Ian and Julie Fallis Your connection with tribal missions
A Mibu man teaches others to read.
In our first painting, you saw a picture of a man who had to resolve to wait for the Gospel to come to his people.
But why?
Missionaries had shared the Gospel with the Mibu people, and now the Mibus were reaching out to share the Good News with another group. Why couldn’t the missionaries leave the Mibus and share the Gospel with the man’s people, or send out another groups of Mibus to his people?
Because the number is two.
That’s how many (more…)
Chris Walker teaches God's Word to some of the Mibu people.
One elderly man came to the missionaries with an important question.
Years ago, he had watched with interest as they came to the Mibu people in Papua New Guinea and said they had an important message from God. Later he saw the difference in the lives of the Mibus who listened to and believed this message. And recently he was happy to hear the Mibus were sharing the message, so he went to listen.
He walked away disappointed. He could understand only a few words here and there. He knew he would have to keep waiting, and some day, perhaps, someone would share this message from God with his people, the Ngaings.
But he had one question:
“What happens if I die?” What would happen, he wanted to know, if he died before the message reached his people?
One man, one people group … not a pretty picture yet, and it’s probably not really clear yet either. Stay two-ned. (Sorry, I had to.)
Do you prefer pictures or numbers?
Most folks prefer pictures.
If you’re like me (and I won’t tell anyone – don’t want to embarrass you), your mind starts to wander when people pour out statistics. Sure, some numbers are useful. If your bank has alerts, it’s probably a good thing if you get a note with numbers when your checking account balance drops below 11 cents. But even then, wouldn’t it be better if it looked like this:
Your checking account balance: 8 cents!
And perhaps it would be better if your bank sent you a photo or illustration of a bank vault that is empty except for a nickel and three pennies on the floor, with the caption, “This is your account balance.”
This is why I’m going to start painting you a picture of our ministry in the coming months. I’m going to paint a word picture, which is kinda cheating, like painting by number (if you’re not familiar with those, look here).
But it’s the best I can do. I’m going to “tag” those on our blog, so you will be able to find them here >>
