I just got back from China (pronounced like ‘cheetah’ with an ‘n’.) China is a town in Nuevo Leon (state), Mexico, about an hour south of McAllen, Texas. I slept on a picnic table and bathed in a lake.  Had a visitor every night, a skunk. Senor Sorillo (skunk) would come into camp, snoop around under my bunk, and generally act as though invited. I would just holler (softly) at him; fortunately, he understood English.

I handed out nearly 400 Gospels and talked with lots of folks, mainly on ranches. Would drive an hour sometimes to talk with one or two cowboys.  I love this! The best mission strategy, and in fact, the Apostle Paul’s strategy is to go to the cities. I’m in full agreement with that. But who’s going to take the Gospel to Omar at the Las Lajitas Rancho or Daniel and Hector at El Hueso? China, a fair sized town may have opened up for us to take a team and do a Gospel saturation project.

On February 4, I’ll be leaving for Kenya (first time) with my fellow evangelist buddy, Scott Nute. In fact, Scott is a fellow staff evangelist with the David Stockwell Evangelistic Association (see www.davidstockwell.org.) We’ll be there for a couple of weeks, then will go to Uganda (second time) for a week. In both countries, we’ll be privileged to preach the pure Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ several times a day in public schools and call young people to repentance towards God and faith in Jesus. These countries are in a time of spiritual harvest. Please pray for the power of God to fall in an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We’ll also be preaching in churches and spending time training national pastors and evangelists. In my ‘spare’ time, I think I’ll be reading Pilgrim’s Progress again, second only to the Word of God in popularity and importance in the last 400 years. What! You’ve never read it? Shame on you! You ought to read it, after the Scriptures, once a year for the rest of your life.

If you are able to help financially with the Africa trip, it would be a good investment in Eternity. And please remember two things: if you can’t help, no guilt, God will provide. And, give to your local church first.

In the love of Christ,
Dan 

PS – Driving home the other day from Mexico, I saw a sign in front of a group of cabins, motel style in Johnson City, Texas. I don’t think they intended it the way I read it. First line: “We’ll miss you, Chuck.” Second line: “Cabin available.” Sorry, that just tickled me.
PSS For a recent message, go to www.trinityportarthur.com, click on sermons, then archives, then January 17. A sermon I preached on missions.