Early morning in the Assurini.Last week I was reminded of the unsung workers that contribute so much to the church-planting effort that we are a part of. The missionaries and the pastors seem to be the glory positions. We get all of the attention. But there are several workers that toil tirelessly for the Kingdom (there are undoubtedly many of these in your church as well). Poli is one such worker. Every week, leaving his wife and young son, he spends a couple days working in a region that has 7 struggling churches. A few of them have buildings, the others are just clumps of believers that want to learn more, but no one is able to teach them. No one, that is, except Poli. Poli visits at least one of these locations once a week. And as you can imagine, it's no easy journey.
Our church's leadership praying for Poli
Last Sunday Poli was ordained as a minister by our church. A formality that didn't change much on the outside, but seemed to have a profound effect on Poli. He, along with his wife were called up front and the leadership prayed for him, annointing him with oil. Afterwards they opened it up for anyone to come and pray over Poli and his wife. You could feel the support the congregation was giving Poli. I'm sure he will never forget it, and I'm sure that it will serve as a reminder for our church as to the much needed prayer support that is needed for Poli to carry out this work.
Orlando, the man in the center, lives in the Assurini and has been influential in planting churches in that region. Poli and his wife are seated.
After a recent trip I took with Poli, I shared a little about his rough background and his work in the Assurini. And in the two posts below you can read more about the Assurini, the area in which Poli works:
Our church's leadership praying for PoliLast Sunday Poli was ordained as a minister by our church. A formality that didn't change much on the outside, but seemed to have a profound effect on Poli. He, along with his wife were called up front and the leadership prayed for him, annointing him with oil. Afterwards they opened it up for anyone to come and pray over Poli and his wife. You could feel the support the congregation was giving Poli. I'm sure he will never forget it, and I'm sure that it will serve as a reminder for our church as to the much needed prayer support that is needed for Poli to carry out this work.
Orlando, the man in the center, lives in the Assurini and has been influential in planting churches in that region. Poli and his wife are seated.After a recent trip I took with Poli, I shared a little about his rough background and his work in the Assurini. And in the two posts below you can read more about the Assurini, the area in which Poli works:
1 comment:
Beautiful pics and moving story. So much attention now days in the US about the economy. So many people say they are "outraged," the word has almost lost its meaning. Your simple note and pictures of people praying for Poli and his trusting Jesus and trying to share his faith with friends in some remote Amazon village may have more eternal significance than 1000 pages of editorials screaming about AIG executives. Thanks.
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