to myself daily.
For His Glory,
Katia