tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17744322.post1978815886205726569..comments2023-10-06T09:16:45.120-04:00Comments on Mondok Blog: Two FreedBryonmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14483341910569645033noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17744322.post-39296828510191497282007-08-14T00:27:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:27:00.000-04:00I marvel at the Christians who go into hostile ter...I marvel at the Christians who go into hostile territory in obedience to the Great Commission. Especially do I marvel at someone like a couple from our church--actually, Okongo is from Kenya, but married to a woman from our church. Last fall, he went into an unreached peoples group in northern Ghana to preach. He approached the Muslim leaders openly, telling them who he is and why he was there, to tell them about Jesus, the God who came to earth as a man, who died for them. He did it all, I'm sure, with his characteristic big, friendly, open smile.<BR/><BR/>He's previously experienced imprisonment, beatings and other persecution, and that hasn't stopped him. He's preached and planted churches in several African countries, and he and his wife, along with their two little girls, are now in that formerly unreached peoples community. He saw about half a dozen men come to Christ in his first visit, and before he came home from that, he was invited to come back with his family, and to preach in the mosques. I shake my head and say, "Our God is an awesome God!"<BR/><BR/>But I am one of those who easily gets caught up in fear. I'm learning to just keep moving in the direction He has shown me, even when it means lifting a 150-lb. telephone to call a church. Small potatoes, compared to what others are doing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com