Take a Moment to Pray for Colombia

Anytime people come to faith in Christ I am encouraged. Jesus is certainly building His church, often, it seems, in spite of our efforts ;-). But there are many people He's called and equipped for the ministry. People like our missionaries serving in Colombian and the believers there with whom they participate in reaching people for Christ. Please take a moment today away from scanning the latest news on Facebook, Twitter, or CNN, and pray. Give God the glory, and lift up the requests of our brothers and sisters in Colombia. 

CAFE (ColombiA's Forgotten Ethnos) PEOPLES (cah-FAY) - Team CAFE writes: "D and R are a couple who have been coming to the indigenous student center for several years. They have two young children and live in the student residence halls. When we first met them, they were not believers but came faithfully to all the events at the student center. One day D overheard a conversation in which some believing students were talking about going to church. D asked if she could come and added, 'Are they all like you?' She began participating in an evangelistic Bible study with an IMB missionary and soon accepted Jesus as her Savior and Lord. She continued in a discipleship program and was able to work through her difficult past. D and R got legally married a short time later. Please pray for R to accept the Lord as well. He has been open and sympathetic to the Gospel, but has not yet made a decision. Recently D and R asked to meet with the same missionary to begin a couple's counseling time, with the expressed desire to put their relationship on a better track. The counseling time includes biblical principles and will include a specific Gospel call to R. Please pray that God will lead in this process and that not only will their marriage grow and be healed, but R will make a decision to accept Christ. Pray that they will become a solid Christian couple that is able to have a tremendous impact on the indigenous student ministry." 

PA OF COLOMBIA (pah) - Steeped in tradition and the syncretistic religious beliefs of Catholicism and animism, the Pa people have had little exposure to the Gospel message. This people group of more than 50,000 has had no solid Christian churches or evangelistic outreach. National missionaries H and D have lived among the Pa people for two years. There are now eight house churches, and several new evangelistic Bible studies have started. The ministry is growing very quickly. Because of the impact of the Gospel, lives are being changed. Believers are leaving behind the practices of their traditional religious beliefs and embracing the Gospel message and the freedom it brings. This, in turn, is having an impact on the community. Believers are helping each other, sharing their possessions in times of need, fellowshipping, and living in a unity that they have never before experienced. They are also suffering the negative impact of persecution. They are having their crops, animals and possessions stolen and their animals poisoned. H and D were recently made aware of a group of people in one village who are trying to incite the people of that village to run them out and not let them return. Pray that God will protect His church, the national missionaries, and the believers among the Pa people. Ask Him to confuse and hinder those who are trying to prohibit the advancement of the Gospel message among the Pa people.

A Mission Team in Colombia

Two prayer requests today, one of which will be going on right now! We have some excitement as a mission team from Texas is going down to Colombia on Thursday, October 25, while apparently another work in Colombia comes to a close.

Urban Cluster - Beginning Thursday, October 25th, through Monday October 29th, 14 volunteers from FBC Euless, TX, and 11 translators from around Colombia (and beyond) will converge on Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, to culminate a series of three weekend workshop training events held throughout 2012 with local Baptist pastors and leaders on how to disciple believers through a one-on-one mentor relationship. God has blessed the first two training events, and as a result there are around 60 Baptist church members already participating in some form of the mentor process. On Thursday, Pastors and their wives will first work on the marriage theme “Designed for Harmony” and then join other Baptist leaders Friday through Sunday in studying the theme “Forgiveness: Fact or Fiction.” We ask you to join us in praying that God will continue to break down barriers, both personal and relational, that will lead each participant to choose to live as though Scripture is true regardless of circumstances, emotions or cultural trends. Then we ask you to join us in praying that those participating who choose to live in this way will engage 1-2 people in their own circles of influence to begin walking through this mentor process together before Thanksgiving arrives. For this we will truly be thankful!! Refuge Team of Cartagena, Colombia – Pray for the displaced work in Cartagena to be effectively closed by putting into order what remains to be done, that leaders may be appointed in each area of work so that instruction may be given in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Be a Part of What God is Doing in Colombia

God is moving in Colombia. Indigenous peoples are hearing the gospel and new opportunities are opening up. I wish I could be there. Until then, I can still make an impact through my prayers and by calling you to pray as well. Consider each of these prayer requests and the sacrifices and time investments they represent. God is doing things, and through our prayers we can be a part of them. 

