To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain
True confessions. When one has never ever considered dying for the sake of the gospel, it is highly likely that one has never really chosen to live in total unmitigated obedience to Christ. When it comes to the launch of reproducing Disciple Making Movements among Unreached People Groups, it is the worthiness of Christ and His love-filled command to go which compels.
Missionary Biography: Anna Tan
“When your bucket gets kicked, what spews forth will be either bitterness or blessing. I can’t answer for others, but I know what I desire. When God takes me through suffering, I want to respond with blessing,” commented Anna Tan, Singaporean missionary to the Sasak Muslims of Lombok island, Indonesia.
One morning in 2001, Anna was found with 80 percent of her body covered in 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Anna had awakened to the daily routine of making coffee in anticipation of her time with the Lord. The propane gas tank, which supplied the stovetop operation, had leaked profusely overnight. In her sealed kitchen area she unknowingly walked into a cloud of undetectable gas and lit a match.
Anna obeyed the Lord’s voice to demonstrate and proclaim the glory of Christ among the Sasak people. Her life represents just one from among the 120 missionaries who have come and gone in service among them in the past 31 years of modern mission efforts. For those of us still called to be among the Sasak, we jointly believe God to launch a rapidly multiplying movement of Sasak worshipers of Christ.
Anna is a reminder of the high cost and the privilege of obeying God’s voice to the least reached peoples. She spewed forth blessing as she clung to Christ’ sufficiency, even as she died.
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