I found my first penny on the stairs at O’Hare airport.
I was coming back from visiting with Frontiers, where I had just decided to join their ministry to Third-Culture Kids (TCKs). My heart was filled with excitement to serve these children of field workers who are growing up outside their parents’ culture.
But I was also dazed. How am I going to do this ministry? I wondered. Who will support me?
I will provide for you, God seemed to say. As I listened, I saw the dull penny on the step in front of me. I picked it up, treasuring it as His faithful promise to provide.
Recently I visited a friend in Central Asia. Everywhere we went, we walked on cracked sidewalks. I had to look down and make sure I wouldn’t trip. That’s how I found the smallest coin I had ever seen.
As I picked up the smooth metal, God spoke to my heart: Even the smallest coin has value to Me.
It was a one tenge coin. Its value is about a quarter of one cent. That means it takes almost four tenges to equal one penny.
A tenge used to have much value. Today, it’s just not much.
But in the Kingdom, even the smallest pieces have value.
I cherish that tenge and carry it with me everywhere I go. It reminds me to count it all joy to find worth in the testing of our faith; for the promise fulfilled is that we will lack nothing (James 1:2-3). And when we have stood the test, God gives us the crown of life, promised to those who love Him (James 1:12).
My ministry to families on the field has brought me to children who are questioning their worth.
Imagine sitting before a boy living on the field with his family.
“Is it worth it?” you hear him ask. His real questions are, “Am I noticed, remembered, significant, heard, loved, protected?”
You can see his parents and siblings standing behind him. Beyond them are the members from the church that has sent them out. Behind them are Frontiers people who have helped prepare them for the field. There are also those who’ve set up the website for people to give to support them financially. Frontiers Member Care coaches who pastor and counsel them are standing there, too.
I am among these. So are you.
Imagine that every tenge represents a person God uses to help raise this child in the way he should go.
Imagine one dollar is the ministry poured into a child, waiting to thrive in his or her God-given worth.
It takes many tenges to fill a dollar. And it takes a village to raise a child.
I’m grateful for all the tenges in the dollar of each third culture kid in my ministry.
Thank you for praying, giving, and serving so that we can minister to children who are desperate to understand their God-given worth.
Thank you for being an invaluable tenge in the ministry of Frontiers.
How will you invest your tenge?
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**This account comes from Anna, a Frontiers worker serving in the TCK ministry.**
Original article: www.frontiersusa.org/blog/article/youre-the-tengue-to-my-dollar
