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Grace asks herself a question whenever she meets new people: “What can I do to help them take their next step with the Lord?” If they’re already believers, she looks for ways to help them grow in their faith. For others, she has the great privilege of sharing the gospel of salvation.

As an English teacher in a Creative Access Nation, Grace runs into far more unsaved people than believers. She loves sharing with them the truth about “Isa” (their word for Jesus). Her job can be challenging, and her host nation requires great discretion, but the privilege of evangelism spurs her on.

From a young age, Grace saw the importance of ministry. Her parents had sacrificed high-paying jobs to start a biblical church in an LDS community. It was difficult work, but they trusted God’s Word and didn’t waver, a mindset that Grace absorbed. After high school, she wanted to jump immediately into overseas ministry—she was willing to go any place where the gospel wasn’t known. Much to her confusion, the Lord had her wait instead. There were many unexpected turns, but in His timing God brought her to the country where she now works.

In her nation’s culture, women have no value unless they’re married and bearing children. These women wonder why Grace, who is single, can be so happy. When she shares with them, “I know 100 percent where I’ll go when I die,” it brings them to tears. Their religion has no such assurance. Thankfully, religion is a welcome conversation topic in the culture, so Grace gets many gospel opportunities. She is prayerfully trying to help people find Christ and grow spiritually as they get established in house churches.

By joining BMM as a Global Fit missionary, Grace will access a greater support network and additional resources to help increase her ministry’s effectiveness. She has an open door in her country, and she’s eager to make the most of it and to help others join her in serving there.

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