Meet G.G., He is a 60 year
old Karen Man who lives in the hills of Northern Thailand. He is one of many
examples of everyday people that Ray
our contact has taken the time to love on. Ray’s ministry does not necessarily have
defined borders like some ministries. He doesn’t concentrate on only one
approach to reach people but instead he allows the Holy Spirit to run his
ministry and present him with ways to
serve and love people.
One day when Ray was driving
a team through the mountains a member of the team got car sick so he pulled
over so the team member could throw up. While they were pulled over a two
and a half foot man with a pointy white beard and red pointy hat came out of his house to see if everything was ok. Since
Ray knows Thai he started a conversation with the man that will be forever be
known as G.G. or Garden Gnome (for obvious reasons).
When the team member was
feeling better the easy thing to do would have been to just say thank you to GG
and never see him again, but that is not Ray. Ray is about building
relationships, meeting needs and spreading the gospel.
That was close to 3 years ago
and every since then when Ray passes he always stops at G.G.’s house to spend
some time with him. He asks him each time if there is anything he needs. G.G.
doesn’t always need something but when he does Ray is there to provide it for
him whether it is cloths for his grandchild, a battery to fix his power, a
mosquito net, blanket, or Tylenol for his joint pain.
By taking the time to stop
and care about the little things Ray has showed G.G. the love of Jesus
Christ. I don’t think I need to say
it but G.G. is now a Believer. He is now part of the less than 1% of Thai
people that are Christians.
It made me think, why have I never done this?
You don’t have to be a
missionary in a far off land to provide for another persons basic needs.
You don’t have to be a
missionary in a far off land to meet someone and show them love.
You don’t have to be a
missionary in a far off land to live your life in a way that people see Christ
just by being around you.
I have a simple question for you… Who
is your G.G.? Don’t have one? Then I have a simple challenge for
you. Pray to God to show you who your G.G. is. Then once God shows you, love them the way
Christ loves you. Simple, but it would
change the world.
