Mission trip to China

A testimony from a Christian to China by Sister Marilyn Holmes

God's blessings and hands of mercy were all over the mission trip. After 16 hours from Korea to LA and 3.5 hours from LA to Atlanta and 1.5 hours from Atlanta to Huntsville, I wasn't sure if I'd kiss the ground first or my husband. I talked and talked from the second Ray picked me up at the airport. He was excited and had a lot to share too, of course I was bubbling over with good reports of everything the Lord had done. Finally I took a breath and Ray said maybe I should write a book!

Well, there are so many good stories to share but for the sake of time, I will share just this one. We went to a mountain area where there was a 250 foot golden female Buddha. It is the custom of the people to light fireworks, and incense every 30 minutes and to pray to the golden idol. Our group of seven split up and were told to lay out in secret tracts about Jesus that were written in Chinese. We were warned to do this undercover and not get caught. The temperature was unusually hot and the humidity was way up there. I had walked a few hours and was soaking wet with sweat. I saw a security guard walking, in his right hand he had about 10-12 of our tracts and he was hitting his left hand with them looking to and fro. He put the tracts in his shirt pocket and got on a 2-way radio and was speaking very loud in Chinese, he was very upset.

At this point I heard a voice say to me,"Are you ready to go to jail for Jesus Christ?" I didn't have an answer but I was thinking how very far from home I was just then. The next voice I heard said,"Just throw your tracts and Bibles away, you aren't accomplishing anything anyway..at the next trash can just toss them in." I had an answer for that I said,"I haven't come this far to turn back now."

Still I was tired and thought I'd rest. I came to a tree that had a bench built around it and I decided to sit there and rest and think awhile. The security guard got on a motorcycle and left that area. Suddenly over a small ridge here came a group of school
children with white blouses, white shirts, blue skirts, and blue pants. They stopped at the tree and were praying to the tree. I turned around to see what was going on and there was a sign that read,"The Tree of Blessings"..I put one hand in the bag the tracts were in and with the other hand motioned them to reach in and take a tract. One of the last girls to get a tract said in broken English you a Christian? And I said yes I am here from the USA to tell you Jesus loves you very much. With tear filled eyes she said she wanted to be Christian. We prayed and I gave her a New Testament and the Lord showed me a vision of how the children
would read there tracts and pass them around and share them with others. They hid tracts in shirt pockets, bookbags, and purses...I started with over a thousand tracts and everyone was now distributed.

Just when everything looks it's worst, just when the tempter comes to steal your victory, Jesus makes a way at the "Tree of Blessings" and just over the ridge the answer comes. I'm so glad He's God over ALL. He showed me some of the ALL on this mission trip. I love Him more everyday.

Would you take a moment and pray over the seeds that have been planted in these countries, would you pray that they would receive water, take root and grow so there will be a harvest of souls for Jesus on the other side of the world? Some planted, Apollo's watered, but God gives the harvest. Thank you for remembering me, and the mission fields in your prayers. God is doing wonderful and awesome things.

His Messenger, Sister Marilyn Holmes

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