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Dangerous Road

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you like road trips? It’s fun

to watch the world go by from the backseat of a car as you head down the highway on a big adventure. But in some parts of the world, getting from one place to another can be a hair-raising experi-ence.

Take the North Yungas Road in Bolivia, for

example. People who live there call it the Road of Death. This narrow highway, parts of which are unpaved, winds through the foggy Andes Mountains. Travelers must be very careful. There are no guardrails to keep cars from leaving the road. A mistake could send drivers plunging 3,000 feet over a cliff’s edge!

The Sichuan-Tibet Highway in the mountains of China is so high drivers go right through clouds along the way. In places, the road is 16,000 feet above sea level. It may sound like fun, but it’s very dangerous. Landslides and rock avalanches add to the perils. Earlier this year, a mudfl ow covered a large section of the roadway and stranded hundreds of travelers.

The Luxor-al-Hurghada Road in Egypt is a danger zone at night. Drivers don’t use headlights, which means they often don’t see one

another. Drivers risk crashing to avoid another danger. Cars with lights are easy targets for bandits and terrorists in the region.

Missionaries today endure many hardships, including traveling dan-gerous roads, to take the gospel to people who need to hear about Jesus.

The apostle Paul’s missionary journeys were fi lled with peril. In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul talks about some of the dangers and diffi culties he encountered.

“Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own

countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers” (2 Corin-thians 11:25,26).

Why was Paul willing to suffer this way? He knew God had called him to preach the good news of Jesus Christ.

“I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its bless-ings” (1 Corinthians 9:23).

Of course, you don’t have to go to dangerous and exotic places to be a missionary. You can tell others about Jesus in your own school and neighborhood. Then you, too, will be able to share in the blessings Paul mentioned. e

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you like road trips? It’s fun

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• Buckle up in the car.• Sit in the backseat until you’re 13.• Wear a properly fi tting helmet when biking, skating or riding a skateboard or scooter.• Don’t share a bike seat with a friend, and never ride on the handlebars.• Use fl ashlights instead of candles during a power outage.• Stop at intersections and obey all the traffi c rules when riding a bike on the road.

STAY SAFE ON THE GO

When riding your bike, always wear a helmet. If you need one, register to win a red Schwinn helmet. Enter online at pe.ag.org by December 11 or mail an entry postmarked that date to Bike Helmet Giveaway, Pentecostal Evangel, 1445 N. Boonville Avenue, Springfi eld, MO 65802. Entries must in-clude a daytime phone number. You must have your parent or guardian’s permission to enter.

All over the globe there are communities that need to hear the good news — that Jesus offers to forgive our sins and give us eternal life. Many of these communities are in hard-to-reach loca-tions. Help the missionary navigate his vehicle down this dangerous road and to the community that needs to hear about Jesus.

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