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Behind the Scenes January-April 2018 Blown Away Until I traveled to South Asia in 2011, my mission experi- ences included ministry only in Latin America and Europe. In the bustling capital city, nearly every sight, sound, and smell intrigued me. I remember being so hot from the humidity that my forearms sweated, and when I breathed, my nose burned like I was in a sauna! But once my initial feelings stopped reeling from the poverty and the massive crowds of people and traffic everywhere, my heart broke for the people lost in darkness in this region. One day, we visited a remote village entirely composed of believers. I admit, I was skeptical when I heard stories about entire villages coming to know Christ together. After all, our relationship with Christ is such a personal one. I interviewed person after person who shared his or her testimony of em- bracing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Then, I met the village leader … a middle-aged woman with no edu- cation. She astounded me with her knowledge and memory of Scripture! With no technology, or elec- tricity for that matter, the people in the village sat around their camp fire and shared stories from the Bible, nearly verbatim, after completing their work for the day. I hope you enjoy your journey through this issue of Outreach Online as we explore what God is do- ing in southern Asia. Editor, OMS Outreach [email protected] facebook.com/onemissionsociety twitter.com/1MissionSociety youtube.com/user/oms.media linkedin.com/company/one-mission-society instagram.com/onemissionsociety Visit our website at www.onemissionsociety.org. 2 Volume 3, No. 1 Outreach Online equips Christians to make disciples of Jesus Christ through informative, inspiring, and involvement-driven articles, which leads to deeper mission participation by serv- ing, giving, and praying. Editor and Director of Communications Susan Griswold Loobie Associate Editor Lori McFall Senior Graphic Designer W. Foster Pilcher President Bob Fetherlin Executive Director of International Ministries Rich Danzeisen Affiliate Countries Australia—Ian Bongers www.omsaus.org Canada—Mark Kroes www.omscanada.org New Zealand—Owen and Avalon Brown www.onemissionsociety.org.nz South Africa—Open [email protected] United Kingdom—Walter McCorkell www.onemissionsociety.org.uk United States—Travis Hamilton, interim www.onemissionsociety.org One Mission Society World Headquarters 941 Fry Road • Greenwood, IN 46142-6599 317.888.3333 • 317.888.5275 FAX [email protected] Cover: Rice fields in southern Asia, stock image All photos courtesy of missionaries, volunteers, and partner churches of One Mission Society unless otherwise noted. By God’s grace, One Mission Society unites, inspires, and equips Christians to make disciples of Jesus Christ, multi- plying dynamic communities of believers around the world. One Mission Society is an evangelical, interdenominational faith mission that makes disciples of Jesus Christ through intentional evangelism, planting churches, forming strategic partnerships, and training national leaders in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. OMS then joins with those churches in global partnerships to reach the rest of the world. Subscriptions and Contributions: Outreach Online is the official online publication of One Mission Society and is posted three times per year. You may subscribe for free at outreach.oms.media. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permis- sion. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2018 One Mission Society. All rights reserved.