One of the most pressing questions on my mind is where to live. I am torn between many different places and the positives of living in those places, but am constantly bothered by the lack of a presence among the Dong people themselves.

 

Of the thirty or so Dong-focused workers (long and short-term from several different organizations) in country right now, only two actually live among the Dong people. It does take a bit of creativity, but living out in some of these county seats is quite possible.

 

We want to start emphasizing a more incarnational focus in our ministries; all of us feel we are progressing at a fraction of the effectiveness possible than if we lived our daily lives among the Dong people.

• Pray for all of us as we strive to place a presence among the Dong people.
• Pray that we will be able to find or make opportunities: business (the tung oil idea is only one of many), schools interested in English teachers or students of Chinese, community development projects, or Chinese believers reaching out to their own minorities. The Lord has many ways to place his servants (foreign or Chinese) among the Dong. May it be so, to the glory of the Lord.