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A "NORTHERN
LIGHTS" MAGAZINE ARTICLE
(from Issue #505)
No One of Us
 "I
heard about the Lord through missionaries," Margaret (Budd) Bear
shared recently with Tribal Trails viewers. She was referring to
NCEMers Joe & Helen Pope who served in Cumberland House (SK) when
she was a young teen.
"One
day, while visiting, I opened up to Helen and told her that I was
looking for something better in life," says Margaret. Helen read
Scripture, and invited her to accept Christ. "I knew exactly what she
meant. We prayed, and it was at that moment I knew that I had become a
new person."
A few years later, after
Margaret had drifted from her initial commitment, the witness of a
couple Native Bible school students visiting in Cumberland helped get
her back on track.
For Louis, while
recovering in hospital from a serious car accident, it was a complete
stranger who told him that God was giving him a second chance. He didn't
forget those words. A few years later Louis' cousin began telling him
about the Lord, and invited him to a Native church in Prince Albert.
The fellowship and encouragement he got there helped him take a stand
for Christ.
Leading someone to the
Lord is very rewarding ... no missionary will argue with that. The
reality often is, though, that no one person alone influences another
person to receive Christ. Usually there are a number of Christians who
impact a life.
Our missionaries do much
more than lead people to the Lord. They also disciple, encourage, and
partner with Native believers in ministry. An example is Joe &
Helen Pope themselves, who have spent much of their missionary career
heavily involved in Bible education. They know the joy of seeing
believers learn and grow.
And it doesn't stop there. Like
fruit, God's work in people's lives grows and bears more fruit. For
instance, Karen Carrier, from Cumberland House, has also shared on
video how, besides the Popes, it was Margaret Bear who made a big
difference in her decision to follow Christ.
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