Colombia, North Coast Indigenous – After waiting several years for God to send someone to the ED group, Roberto had the joy of being baptized in his community as a testimony. Now, Roberto’s wife wants to be baptized and possibly his brother. The three of them plan to walk for three days to a town where a Chronological Bible Storying training will be taking place this month. Roberto’s wife desires to be baptized at this meeting. Rejoice with us at the stirring of God’s Spirit in these precious people. Also, pray for them as they plan their long journey to the training for safety, guidance, and endurance. Please pray for the preparation of the hearts and minds of all that will be attending this meeting, as it is in a remote place and many will be traveling long distances. NU OF COLOMBIA (noo) - SJ is the town that national missionaries L and J live in when they are not in their jungle home. This small town offers a school for their two girls and many of the normal conveniences of a town, such as electricity, the Internet and a grocery store. SJ is also the town where most of the Nu people come when they have any medical needs. There is a very rundown house that is run by a local government agency that houses them when they come to this town. L and J spend time nearly every day visiting the Nu in this house and in the local hospital. They are often called on to translate medical instructions and to help people get the treatment that they need. Often the Nu they visit are already friends, but other times they are Nu from places that L and J only dream of visiting at this time. Visiting these Nu in town has given L and J opportunities to share the evangelistic stories with clans of Nu to which they have not had previous access. Pray for these encounters with the Nu people of different clans. Ask God to give L and J opportunities to share the Gospel, and pray that these people will become healthy and take the stories back to their clans of Nu people. Pray for open doors to the clans of Nu that have yet to hear the Gospel.

National Missionaries and the Ar People

I praise God for national missionaries. He has seen fit to call all His servants to participate in the great task of sharing the gospel, not just the select few who received special training, studied a foreign language, or who are more outgoing. All of us are part of this task. National missionaries remind me that I am just a small part of an even greater whole. As I hear more and more about missionaries from other countries, I get to rejoice that Christianity is not limited to an “American” expression. God is bringing in people from “all nations, tribes, and tongues.”

In Colombia, cross-cultural evangelism is going on as a national missionary takes some of the Ar people through the narrative of the Bible, building up to the glorious good news about Jesus Christ. Pray for his effectiveness and perseverance as he brings the message to some who have never heard.

AR OF COLOMBIA (ahr) - National missionary J continues to make monthly trips to the village of P to share the evangelistic Bible stories. The number of people who are participating in the chronological Bible storying times has grown to 18. As a result, J has divided the group into two sessions, and he is teaching in the morning and in the afternoon. Pray that the Word of God will be clearly understood and that it will bear fruit in the lives of those participating in these storying times.

Multiple Updates on Colombia

Life has been hectic for me lately and I haven’t posted much on my blog. Here are the new prayer requests coming out of Colombia:

AR OF COLOMBIA (ahr)—J is a young Ar girl who has made a decision to follow Christ as her Savior and Lord. As is typical in her village, she has only a fifth-grade education. To attend high school means traveling to a nearby village to study. The witchdoctor there requires all students to practice animistic rites in order to attend the school. J does not want to do this, so she has no opportunity to finish her education while living at home. However, she has agreed to leave her village to live with national missionaries J and A. She will teach them the Ar language and, in exchange, they will help her to get her high school education. Pray that God will give J and A the ability to learn the Ar language quickly. Intercede for J's ability to teach them, for her spiritual growth while with J and A, and for her ability to finish her academic education. AMAZON PEOPLES IN COLOMBIA (AM-uh-zahn)—"Our Colombia Amazon Team has recently gained access to four villages of the C people group. Pray specifically for R, the 'man of peace' (Luke 10:6) who has been identified in one village. Pray that he will soon come to know Christ as his personal Savior, and that through him, we will also find men of peace in the other three villages." NU OF COLOMBIA (noo)—Praise the Lord that in answer to your prayers, the trip to the jungle village was an excellent and blessed time! National missionaries L and J share: "We can see that Jesus is building up His church among the Nu people, and nothing can stand against it!" One of the Christian leaders from C village (the first to receive the Gospel) traveled recently to this new community, T village, to make sure that the new believers there are remembering God's Word, praying, and living as He desires. This Nu leader shared with L and J, "We never forget to spend time together in the Word and to pray to our Father!" GLOBAL MOBILIZING CLUSTER—Praise God for a recently opened door in Colombia! We do not have a Global Mobilizer there yet, though it has been a matter of prayer for a long time. Toward the end of August various Colombian Baptist leaders met to make plans for 2012 and to discuss missions. One of our ACSLs was invited to share with them about missions and their role in sending missionaries. Pray that God will use his words to challenge our Colombian brethren to be full participants in going to the uttermost ends of the earth!

