OUR STORY

One summer Sunday in 1981 our church had a guest speaker; an American, missionary woman serving in Liberia, West Africa. Her message was from Luke 10:2, where Jesus is explaining to His disciples how “the harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few”. Many need to hear the “good news of Jesus Christ” but there are few that will go and tell them. Jesus admonished His disciples to “pray the Lord of the harvest that He would send forth laborers”. Pray that God will send forth individuals to share the gospel, minister to the people and reap the harvest. As the visiting speaker began to close her message she began to point at the audience, at no one in particular, and asked the question: “won’t you come?”, “won’t you help with the harvest?” My wife and I, not yet married then, were both in the audience that day. Later we compared stories of how that moment impacted our lives. We both had answered her plea and the “call of God” with a “Yes, yes God I will go”. Our church was small and independent. We were not part of a national organization of churches with ties to larger churches, avenues and missions. For that reason, we did not have a pathway or directions on how to go forth into missions work. Thankfully, eight years later, our Pastor directed us to an international, interdenominational mission board that we joined, and began our training. At the end of our training course we had the privilege of participating in a one week outreach to the country of Mexico. When we crossed the border into Mexico, we both experienced a confirmation in our spirits: foreign missions was what God wanted us to do for the rest of our lives. From that moment forward we have worked to fulfil God’s call and purpose on our lives. This calling has taken us into many foreign lands, cultures and languages. The Holy Spirit has deepened our desire to go forth and help reap the harvest. We believe there are others who may or may not know if they have a call to missions on their lives. Or, they might need an impactful moment that could confirm the prompting of the Holy Spirit to Go. Sadly many, like we were; do not have an avenue or pathway to follow. Harvesters Ministries Inc is an organization that exists to create that pathway.