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Have you heard the expression “Boots on the Ground?” Well our Live Dead Missionaries are the boots on the Silk Road. Here we’d like to take a moment and allow one of them to share a snapshot of their life with you. Some names and details have been changed, but this is a true story from this colorful, vibrant, and sometimes surprising region.

Tonight, at a coffee shop, a teammate and I got to talk about Jesus with a young lady who we happened to share a table with because there was no other space available. We ended up talking to her for two hours. She opened up to us telling us about how she was going to get married, but they broke it off a month ago. Just two weeks after the split, the guy’s family had already found him a new girl. She was heart broken. She said she had been praying and that it was three days ago that she gave it up.

This young lady has some odd beliefs about psychology and loves to read the writings of atheist teachers. We told her that if she likes spiritual things she should read the Bible. When I pulled one out, she said she would love to read it. She just so happened to open right then to the Beatitudes and started reading.

She got to the second line “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted,” and pointed to herself and said, “That’s me.” She took a picture of the page, and I told her she could keep the whole thing. She was a bit surprised, so I told her that it’s my favorite book and when I love something I want everyone else to love it too. So, she took it.

I want God to reach this girl. I am reminded of His Fatherly heart and how much it hurts him to see her hurting. He loves her, we have told her that, and now I pray that she would take the words she heard and listen. She is precious. She is loved. I pray that she would open up the Word and read about the God who loves her so much that He would send His Son to die for her, just so He can be close.

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