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after the russians attempted to take over afghanistan (ten year slaughter), J. Christy Wilson, longtime missionary there, had to come home..."death of a dream"...he then taught missions at gordon/conwell...i invited him to spend several days here at westminster with our missions group...what a blessing he was to many students who met with him here at my home, individual meetings at student center, in classrooms, and i think he spoke in chapel too... he told me that early in life he made a major decision:  whether to get involved in "programmatic" ministry, developing and maintaining programs,  or pray that God would lead him to specific individuals that have great promise, and disciple them one-on-one...he did the latter...and that's also what has given me the most satisfaction...i often ask students who have a passion for Jesus how they got that way...i never heard them say, "oh, just by going to church"...they almost always mention one specific individual who stayed close beside them, and helped them... -- a note from our brother in Christ Miller.

Amen!  A special thank-you to Miller for regularly sharing ministry insights and encouragements, particularly the inquiries "how are you doing?" 

P.S.  For an Urbana 2000 tribute to J. Christy Wison, who served as the director of the first InterVarsity Missionary Convention, click here.  Also check out his Urbana 1973 presentation Self-Supporting Witness Overseas.