Extra: Human Needs

podcast – Chase the River

In this month’s “extra” post, I wanted to share an audio created by your co-workers. The voices you hear will be familiar, in fact they represent some of our most experienced in the use of crisis response and human need integration in the CMT. We are each in a strategic position to respond. More than this, I personally feel compelled by the circumstances around us to do all I can as a conduit for faith in action connecting resources to the needs surrounding the crisis of these past 18 months. As you will hear on the call, connecting God given motives of compassion with wisdom related to Gospel or CMT advance is worth prayer and careful planning. One of my favorite examples comes from Matt. 9:35-10:1. Having seen the crowds, compelled by compassion to help those who were “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (9:36) Jesus commanded prayer for laborers (37-38), and in the next verse organized laborers with authority to engage the harvest (10:1). We have a chance to obey this same command for prayer, and organize response among those the Lord would send.

As a means of accountability, I am happy to report that we (ASAP personnel) have proposed, facilitated and at this point completed nearly 150 human needs projects since March of 2020. At present, we have an additional 67 projects ongoing around South Asia. To date, not one of our project proposals has been denied. We are grateful for partnership with SR. We are thankful for donors responding sacrificially to the present crisis. Mostly, we are thankful to the Lord of the harvest, who continues to send laborers among the peoples of South Asia.

Nathan – rom.15:23

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