In 1733 two Moravian missionaries were sent from Herrnhut (Saxony) to Greenland.
Matthew Stach and Frederick Bohnisch, grave-diggers by profession, suffered from disease, the cold and starvation in Greenland. Finally after twenty-seven years they witnessed their first Inuit converts, Kajarak and his family.
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How amazing. It took twenty-seven years for their suffering - mixed with the Gospel to bring one family from darkness to light - from death to life.
This puts me in mind of Psalm 40:1 - "I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry."
Matthew Stach and Frederick Bosnisch - gravediggers and Moravian heroes are teaching us about persistence.
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