1.7 billion people in the world have absolutely no chance to hear the Gospel and there are 350,000 churches in America. That's 800 churches for every unreached people group. But only 5% of missionaries worldwide are going to the unreached people groups with the Gospel. There is no possibility for many people of hearing the Gospel preached in their community and in their language.
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?” Romans 10:14-15
God has placed the long-term calling on my life to go to these unreached nations and bring the Gospel. The desire within me to bring the Gospel to them is growing deeper every day. I want to go now, but fact is that I need training and that is why I am at Bethany College of Missions. I came because Bethany’s program is strategically designed to prepare Christians to know how to be cross-cultural. Some of you know that next fall I will be going overseas for 16 months and to be both a student of cultures and a missionary as part of the program here. This is one of the most important aspects of the program and also the one that teaches us the most. During the internship we have classes on how to learn a language, how to find out what is important in a culture, things that we will need to know once we are done with school and ready to go out as a missionary for life.
But it’s looking like I won’t make it until then without your help. The fact is that I don’t have the money to finance school. I feel like God wants me to stay. In my last blog, I said it didn't look like I'd be able to stay as a student because of finances. But God is telling me to persevere in this, to ask for help. So I am asking for your help. Once I get on internship I will need support, because I will be going as a missionary. So I am asking you, my friends, if you will start supporting me now in my missionary training. I am asking for a 2 year/monthly commitment to support me financially. Of course, above and beyond all your financial support, I need your prayer support. Prayer support is critical to my effectiveness in reaching those countries (or even the people around me) that God is sending me to.
If the facts that I gave at the top of the page stirred your heart, but you are not called to go, this is one way that you can reach out without actually going. Please partner with me as I seek to take His light into those frontiers that have never known or seen His light. If you are interested with partnering with me financially or in prayer, please let me know. My email is h.dunbeck@gmail.com or my cellphone number is (256) 486-1146
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