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    On October 1978, twenty-two years old I was sitting in a truck travelling from Europe overland to India. We were around forty-five young people, divided into three trucks and a couple of minibuses, and we had just started out on a short-term missions program.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

    I did not know much about missions or the Christian life at that time, but I had a desire to know God and be exposed to his work.<\/span>\u00a0Those two years have now become more than thirty-seven. That trip changed my life: God did something in my heart that would last for\u00a0eternity.<\/span><\/h4>\n

    Sometimes we were so physically exhausted after long days of ministry. (I still vividly remember a trek up into the mountains in\u00a0northern Pakistan on the border to Afghanistan).\u00a0But I also remember the satisfaction of knowing that the Gospel had been preached to those who had never before had the chance to hear the Good\u00a0News of Jesus.<\/span><\/h4>\n

    We ministered in villages, towns, cities and markets; we climbed mountains and crossed deserts. As I was exposed to different countries, ethnic groups, different types of food,\u00a0cultures, religions and languages, and as I saw the need of the multitudes, I was changed.<\/span><\/h4>\n

    God gave birth in my heart to a love for this vast continent and to its peoples.\u00a0Multitudes have yet to\u00a0hear about salvation \u2013 the Amazing Grace \u00a0of our God – through the death and resurrection of the Lord\u00a0Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>We have a debt to pay. Let us do our utmost to finish the task.<\/span><\/h4>\n

    H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>
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