{"id":5058,"date":"2016-10-11T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:08:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:08:01","slug":"a-story-like-yours-and-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2016\/10\/11\/a-story-like-yours-and-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"A story like yours and mine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Prai man I met on my 2010 trip to Thailand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s a story no one\u2019s lining up to hear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it needs to be told. An authentic story, a story people will identify with, and a story that can inspire people to get involved.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m inviting you to partner with me to tell it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a story of years and year of painstaking, anguished and often physically brutal work. Of perseverance and hardship and sacrifice. It\u2019s the stuff a novelist shares to set up a big payoff.<\/p>\n

Only there\u2019s no big payoff. Just more hard work.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s real.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like your story and my story. Years of faithful service haven\u2019t brought great rewards. They\u2019ve brought new challenges, as if God is saying, \u201cWell done! Now you can handle more.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I want to tell this story. Why I need to tell this story, and why I think it will move people to act. And why I hope you\u2019ll partner with me to do so.<\/p>\n

Missions has enough glowing reports of big numbers and mass movements. Too many, in my opinion. We need to hear the stories of real men and women, for whom it\u2019s normal to work and work and work, and never see the results this side of Heaven.<\/p>\n

And we need to be reminded that we don\u2019t have to stop there. That we can\u2019t. That we can do more than find solace in that \u2013 we can find joy and peace in simply knowing God and serving Him.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I\u2019m going to Thailand in November, and why I\u2019m asking for your partnership.<\/p>\n

In a country that is close to 99 percent Buddhist, laying a solid foundation for Christian growth and outreach \u201ctakes a long time,\u201d said Larry Goring, the leader of NTM\u2019s international ministries team. And the work among the Prai people \u201cproves that it can be done,\u201d Larry added.<\/p>\n

Yes, though I\u2019m now a strategist, I\u2019m still writing and editing, and doing some photography. And while I\u2019m in Thailand I\u2019ll also be attending a meeting of more than 160\u00a0NTM leaders from around the world, which will help me ensure our efforts dovetail with our international strategy.<\/p>\n

Please explore your options for partnering to tell this story.<\/p>\n

Pray <\/a><\/p>\n

Get others praying <\/a><\/p>\n

Sponsor our trip <\/a><\/p>\n

Find more sponsors <\/a><\/p>\n

Get creative <\/a><\/p>\n

See Prai photos from my 2010 trip <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a story no one\u2019s lining up to hear. But it needs to be told. An authentic story, a story people will identify with, and a story that can inspire people to get involved. And I\u2019m inviting you to partner with me to tell it. It\u2019s a story of years and year of painstaking, anguished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39,448,31,637,40,1511,45,1262,9375],"class_list":{"0":"post-5058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-equipment","8":"tag-ethnos360","9":"tag-giving","10":"tag-new-tribes-mission","11":"tag-overseas","12":"tag-photography","13":"tag-pray","14":"tag-thailand","15":"tag-writing","16":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}