Racing Into the Danger

It was fifteen years ago. Through the dust and death that filled New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, one inspirational image emerged. Scores of firefighters and policemen raced into the danger. Their selfless courage prompted them to overcome every instinct that would compel a normal person to turn and run the other way.

While thousands raced through the streets, fleeing for their lives as the towers descended, this group of heroes, firefighters and police officers, responded in the opposite way.

I see the same sort of courage in Global Gates missionaries. While many sound the alarm of Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan immigrants coming to America, fearing the inevitable ISIS terrorist in their midst, Global Gates missionaries have made a different choice. Against what might be seen as a reasonable fear and aversion to the unknown, these young missionaries have moved with their children into neighborhoods filled with Yemenis, Iraqis, Afghans.

These missionaries are not naive or blind to the dangers. They begin and end every day praying for protection and fruitfulness. They ask the Lord to guide them to those men and women that Jesus called “persons of peace” (Luke 10), lost souls seeking a word of hope and salvation.

Just as America’s firefighters and police officers need and deserve our support, so too do these Global Gates missionaries. They need your prayers, your support, your encouragement as they overcome their natural fears         and rush into the danger, and into the harvest fields.

David Garrison
Director, Global Gates