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25 September 2024

Life in South East Asia


CMS missionaries L & C serve in South East Asia among a mostly unreached people group. Here, L shares the significant hardships faced by people in their country, and reflects on their desperate need for hope and justice.

 

We pray that together, we might bear witness to a God who gives us a concrete hope and joy amid difficulties. 

 

I called a taxi after a morning’s outing to play football. The taxi pulled up and I jumped into the back seat, perspiring heavily. The driver, an older man, tried multiple times to put his car into reverse, but nothing happened except the engine revving. He started to freeze up.  

In this city, going forwards does not always guarantee a simple looping round the block, but can send you further into a labyrinth of small no-through roads. Finally, after consulting some maps, we figured out a way to get home.  

This story illustrates the wider situation which people are facing in this country.  

Later that week, after my phone carrier went down for some days, I went to their local office expecting a quick turnaround, only to find a line of 400 people. There seem to be queues everywhere. Another taxi driver I spoke with told me he had slept in his car at a petrol station for 48 hours while he queued for petrol. This situation seems by many standards abysmal but has become the accepted norm here.  

These situations put pressure on people internally, too. Frustrations such as frequent day-long power outages in hot season and the restriction of movement around the country strains people’s relationships.  

Sadly, I recently had to finish lessons with my language teacher. His marriage seems to be in the beginning of breaking down. We continue to catch up, but not in a language learning capacity, just as friends. He is quite open with me, and often asks me for my input.   

Please pray for the people we live among, who are exhausted and fatigued from delayed hope. Pray also for justice. We feel grieved by the inequity we see around us.   

We hope that the silver lining would be the witness of Christ through the churches here. We pray that together, we might bear witness to a God who gives us a concrete hope and joy amid difficulties.     

 

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Pray for L and C as they seek to bear witness to Christ. Pray too that the church in this country will be a faithful light, demonstrating the hope that Christ provides.