I remember hearing Carlos talk about North Africa and his vision to send Honduran workers there. He had recently returned from an exploratory trip. I’m pretty sure Carlos had rarely been out of Latin America before, and had certainly never been to North Africa. When Carlos saw the masses of Muslims in that country, faithfully worshiping Allah but lacking a true knowledge of Jesus Christ, he took prophetic action. He tore pages out of his Bible, inserted them into balloons, and handed them to children. It was at least a symbolic way of distributing God’s word to the people of that country. Then he took the rest of his Bible and buried it in the ground, prophetically declaring that God’s word would take root and grow in that country.

Carlos returned home to Honduras, deeply moved. He wanted to do more than hand out scripture and bury a Bible. In the Christian school connected with his church, he arranged for all the children sixth grade and higher to begin studying French so they would be prepared to go take Jesus to French-speaking North Africa. He also began training them to invite Muslims to worship Jesus. That’s where the story ended, as far as I knew.

Last month, I heard an update. The first batch of students who have been studying French for the past six years have now graduated. They’re quite fluent in French, and this fall 12-15 students are heading to North Africa where they will be studying in several universities, with their expenses paid by the government of that country! They’re carrying the Word with them, and so the Word will be made flesh and live among the millions of lost souls in that country! But that’s not all. The same Muslim North African government is sending exchange students to Honduras to study at Carlos’ Christian school!

I believe God is honoring Carlos’ prophetic acts and his simple faith. Where do you need to act prophetically? What will God do? Why not find out?

*Name changed to protect identity