Anyone could do that!

father had just abandoned the family, his mother
had tuberculosis, and they had no money for
medicine. Would you close your Bible (as the
follow-up worker did) and take the family to
buy some food and medicine, feed them and
then have the Bible study? I hope you would,
but what would you do if you found out the
follow-up worker had used all of his own
personal money and the organization had no
money to repay him?
What would you do if you were already
swamped with nearly 8000 people who trusted
Christ during the year and yet more people
were crying out for follow-up, for Bible studies,
for counsel, for help?
These are just some of the situations we are
faced with almost daily! Some may not be as
dramatic as these, but many are. What would
you do?
It is very easy for people to say, “Well, all you
have to do is say No.” We would like to challenge
these people to come to the Philippines (or
India or Uganda or Mexico or Colombia),
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