As a missionary, I have a heart for the nations. I desire for the people of this world to come to know Christ personally. My heart breaks as I hear stories from around the world about senseless loss and persecution of people. I immediately think of places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur just to name a few.

Sometimes tragedies come very close to home. I doesn’t seem like a long ways away. In fact it happens in our own back yard so to speak.

Last weekend a high school basketball team, from Bathurst New Brunswick, was traveling home after a game and the roads were slippery from the snow. The driver, who was also the coach, lost control of the van and collided with a transport. Instantly eight people were killed. Seven teenage basketball players and the coaches wife.

Why do I share this? I think sometimes we take life for granted. We say "Oh, that would never happen here." The reality of life is that it could happen here. If it did happen, are we ready to stand before the Lord?

The greatest gift we can ever give our families when tragedy comes or when you and I die, is the truth about where we will spend eternity. Don’t make people guess. Live in such a way that others know that Jesus Christ is Lord of your life.

As a missionary I have a heart for the nations. I desire for others to know Christ personally. I desire for their families to know where their loved ones will spend eternity. That is my passion to lead people to Christ. That is why I do what I do.

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