We had a great mission dinner last night with Rich and Pam Agnew. If you are not familiar, they serve in Mexico with New Tribes Mission, an organization that seeks to bring the message of Jesus to people groups that have no other access to the gospel. Some missionaries with New Tribes spend a lifetime ministering to one small people group. In some cases, the language these people speak has no written form. So, the missionaries create an alphabet and develop a dictionary. Then they teach the native speakers who to read their language. As this work is going on, they translate scripture into the new language. Ultimately, some 20-30 years later, the tribal group has a written language, are literate, and have God's word to read.
Can you imagine what extraordinary commitment, perseverance, patience and devotion to the cause of Christ these missionaries must have! Why would someone devote his or her life to this work? Because God loves everyone and wants multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language to join together before His throne in praise (Revelation 7:9).
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