I read an article about a gentleman from the Philippines by the name of Leopoldo Ducany.

One afternoon, Leopoldo’s wife brought him a fish which she had purchased at the local market.  She asked him to clean it so she might prepare it for supper.  The meal-to-be was wrapped in a year-old newspaper.  As he tore away the paper, Leopoldo noticed an ad for a free Bible study.  The ad prompted a response, and before long, he was regularly receiving Bible correspondence materials.

At the conclusion of the series of lessons, Leopoldo requested baptism and was added to the body of Christ (Acts 2:47; Galatians 3:27).  He made this decision to follow the Lord despite the obvious anti-church sentiment held by Communist rebels in his region.

THOUGHT:  If we can (a) reach a man on the other side of the world with (b) a year-old newspaper wrapped around a dead snapper, then (c) don’t you think we can reach our local communities with the saving message of Christ…?

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19; cf. Acts 1:8).

Mike Benson