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
The family was ready. They rose up at once
to pull down all evidences of spirit worship and destroy the demon
shelves. Then they asked James to pray with them; they wanted the true
God to receive them. Could they really become His sons and daughters?...While
helping them he had other callers; another family wanted to follow
Christ, then another from the surrounding area. Eventually no fewer than
seven families pulled down their demon altars and asked to join the
people of God. It was a heartening change...
James O. Fraser first noticed the Lisu people
at a market in Tengyueh (now Tengchong), a city in Yunnan in southwest
China. The men wore turbans on their heads with ornamental sashes and
white leggings. The women wore colorful costumes decorated with beads
and shells.