Pastor Todd Painter is the pastor at the Lincoln Baptist Church of Lincoln Nebraska. He is the founding pastor of the Lincoln Baptist Church that was established, by the hand of God, June 2, 2002
Monday, August 20, 2012
This past Sunday we had something wonderful happen. We had two people get saved by way of translators. On one side of the auditorium we had my son leading Yar Chuol to Christ with one of our members Amoit pictured in the middle (top picture) translating the plan of salvation into Arabic. Yar is from Sudan and we presented her with one of our Arabic Bibles. Then on the other side of the auditorium I was leading Mu Hsi to Christ with Mu Htee translating the plan of salvation into Karen. Mu Htee is pictured in the middle (bottom picture) with Mu Hsi to the right. Mu Hsi's mother Wel Come is pictured to the left of Mu Htee. Mu Htee is one of our faithful members from Burma. She is Karen which is a group of people living in the border region of Burma and Thailand. Lincoln is the fourteenth largest refuge resettlement area in the United States bringing in around 4,000 new refuges every year from all over the the world. Lincoln is quickly becoming a melting pot of ethnic groups with our church sitting right in the middle of them. I thank God for the very brief time I had as a missionary to the Philippines before coming to Lincoln. It was used to prepare my heart for the many refuges that would surround me here in this city. Praise God that He always knows what He is doing, even when we don't!