Responding Globally Unto the King

The past two weeks have been packed with opportunities.  Last week, Unto the King Fellowship and Global Response Team sent a group of six men to bless one of IDT's missionaries with a roof for her house.  Baja is nearing its rainy season and she was concerned about her un-shingled roof being damaged by water.  The Lord sent these men from Lodi & Manteca, CA and Oregon to provide a beautiful roof for her.

This group jumped off the roof and into their truck Tuesday evening to serve the poor by participating in another outreach to some of the poorest of the poor in Padre Kino.  They distributed warm clothing, bibles and bible story books to people who live in rented rooms, use towels as their front doors, and launder their clothing on slabs of concrete.  I'm pretty sure God was smiling.

After the men from CA and OR left last Saturday, a group of Canadians came to IDT.  They were very eager to do outreaches and the Lord provided an opportunity to show the Jesus film in the Triqui language at the Dome church.  The Canadians also distributed clothing and good, clean drinking water to the audience.  As usual, the neighborhood kids at the Dome church were pretty wild, but most of the audience was captivated by the movie.  There are very few resources available in the Triqui language because so few people speak it.  It was a real treat for the people to see a movie in their primary language.  My prayer is that the gospel is more clearly understood by everyone who saw the movie.

Today was another Pastors' conference here at IDT.  This one focused on persecution of Christians in the 10/40 window and was attended by 60-70 people.  The 10/40 window is a huge area of the world, including most of Africa and Asia, where the predominant religions are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.  Many eyes were opened to the suffering faced by Christians in this area of the world at the hands of proponents of the other religions.  The best Mexican worship band around, Golgotha, led us in worship and the Lord let me serve by putting on my "sound guy" hat.  It's time for a quick breath before next week begins.