Thank you for visiting Mission Possible’s website and taking a minute to read some of my thoughts.
I joined the Mission Possible team in December, 2005.
Tragically, within two months, this ministry was rocked by the deaths of two young students at our school in the Dominican Republic.
The first girl, Rosario, was a 3rd grader who came from a rough home. At school, she gave her heart to Jesus and was a participant in Bible classes.
Rosario began telling her mother that she needed Jesus, too. On January 23, 2006, Rosario became seriously ill and was taken to the hospital. A few days later, while on her hospital bed, her lips were seen to be moving. Her mother reported that Rosario was praying for the mother’s salvation. Rosario died later that day, on January 27. Her mother was so impacted by her attitude that even though the family is not Christian, they did not light candles or follow any other pagan traditions for her funeral. Her mother said, “Rosario was a Christian and she would not have wanted me to do that.” Rosario’s little friends from school carried the coffin to the cemetery (in their school uniforms) with discipline, respect, and reverence, singing Christian songs without anyone asking them to do so.
The second girl, a 5th grader, was killed on a rainy February 13, 2006 while riding on the back of a motorcycle taxi that slipped on the wet road and went under a car. She was killed instantly. Although she had been presented with the gospel through school, she had not yet made a decision for Christ. Unfortunately, she was active in planning the ceremonies around the annual Voodoo Carnival celebrations. Her funeral was held with all the normal pagan traditions during the Carnival time.
Missions is not about exotic travel to a foreign location. It’s not about sending money to disadvantaged people, so that they will have a higher standard of living for a day. Missions is about people who will die and spend eternity separated from God if they do not have the opportunity to hear and accept the Good News. Nothing can illustrate this reality more than the lives and deaths of these two girls.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the reason I come to work every day. This is the reason the Mission Possible staff have left better-paying jobs to work here. This is the reason you partner with us.
If we, together, do not share the Good News with them, who will?
I would be honored if you come alongside Mission Possible and help us tell the story of Jesus.
Yours in Christ,
Kurt Bishop
President |