Colombia: Pray, Go, Send!

The prayer request from Colombia today is near and dear to my heart. One of my deepest longings is to go and serve in that country as a missionary, yet I have much more training to do here before that can become a reality.

In the meantime, please pray that God would send out workers, both nationals and expatriates, who will share His precious gospel with the people of Colombia, that His church may be strengthened and encouraged, and that His kingdom would break into the lives of those who’ve not yet believed on His Name.

Middle/Upper-Class Professionals of Bogota, Colombia (boh-goh-TAH)
Give thanks to God for the requests that have been made for IMB missionaries to come to Colombia to work with some of the most strategic unreached people groups. Pray that His laborers will hear and respond to His invitation to go out into His harvest. Currently there are several families who are praying about and/or are in the process for appointment or transfer to live and work in the market cities closest to these different groups. Pray for IMB strategy leaders, asking that they will clearly hear God's voice as they continually examine the different unreached people groups, accessibility to these groups, and the timing for making a request for missionaries to live near them and share the Gospel with them.

Nu Kids on the Block #prayer #Colombia #MKs

Friday is the day I typically try to devote to praying for Colombia. As I wait for the right opportunity to live and serve God there, I use Fridays as the time I try to remember prayer requests and lift up missionaries there and the people they're reaching.

One such group of people is the Nu. National Colombian missionaries have been working to share the gospel with this group of people living in the rain forest. These missionaries have a limited window of opportunity to reach the Nu people, and their most recent trip required their children to work hard to meet their school requirements while away. Missionary kids (MKs) are often misunderstood and forgotten in our prayers. Praise God that these MKs have been keeping up with their studies, and don't forget to pray for MKs who are often overlooked yet sacrifice much for the advancement of the kingdom.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo) - Last month you were asked to pray for the two elementary school-age daughters of the national missionaries to the Nu people. During their recent two-and-a-half-month trip to the jungle, K and A struggled to study while the Nu children played around them. The adventures of the Nu children were much more interesting than the books that were on the table in front of them! They did, however, remain faithful to their studies and finished their academics well before joining the Nu children in play. They were able to maintain their academics and to finish the semester on time. Their academic testing upon their return home demonstrated that they did indeed accomplish what they needed to do for school. Give thanks to God that that success has encouraged the school to allow them to make similar trips in the future, which will allow K and A and their parents to increase their ministry among the Nu people.

"Now I see that He is the God who loves me."

Many of us know 2 Timothy 3:16; “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” I really appreciate Paul’s fourfold listing of Scripture’s profitability, since studying the Bible produces different effects on me, whether that be learning something new, convicting me of sin, correcting my erroneous thoughts, or guiding me in right behavior.

One thing that I find so amazing as I learn about the Reformation is how the dissemination of the Word of God led to much correction of erroneous belief. It happens whenever people have learned things that don’t square with the Bible and then come face to face with biblical truth. This correction of error can mean the difference between truly grasping and embracing the gospel and misunderstanding and rejecting it.

Praise God for missionaries like J who are willing to face vigorous challenges to bring the light of the gospel to people living in darkness.

AR OF COLOMBIA (ahr) - Once a month, J, a national missionary to the Ar people, travels three hours by motorcycle to a small town and then hikes eight hours to reach the village of P. He tells one story each day for four days before making the long return trip home. The stories are having an impact. On his April trip, an Ar man told J, "I am realizing that I have wasted a lot of time. I saw God as a punishing god who was always watching me, to judge and punish me. Now I see that He is the God who loves me." Pray that those who hear these stories once a month will hear, understand and respond to His Word.

