Harvesting in an Empty Place

—An excerpt from my journal:
I've found that our time here is not going to be like a normal mission trip. Some trips you think are fruitful because you get to work in the harvesting of souls. Some trips you may not see any new believers, but you planted many seeds and you can tell you are in the harvesting process. For us I think it's a different story.

We are in a barren land, a land that is the last frontier. As we travel to each area and spend time teaching and prayerwalking, we are plowing up ground that has never been broken before. We may not see anyone saved; we may not get a chance to even talk with anyone about Jesus, though I pray with all of my heart that we will. But we do get to speak the name of Jesus where it has never been spoken before. We get to pray God's spirit over a people who are in a dry and empty land.

We get to do this not because we're worthy, because we're not, and not because they are worthy, because they are not. But God is worthy to have people from every tribe and nation and language speak His name. It is a privilege for me to be a part of His plan for the nations.

—Karla, a student worker in Central Asia

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