2,000 years ago, Jesus asked His disciples to pray for laborers to go into the world with the Gospel. Here is one missionary family who went where the Lord wanted them to go.
“…these difficult times help us to share in their [the Elseng people’s] sufferings (lack of water, sickness), so that we may comfort them with the comfort which we have seen from our God.”
~ The McClain family, missionaries to the Elseng tribal people
Ten years ago, Jareb and Amy were students at New Tribes Bible Institute. After two years of Biblical study, they completed their missionary training with classes equipping them to learn a tribal language and culture. They also learned the perils of waterborne illnesses and how to make water safe for drinking.
Today, the McClain’s and their five children live deep in the jungle with the Elseng people. Having a strong Biblical foundation and knowing the love of God, they work towards sharing the Gospel and showing God’s comfort to the Elseng who do not yet know Him.
This past summer, their village desperately needed rain. Outside the McClain’s home, rainwater is collected in a tank to be purified for drinking. Their water supply was running out. God provided a downpour! Sadly, sickness soon started up in the village due to drinking contaminated water during the drought. Jareb and Amy asked us to pray for wisdom in treating diarrhea and fevers with their limited medical skills. “Sometimes they come to us sick and weak, and we are sick and weak too!”
Join us in prayer for the McClain family. They are walking with God in the midst of sufferings. As they go through life’s struggles with the Elseng people, they have the opportunity to show them God’s love. God is working in and through the McClain’s. The Elseng people will hear the Gospel in their own heart language someday, Lord willing.
As we prepare to join the training ministry at New Tribes Bible Institute, we pray that students will be grounded in God’s Word and follow His command to go and tell people the Good News: “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” ~ Jesus, Luke 10:2
To learn more about how you can partner with us in our training ministry with New Tribes Mission so that future missionaries like Jareb and Amy can reach the unreached with the Gospel, click here.
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