“James Fraser (well known as J.O. Fraser) was only 22 years old when he left his engineering career and went to China. From the very first time he saw the Lisu tribespeople of Yunnan Province, he was filled with God’s love for them. He spent the rest of his life laboring to bring them the gospel. Breakthrough came only after his partners back home took up the challenge to pray. “I am not asking you just to give ‘help’ in prayer as a sort of sideline, but I am trying to roll the main responsibility of this prayer-warfare on you. I want you to take the burden of these people upon your shoulders. I want you to wrestle with God for them.” The Lisu now have a strong body of believers who are also sending out workers to other groups around them.”
Wow. Only 22 when J.O Fraser went to China. These days by the time you’ve finished uni, some work experience, Bible College, then ministry experience, most people are in their 30s before they leave for overseas missionary work. I was 32 when we left. In hindsight I wished I’d studied less and gone left sooner.
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