Kids on Mission

Being on mission requires sacrifice, whether that means signing a check authorizing a missions agency to make a withdrawal from your bank account, selling your house and moving overseas, or broaching the subject of the gospel with a colleague.

We honor these sacrifices in our prayers and in our churches. Yet one sacrifice is often overlooked if for no other reason than that those who offer it are so small. I’m talking about the children who go on mission with us.

Today, let’s stop and pray for two little girls who will never have a “normal” summer vacation because they are supporting their parents in mission. God does not overlook the sacrifices of “the least of these,” and we shouldn’t either.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo) - K and A are normal Colombian girls who love to dress up like princesses; they love what is pretty and feminine and the normal things of any elementary school-age girl. They enjoy school and do very well in their academic studies. Once or twice a year, however, they pack up their books, clothes, and a few special toys and travel by road for half a day to the river. They "overnight" by the river and then get in a canoe to travel two days on the river to reach a town where they will then begin the six-hour hike to get to a Nu village. Most times these girls make the trip joyfully. They love the Nu people, as do their parents. Sometimes, however, the river trips are long, they get sick with malaria, and they get behind in their academic studies. Getting behind means putting in a lot of extra time at school when they return. It means that they get no summer break! Pray for K and A, asking that God will keep them healthy and safe in the travels they make to the Nu villages, and that they will be able to keep up with their academic studies during their village trips. Pray that God will bless these two little girls who so willingly undergo very difficult living conditions so that their parents can share the Gospel.

Nu News on Missions

I love to hear these kinds of updates from the folks on the ground working with people of never or only recently come into contact with the gospel. Pray for God’s word to go forth and that the people’s eyes would be opened.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). In May, after three weeks in the C village, national missionaries L and J and their girls will make the six-hour return hike to the town by the river. There they will take a boat and travel several hours to the T community, where they shared the Gospel for the first time in January. They will stay in the newly built jungle home constructed for them by the Nu people in that village. Pray for them as they encourage the group of new believers there. They will be reviewing the evangelistic stories and will most likely be having their first baptisms in this community! The heart's desire of L and J is to take some of the Christian leaders from the C community with them on this trip. Pray that these leaders will understand God's call to take the Gospel to other groups of their people. Pray that they will be willing and able to accompany L and J to the T village to share the stories and take a leadership role in discipling this new community of believers.

Prayer Request: Trekking with the Gospel

Missionaries do all kinds of work. There’s still the jungle trekking like we tend to romanticize and there’s the city-dwellers who reach people in high-rise apartments and coffee shops. Although I would probably have a preference for the latter (I like coffee), I’ve had the desire to do some trekking as well. Maybe next year!

Today I got a prayer request out of Colombia that gives us a small glimpse at what some of our brothers and sisters go through to bring words of hope and salvation to people who’ve never heard the gospel before. It makes me wonder what I’m really willing to do and say to coworkers and others who are easily accessible around me every day.

Please lift up J and L and the Nu people of Colombia before the throne of God today.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). Rising early in the morning, national missionaries J and L and their two girls pile into a crowded vehicle for a five-hour trip to catch a canoe going up the river. The river trip takes two to three days, depending upon the current and other issues that can come up along the way. Once they finish the river trip, they arrive in a town that is nearest the Nu community where they are headed. Their trip is not over, however, because they have to walk five to six hours to arrive at their jungle home. L and J made this trip in March to visit the CK and T communities of Nu people, and they will be returning home in May. While in CK, their goal is to work on discipleship and leadership training. When finished there, they will have to return to the town and then take another four-hour trip to the T community, where there are new believers. While in T, they will repeat the evangelistic stories and then begin discipleship. Give thanks to the Lord that they will hold a baptismal service during this trip to T! Pray that the new believers will follow through on their decisions to follow Christ and grow in obedience to Him.

Prayer: "If only there was... some divine word"

Talk to ten different people on the street and I wonder how many different ideas you’ll get about the Bible. To a people whose existence has largely been devoid of a Christian influence, the Bible can seem like a foreigner’s book.

But we know better. The Bible is not merely a book like The Farmer’s Almanac is a book. It is God’s word given to us. Socrates is credited with saying, “If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.” When people see the Bible as God’s word, they are on the right path.

