So the other day I got a little magazine from Gospel For Asia the introduction was saying that this was a special magazine for Christmas, to send special gifts to native missionaries in South Asia. I though right away thatit would be special things like… I don’t know. Things for the native missionaries themselves, just as we get presents for ourselves for Christmas. But I was “gladly surprised” to see that it was not the case. The things that we could buy for our brothers and sisters in the East, were the very things that we can get them all year round, like Gospel tracks, Bibles to distribute, bicycles, winter clothing, lanterns, to help them carry the Gospel further… all these thing we could get them for Christmas, were not really for themselves, but things that would furter God’s cause in South Asia. I was surprised, because it seemed different from anything else, but I knew it was something GFA would do, because it’s all about God’s Kingdom and the salvation of the unreached, not about those native missionaries.

I think this difers so much from my own view of life. It’s Christmas, so I get things for the joyof people I love, which is fine. And I get presents from people who love me and it’s all about me, it’s for my own joy, my own use. These native missonaries don’t get special treats for Christmas, they get more gospel tracts and the like to preach Jesus as only Savior, that is their joy: to see people freed from the power of Satan.

So anyways, there was somthing special though. There was a new section where they presented gifts you could make to families for Christmas, gifts like chickens, rabbits, buffalos, cows, pigs, etc. These gifts of animals would not be like giving a dog to a kid for Christmas here in Canada. These animal that cannot be afforded by most, can provide food and income to families. So I bought a pair of pigs for people I probably will meet only in heaven. I believe it’s neat that we have little opportunities like that to give and I thank Go for Gospel For Asia who seek, at all times, to further the Kingdom of God. 

 So far we’ve got 50$ this month for native missionaries and it’ll go out to South Asia so that they can buy winter clothing for those missionaries who freeze in the mountains, bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the unloved and unreached people. Please check out the page on “Bank for Native Missonaries” to learn more about this bank. It’s just at the top of this page.