You never know who you are sitting next to . . .

Do you wonder who you will be seated next to on an airplane?   It has been fun to see who God has seated next to us on this trip. We have had several witnessing opportunities to open people who have been interested in the trip and wished us well and offers to pray for us.  

But then there was one whom sat next to me (Mary) from Korea to Thailand.  He was not happy that Americans were headed to Thailand especially if it was a Christian mission trip.  You see he was on his way home to Pakistan from Korea to see his family.  You may have guessed by now that he is muslim.  He shared with me his beliefs in the Koran as well as the parts of the Bible that he believes are true.   We spent about 2 hours talking as I shared with him the hope we have in Jesus Christ and him alone.  We talked about passages in the Bible and who Jesus really is.  We talked about Americans and American Christianity which as you can guess was not popular.  He was deeply concerned about American economics and specifically how much money were were spending to go to Thailand. 

He runs a Islam outreach group on the internet.   It became clear that we were not going to agree on many things though he was passionate to share.  I just prayed that God would put his words in my mouth that would make a difference.  At this point in the trip we were all just exhausted so there was not a chance of an intelligent though on my part.   It is interesting that is when we are challenged.  God was faithful and his seeds were planted.  

I quickly remembered the teachings the PABLO leaders had just presented the week before and said "God Sighting"!  I ask you to join me in prayer for Mohammed Jamie that he will come out of the darkness into the light only JESUS shines.  

Mary