Our family spent nine months in Thailand, serving with Power to Change. We lived on the 22nd floor of an L-shaped apartment building. We lived on one tip of the L. Our kitchen was in an enclosed area on the balcony. Little did we know that some of our neighbours on the other part of the L were watching us.

One day, we met three Bhutanese girls who lived at the tip of the other part of the L. They were impressed with how the kids and I helped in the kitchen. This conversation was the first of many we had with these girls who became like daughters to us. 

Over the course of a few months, we were able to give them the Jesus DVD in English. Bhutan is a Buddhist country with very few Christians, so they had not heard much about Jesus. Even though their English was quite good, we really wanted them to see the movie in Dzongkha, their mother tongue. I checked with a friend at Power to Change and they had it. We were able to arrange for someone from Canada to bring it to us when he was in Thailand. 

We were thrilled to be able to give the Jesus DVD in Dzongkha to our Bhutanese daughters. Little did we know what they would do with it. Several weeks later, we asked them what they thought of the movie. They said they really liked it and that they had showed it to Buddhist monks from their country who had stayed at their place. Wow! These Buddhist girls had become missionaries for Christ! 

We had given them English Bibles, but thought it would be great if they could have the Scriptures in their heart language. I contacted a friend at Wycliffe and asked him about it. He responded, “Funny you should ask. We just completed a translation of the New Testament in Dzongkha. I’ll print off a copy on my printer and bring it to Bangkok when I'm there in a few weeks.” 

It was such a joy to be able to give our Bhutanese girls a copy of the New Testament in Dzongkha. God is amazing! 

You just never know what might happen when people watch you! 

Note: For ideas on how you can reach out to others, check out Six Ways Anyone Can Share Christ. 

- Randy Wollf

I don’t consider myself an evangelist and I’m not an overly outgoing person. Yet, over the years, God has given me numerous opportunities to lead people to Christ. I vividly remember when our neighbour Cathie prayed to receive Christ in our living room. We had prayed for her, loved her, and when she was ready, we shared the Gospel with her. 

In a previous blog, I shared eight biblical reasons for sharing Christ. In this post, I would like to share six practical and powerful ways that any Christian can share Christ.

Pray

Several years ago, a guest speaker at our church preached on the importance of praying for the unsaved people in our lives. He challenged us to pray for five unsaved neighbours, for five minutes a day, for five days a week, and to continue this for five weeks. He encouraged us to BLESS our unsaved friends and family by praying for their:

Bodies – health, protection, strength

Labour – work, income, security

Emotions – joy, peace, comfort

Social life – marriage, family, friends

Spiritual life – salvation

As the five weeks of praying regularly for my unsaved neighbours turned into months and years, I was amazed by how God answered those prayers. Cathie was one of the people who was on my prayer list. As Hudson Taylor once said, “We need to learn to move [people] through God by prayer alone.”

Love Each Other

When Christians love each other (I’m talking about a deep, sacrificial, life-on-life kind of love), it sends a powerful signal to a world that is desperate for love. Jesus said, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:35).

Be a Blessing

I remember walking to church one Sunday morning. I was a pastor at the time. One of my neighbours came out of his house just as I was walking by. He was dressed in his painting clothes and seemed quite agitated. He told me that he was hard-pressed to get some painting done before a contractor arrived to do some work for him. Part of me wanted to help, but I couldn’t just abandon my church responsibilities. So I wished him well and continued my trek to church.

Even though I probably couldn’t have helped my neighbour right then and there, I realized that I had become rather selfish in my interactions with my neighbours. I didn’t really want to get involved in their lives. That day marked a turnaround for me as I attempted to be more of a blessing to my neighbours.

A few weeks ago, our family of six decided to move into a two-bedroom apartment in Surrey, BC. New Hope, a ministry devoted to helping refugees settle into life in Canada, recently purchased a small apartment building. Most of the suites are for refugees, but they also wanted some local Christians to move in to help with the ministry. We volunteered because we saw it as a great opportunity to live out the Gospel with those who are trying to start new lives.

There are many reasons why we made the decision to live with refugees. In this blog, I will explore eight compelling biblical reasons for sharing Christ with those who have not received him as their Saviour and Lord.

1. The Harvest is Ready

Growing up in Saskatchewan, I saw what happened during harvest time. Farmers would postpone almost everything unrelated to the harvest. Their focus was on getting the crops in.

In John 4:35, Jesus tells his disciples that the fields are ripe for harvest. My take on this passage is that he was actually pointing to ripe fields. Yet, walking through those ripe fields were spiritually ready people coming from the town to see this stranger who had known so much about one of their own. They, too, were ripe for harvest.

I believe that there are people all around us who are ready to take steps towards Jesus. We can help them.

2. God Does Not Want Anyone to Perish

God wants everyone to come to repentance. When you read 2 Peter 3:9, you catch something of God’s passion to save the lost. If God does not want any to perish (and they will perish without Christ), then He will draw people to Himself even as He empowers us to be His witnesses.

3. People Need Us to Tell Them about Jesus

In many parts of the world, it is easy to find out about Jesus. One click of the mouse can connect people with the Gospel message. Of course, some people do not have ready access to the salvation message. We need to embody the message and build meaningful relationships with people so that they hear and see the Gospel up close (and pray for and support others who are doing the same both here and around the world).

4. Jesus Said to Love and to Go