Read Isaiah 35:1.
We’ve learned that even the driest of deserts can bear fruit. Our first couple of years in Central Asia felt like a very dry desert with little results to show from our efforts. We questioned everything and wondered what we were doing wrong or if we were serving in the right place. But after much sowing, the Lord blessed us that summer with the sweetest of fruits—seeing dear people come to faith in Jesus.
We’d invested and poured ourselves into this family for several years, and it was a joy to see both the husband and wife accept the gospel. We walked around for several weeks glowing and felt like we had given literal birth to these baby Christians. Their story reminds us that our Father is great, and the gospel retains the power of God for salvation of souls in the driest, darkest places on earth.
Father, we’re in awe of Your gospel’s power to save souls in the driest, darkest places. Please continue to do Your work in the hearts of the lost. Amen.
-from a missionary to Central Asia
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