Postcards
from the field
Perfect timing
in Western South America
By
Mark Kelly
A
young missionary who works
with the Ashéninka
people who live in the
jungles of Peru traveled
to a small town, seeking
witness and ministry opportunities.
After checking in at a
hotel, he wearily dropped
into a hammock to relax
and read his Bible. A
man in a nearby hammock
struck up a conversation
in Spanish, and the young
missionary was shocked
to learn that the man
was Ashéninka.
Since most Ashéninka
don't speak Spanish, the
missionary asked the man
where he lived and was
shocked a second time
to learn the man is a
cook in a Peruvian restaurant
in the USA and was vacationing
in Peru. The young worker
began sharing chronological
Bible stories he had been
learning in Spanish, and
after a couple of hours
the Holy Spirit softened
the man's heart and he
accepted Christ. "We
know God's timing is perfect,
but sometimes we don't
realize how often God
is at work around us as
we go through our daily
life," the young
missionary said. "God
placed me in the right
place, at the right time,
so an Ashéninka
man living in New Jersey
could receive forgiveness
and eternal life. God
has perfect timing!"
Marshall
Kitron, a Journeyman in
Peru
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