Central Asian Snow Bird

We all know about Canadian snow birds who take off every winter for the warm sunshine of Florida.  Well this year, I have joined their ranks. Winters where I live in Central Asia can be painfully long and cold. As the snow and ice collect on the roads and sidewalks, my own fear of falling often forces me to stay inside. I am not the only person who dreads going out in –30ºC temperatures; many of my friends are more prone to cancel appointments in the winter as well.  Often it can be a slow and frustrating time for ministry.

So this year I decided to be a snow bird. I left the day after Christmas and flew down to Northern Thailand to work with our YOU Media team. This team (currently only two men) works tirelessly on producing radio programs, Bible study movies and web pages just for the YOU people. They are always looking for help with some of the projects they have going on

 

My job over the last month has been to work on a new Bible reading web page.  This site is filled with pictures and topics like marriage, money, children, fasting and prayer.  Each click will take them to a page with verses from the Bible on that topic, as well as an opportunity to download the Bible.  The job itself—spell  checking, cutting, pasting and creating links—may not sound fun or glamorous but, in just the last week since the site went live, we have had over 1400 visitors. That is more people than I can talk to in a month, people who are hungry and ready to read the Word. Pray that this site will do much to advance the YOU people’s awareness of and love for the Word of God.  Also pray that the government will not shut down or block local people from being able to access it.