Just some pictures (and a few captions) of my current trip to south Asia. It’s experiences like this where Jesus’ last command—“make disciples of all nations”—comes into even greater focus for me as I see it played out person after person in all kinds of places. So thankful spiritual reproduction knows no distinction!
The villages pictured below, and the churches/leaders in them, are actual. They have names (though I didn’t mention them in this post). They’re real. Living. Breathing. Each one with its own story. Yet each one part of the same story—God’s passion for his glory among the nations!
![Forced out of his parent's home after following Jesus years ago, God has been faithful to this man. He now plants churches and train new church planters.](https://i0.wp.com/www.toddstiles.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6174.jpg?resize=610%2C458)
Forced out of his parent’s home after following Jesus years ago, God has been faithful to this man. He now plants churches and train new church planters.
![This man, at about 70, stepped forward to be a "Timothy" for his village in another part of the ward.](https://i0.wp.com/www.toddstiles.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6186.jpg?resize=610%2C458)
This man, at about 70, stepped forward to be a “Timothy” for his village in another part of the ward.
![This young came to Christ as a result of his sister (middle) and mom (right). He is now a "Timothy" in their village's developing church, willing to reproduce himself in another.](https://i0.wp.com/www.toddstiles.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6219.jpg?resize=610%2C429)
This young man came to Christ as a result of his sister (middle) and mom (right). He is now a “Timothy” in their village’s developing church, willing to reproduce himself in another.
![Yet another young new church with new believers in a village that before had never heard of Jesus.](https://i0.wp.com/www.toddstiles.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6223.jpg?resize=610%2C328)
Yet another young new church with new believers in a village that before had never heard of Jesus. The man to the far right in the plaid shirt is their “Timothy.”