Consider that as you pray for the Ar of Colombia and the national missionary who’s trying to share God’s glorious word with them.

AR OF COLOMBIA (ahr). National missionary J is traveling once a month to a community of Ar people called P. He is sharing the Gospel through stories. During a recent trip, he shared the first story about where the Bible comes from and what the Bible is. The Ar people in this community responded, "We never knew that the Bible is not a white man's book, but it is God's Word to us!" Pray that each time J travels to this community and shares more stories, the Ar people in community P will clearly understand the Gospel message and will then be willing to take it to other Ar people.

Praying for the Pa (Colombia)

Sometimes we can get lost in curriculum and books in our effort to disciple others and teach them the faith. Yet Bible truth has often been taught through stories, and stories are how we often learn best. The letters of the New Testament expound on the implications of the stories contained in the four Gospels. The truth of a risen Savior is the foundation of everything else in the Christian walk.

Pray for believers and missionaries in Colombia. Pray for the Pa. The prayer request today is not any different than what we should already be praying for our own churches. May God be glorified.

PA OF COLOMBIA (pah). The national missionaries serving among the Pa people have many new opportunities to meet with families and to begin sharing the Gospel message through stories. Pray for the message to be heard and received and for lives to be changed by the Gospel. Pray also for the spiritual growth of those who are already believers.

TWO Prayers for Colombia

I have two prayer requests today from Colombia, both having to do with unreached people groups.

I’m currently working on learning Greek, and this kind of coursework is very difficult at times. But I have the benefit of video lectures, a work book, and other printed and internet resources to help me along. Imagine trying to learn a language without any of those benefits. Please pray for the missionaries working to learn the language spoken by the Ar people.

Also, be in prayer for the Lord to send out workers to the Cha and Ta people, who are currently suffering a lack of missionary presence.

AR OF COLOMBIA (ahr). National missionaries J and A are praising the Lord that a full-time language helper has just arrived to live in their home! Pray that the relationship between this Ar girl and the national missionaries will be of mutual blessing. Pray for the ability of J and A to learn the language, and ask that learning it will be a testimony that will open the door to the sharing of the Gospel with this people group.

CHA AND TA OF COLOMBIA (chah; tah). Give thanks to the Lord there are missionaries interested in these people groups. Pray that God will lead the decision-making process of those interested and bring the family whom He desires to reach the Cha and Ta people.

Praying (and Going?)

Finding spiritual leadership can be a challenge. There are a lot of people out there who have solid biblical knowledge, but taking on the responsibility of serving as a spiritual leader goes far beyond mere head knowledge, as important as that is.

Anyone serving in ministry knows that the emotional strains can be severe, but the rewards are great as well. The more I see these kinds of requests and reports the more the desire grows in me to go. Please pray for me as I pray too that God would guide me along the path that most glorifies Him whether that be with boots on the ground in that country or remaining here for a time.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). There are now two groups of Nu believers, but there is no real desire or willingness among the Nu people to lead their own people spiritually. This greatly hinders the ability of these believers to form a sense of community and church. Pray for national missionaries L and J as they continue to discern the Bible stories needing to be told for leadership development and discipleship.

An 83-year-old Sister in Christ

I did some chronological Bible storying last year with a couple that Hannah and I know. The basic premise is this: most of the Bible is narrative. We teach our children primarily through stories because... it's natural. It work well. It's memorable for those little guys and gals who can't read and don't have much in the way of education. If that works so well for kids, why not try it with adults. After all, if my post here is just a couple of paragraphs, the odds of someone reading it through is rather slim. People are not normally big on reading.

Chronological Bible storying is good because parents can do it with their children. Jesus taught largely through parables, and His methods have been quite effective over the centuries. More and more missionaries are using this method with primarily oral learners, people who don't read or write, either by preference, or by education. Please pray for this 83-year-old sister in Christ who is using stories to share the gospel in a non-threatening way.

May God be glorified.

