Dear Friends:

The Lisu people in china are a great example of where a breakthrough in church planting occurred as a result of the Holy Spirit's work about 100 years' ago. I've not personally met lisu believers, but had my first encounter with other Chinese minority groups in 1986 in western china. For the outside world, and perhaps for many inside china, the Lisu and other minorities are a little exotic. However, what i realized from this article is that Jesus sees each ethnic group, whether Lisu, Tujia, Kham or Amdo, as people made in his image, for whom his son died and rose again. They are incredibly precious to him. It is this infinite value that the Lisu and others have to our heavenly father that speaks to me of our privilege to partner with him through prayer. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and reflections as a result of reading this brief article.

Julian