tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208335619694824759.post6213489474641950214..comments2022-10-03T01:21:46.495-04:00Comments on Dominican Happenings: Pitfalls of the Unreached People Groups (UPGs) BandwagonMissionary Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768535397792619726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208335619694824759.post-32275566200467764802013-05-16T20:19:31.353-04:002013-05-16T20:19:31.353-04:00I completely agree with you Mitch. It is important...I completely agree with you Mitch. It is important to reach the unreached people groups of the world, but at the same time we cannot cut back on our efforts to reach the world. The last time I checked Jesus said, " Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" , not preach the word to 2% and then leave. You will always recieve our support. Keep up the good work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07409179607141172263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208335619694824759.post-72347100465720723752013-05-15T08:27:43.576-04:002013-05-15T08:27:43.576-04:00Hot topic indeed! I agree with you 100% Mitch. T...Hot topic indeed! I agree with you 100% Mitch. This is not a new issue: my first and primary missionary mentor, David Legters jr., recently passed away in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. I had the privilege of knowing him since I was about 3 yrs old, living with them for about a year in Merida in 1980, and more recently visiting them in Oct. 2011 in Merida. Anyway, my point is relating to him and his father, who was David Brainerd Legters (named for a famous pioneer missionary, David Brainerd from the 1700s) who went to the Yucatan of Mexico in the early 1930s, being a graduate of one of the very first classes of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (my home town), and also being one of the very first missionaries sent out by Wycliffe Bible Translators, of which his father, L.L. Legters, was co-founder along with Cameron Townsend. Anyway, after about 30 yrs of work, D.B. Legters had translated the NT and portions of the OT into the Mayan language, which was, and still is, spoken by nearly 1 million people. The Wycliffe organization told him, ok, you're done here now, we're going to send you somewhere else. But Legters said, no, wait, this translation is only the first step! This people group now needs training, church development, education, etc. So he had to resign from Wycliffe in order to stay and he did, for 25 more years and served along with national church leaders as well as his son, David jr. and had a huge impact on an entire region and people group. This example, which I know personally and very close to my heart, is one in which the value of long-term, on-going, in-depth, and broadly based ministry is validated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503063127739315035noreply@blogger.com