PA OF COLOMBIA (pah). C is an 83-year-old woman who has been attending chronological Bible storying times with H and D over the past few months. She was recently admitted to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. This woman's seven children and grandchildren (who were previously opposed to her studying the Bible with H and D) asked H to come to the hospital to begin telling the stories to them. He has been praying with and ministering to C and her family. Pray that C will make a decision to give control of her life to Christ and that the family will also be open to the Gospel message. (HT)

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"For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s." (Rom. 14:8, ESV)

Reaching the Nu

Missionaries with the IMB are blessed in that they don’t have to go around seeking financial support from multiple churches. Southern Baptist Churches give money to the IMB through various channels, not to individual missionaries, so we know that our missionaries are being taken care of so that “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.” (2 Cor. 8:15)

Few churches have that kind of cooperation for missions and many missionaries have to raise funds from multiple churches. Praise God that some Colombian missionaries were able to raise the support they needed to reach and spend several weeks with the Nu people.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). National missionaries L and J and their two girls were able to return in December and spend several weeks with the Nu people who live in a village two hours up-river from the CK community. Praise God, who provided all the resources for this trip through their national churches and supporters.

The Laborers are Few... so Pray!

I was speaking with a friend of mine about unreached people groups and he lamented that there weren’t any in South America because he wanted to do more mission work there, but had a strong desire to work with the unreached. Although Asia may be home to the highest number of unreached people groups, there are plenty of unreached peoples in South America.

Our current situation reflects what the evangelist recorded of Jesus’ words in Luke 10:2, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” And the solution has not changed either: “Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

In Colombia it is difficult for Americans to travel about in unreached areas because of the constant threat from paramilitaries and narcotraffickers. Though still dangerous for national missionaries, Colombians draw less attention to themselves from these armed groups than foreigners. Pray for those who equip and those who go. And consider being one of those who sends by supporting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, 100% of which goes directly to the field.

CHA AND TA OF COLOMBIA (chah; tah). Please continue to pray for laborers for the harvest for these two people groups. God is moving hearts towards indigenous mission work in this country, but local missionaries still need to be trained and sent. Intercede for this process, with the end being people called to work with the Cha and Ta people!

Update on the Nu and other Missions Stories

National missionaries can sometimes gain access to people and places that foreign missionaries can’t. In Colombia, some of the most unreached peoples are located in areas where rebel groups and drug traffickers have control. It’s dangerous for Colombian nationals to venture there. It’s even more challenging for foreigners, especially Americans.

Some Colombian nationals have answered the call to reach out in these difficult areas. After battling malaria and a skin fungus, the national missionaries who had hoped to share the gospel with a new clan of Nu people were forced to return to a larger city for medical help. Please pray for the missionaries, both foreign and national, who are seeking to reach the lost with the precious gospel of peace.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). Last month you were asked to pray that Colombian missionaries L and J would be able to share Gospel stories with a new clan of Nu people before returning to their home in the city. That planned visit did not take place during this trip to the Nu communities. The national missionaries and their children were very sick with malaria and a skin fungus upon leaving the village, and were unable to travel. They returned to the city to get medical help. Please pray that their health will be restored and that they will have another opportunity to share with this new clan of Nu people.

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See also:

Missionary Eric Reese’s interview with a Brazilian “Godfather”.

Donate to the Baptist Global Response relief fund.

Learn about the World Hunger Fund’s impact on the famine in the Horn of Africa.

Reaching People in Their own Backyard

I think sometimes we forget about national missionaries. Many churches, denominations, and church conventions support missions work right here in the U.S. From disaster relief to church planting, a lot is going on here. We tend not to think of it as missions because we’ve gotten used to the idea of missions as people leaving their country of origin to live in another country to reach people for Jesus.

Colombia has national missionaries too, which is just foreign enough for us to register. The Nu are a people group with very few believers who live in areas where it isn’t safe for foreigners to travel. It’s not very safe for nationals to travel either. But L and J, national missionaries, have spent the summer strengthening and encouraging the Nu believers. Praise God for that. And pray that He’ll use those strengthened believers to reach others for the advance of His Kingdom.

NU OF COLOMBIA (noo). Thank you for praying for the Nu believers. Give thanks to God that having Colombian missionaries L and J in the community for three months this summer was a great encouragement to the believers. They are now willing to stay in their community, having received help in some practical areas such as health and education.

To learn how your church can be involved in embracing an unreached people group through the IMB, click here.

To give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, click here.