Missionary to Hong Kong

All I can say is... we are spoiled rotten here in the American church. We are babies. We don't even know what it is to fellowship with Him in His suffering. The church in China is undergoing incredible persecution... persecution we could never IMAGINE having to endure, and the Christians over there just say, "Don't feel sorry for me! Don't worry about me! I have joy and strength from the Lord that you can't imagine!" True. They have an intensely deep-rooted faith that most Americans can only wish they had. But that kind of faith came at a very high price. Bro. O'Donnell told us tonight that when communism took over China in 1949, ALL churches of every religion, and ALL religious literature of any faith were completely banned, closed, burned, and erased from the nation of China. Every pastor, minister, priest, rabbi, of every faith was lined up before a firing squad from 1949 to 1958 and shot. The Chinese government told the people, "There is no God. Anything you need, the government will provide for you." Complete darkness overtook the nation of China. He likened it to Genesis chapter one... where the earth was without form and void and DARKNESS covered the face of the deep. Void of all knowledge of God. But He was there. Moving on the face of the deep... His Spirit was there. And He was moving in China the whole time... rooting out thousands of years of Chinese tradition that was so deeply rooted, this was the ONLY way to get rid of it. And so the people of China have lived in darkness for decades, wondering if this is all there is to life. And an intensely deep spiritual hunger developed in the hearts of the Chinese, so that when God spoke and said "Let there be light in China", the effect was such that the people didn't even WONDER if what they heard was true! They read it or heard it, believed it, and acted on it. They are receiving God's truth in China like we've never seen here in the states. No arguing, no second guessing, no church hopping due to itching ears... just eager ready acceptance of His Word! Their soul recognizes the God-breathed Word of Life! If only it would be so here in America! You tell your friends and family about the Lord, and they just say, "YES! I BELIEVE! I WANT IT!" Does that happen to you every day??? Me neither. But I am determined to be much more bold than I have ever been before. Bro. O'Donnell told us of one lady who had the Holy Ghost two weeks, and she already had 40 people in her home that she was teaching Bible studies to... and she had NO Bible, NO tracts, No anything! Just her testimony! Praise God!!! My neighbors are going to be hearing from me this week.......... Thank you Bro. and Sis. O'Donnell, for your willingness to GO and reach the lost of China!