The people in China are very hungry to hear about their Creator-God, as this translated letter from a person in China demonstrates. This new believer most likely found a tract that was left on his windowsill or bicycle basket during a “tract bombing.” We may never know, hut I’m sure we will have plenty of chances in both time and eternity to sing God’s praise for the wonderful things He is doing now in China. Recently I was given the opportunity to get a firsthand look at God’s work in China. On Oct. 14, my mother, Joan Moore, and I, along with 10 others, took off for a two-week journey to the Orient to spread the mighty Word of God. Each us had two very large bags and a carry on hag. No, we didn’t take our whole wardrobe. Each of us took 102 Bibles and 1,000 tracts to Shanghai as a gift for the new Chinese believers throughout the region. These Bibles were given to “Grandma,” a person known by key believers in the area as a source of this precious manna.

Later, the team traveled to Hong Kong where we repeatedly picked up more Bibles and smuggled them into other places in mainland China. In all, we crossed the border about 12 times, traveling to Shen Zhen, Foo Yong, Guangzhou, Beijing, and Tianjin. By the grace of God the team was able to deliver 8,200 Bibles and other materials to those in China who really needed them. In addition, thanks to all the prayers and a loving God, we weren’t even stopped once while transporting the Bibles, although there were several close calls. We had to be very careful about what we said or did, because we could never be quite sure who around us might he “plain-clothes” policemen. We were also told that Westerners had been put into hotel rooms that were bugged. One time an older gentleman and I were making a run to “Grandma’s” when we noticed some policemen in a van in front of her building. They appeared to he waiting for something. We stopped for a moment, prayed about what was to come, and proceeded with our mission. We had our taxi stop at a florist on the corner and we quickly removed our heavy baggage from the trunk. We always tried to beat the taxi driver to the trunk when we were making a “run,” so he wouldn’t feel how heavy our bags were. We wanted to be as inconspicuous and quick as possible so as not to attract attention. (This can be a difficult task when you are a tall white man on the hack streets of Shanghai.) No sooner had we started around the corner than my partner nudged a haphazardly placed stack of wicker objects. Imagine our dismay when several of them fell over. What could we do, but try to restack them as efficiently as possible and continue on to our destination, hoping in God? Well, we made it, and so did the precious cargo!

I was continually overwhelmed by the number of people I would see each day who have never heard of Jesus Christ or the good news of the gospel. I really did not like the fact that we could not share this wonderful news that they were desperate to hear, because doing so would blow our cover. There are 1.3 billion souls in China that are going about their lives, unaware and hungry. Many villages in the middle of China have one or two hundred Christians with no Bible. Every Bible that is sent not only is used by a new believer, but will most likely be used to bring many others to a knowledge of our great God and Savior. I will never rent a video or eat at a nice restaurant again without thinking that $4 to given The Bible League is enough to deliver a complete Chinese Bible to a Chinese believer. Many of them have prayed for years to receive their own copy, something we take for granted. “So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it” (Isa. 55:11).