MISSIONS: The Joyful Side of a Life Laid Down
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 7 August 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
A 16-year-old persecuted Christian girl in the Himalayas would crawl to gather with other believers for worship and Bible study. In spite of suffering and persecution, she would not stop sharing the gospel!
That's just one story you'll hear this week in the second half of our conversation with Andy Byrd. He's part of the leadership team of Youth With a Mission in Kona, Hawaii, and also leads The Send, an international event to motivate Christians to share the gospel.
Byrd has spent significant time in the Himalayas—"the roof of the world"—and says the impact of the Word of God is beyond what we could imagine in countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.
He'll also tell how COVID opened doors for the gospel and helped people—both Christian and non-believers—focus on what really matters, and what sources truly give hope.
Finally, Andy will advise people—at any age—feeling called to missions, and equip listeners to pray for God's work overseas.
You can register now to be among the first to get registration and ticket information for The Send, happening next summer in Kansas City. If you missed the first half of our conversation with Andy, you can listen to it here.
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus said that we are blessed when we're persecuted for his sake in the Himalayan Mountains, |
| 0:07.3 | Andy Bird met a teenage girl who put those words on display in a powerful way. |
| 0:15.1 | And she decided to give her lives to the Lord. She was taken by her family into the kind of the |
| 0:19.2 | courtyard of the community there. And she was, they threw rocks at her in the real physical |
| 0:24.5 | persecution. And because of it, she couldn't walk for quite a while. And she actually, with huge |
| 0:30.1 | smile on her face, she's telling me this story would would crawl on her elbows to go to a little |
| 0:35.6 | house fellowship that had been started in her village. And eventually her legs did heal. And when |
| 0:40.9 | I met her, she's walking with a with a really strong limp, the biggest smile I had ever seen. |
| 0:46.8 | And she has never stopped sharing the gospel from that point on. |
| 0:50.7 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world |
| 0:57.9 | would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of |
| 1:03.8 | the apostles. And they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:09.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now |
| 1:14.9 | on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Last week, we began a conversation with Andy Bird here |
| 1:20.2 | on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. He's part of the executive leadership team at Youth With |
| 1:24.6 | a Mission in Kona, Hawaii. He also directs an event called The Send at the last two of these events. |
| 1:33.6 | Andy watched as young people responded to God's call to missions. We were so encouraged by how |
| 1:42.8 | willing the next generation is to really go. It's like they're waiting for a battle or they're |
| 1:47.2 | waiting for a cause to give themselves for. And our goal at The Send was to give them the cause |
| 1:52.5 | of the Great Commission. Andy also told us about his travels to North Korea. It was mind-blowing. |
| 1:58.9 | I think it's probably the only place I've ever been where the media under portrays how difficult |
| 2:04.8 | it really is. I feel like most places I've been, say Afghanistan, you get a certain impression |
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