C to C (Creation to Christ) and Me
It all began about 5 years ago when I attended a conference
with many of my missionary co-laborers. We were taught how to share the
Gospel using simply drawn pictures. It
could be done on a napkin, or a scrap piece of paper from my purse or really
anything within reach should the opportunity present itself. We called it, “Drawing C to C” .
After I learned it well, I taught the Gospel
sharing method to my staff at TCT and also the clinic staff. It became a great tool in our belt for Gospel
sharing opportunities we often have and for new Christians it helped them understand the full Gospel message. clearly. Since that time, we have used this method in
many different ways, while talking to our pieceworkers at TCT on our home visits, when
the clinic staff has been doing some of the door to door canvasing, when family
members of our staff have had questions about Christianity, at our mobile
clinics and most recently as a part of our Christmas celebrations.
Last year we asked our best artist to draw a
progression of pictures from C to C so we could make a flip chart that could be
easily used anywhere. We all liked the
fact that we could draw it ourselves, but we wanted to have a more “reverent”
depiction of the story we were telling.
( quite frankly, some of us couldn’t really draw the simplest angel and
make it look holy) The chart turned out beautifully. We also had our new missionaries fresh out of
language school learn how to present C to C using our flip chart. This became a great success and another tool
for our Gospel sharing efforts.
Next, I decided I wanted to make a simple
English coloring book using the C to C drawing idea to use in our week long
English camps that we had scheduled last summer. I asked my daughter Becky to help me by using
her graphic design abilities. She did an
amazing job and again another tool was born.
This Christmas the wife of our pastor in
Bankgla, Khun Wan, decided to take the coloring book, translate it into Thai, and make huge posters with
it teaching the kids at church how to present C to C with the posters at our
Christmas programs.
It was such a huge
success, we decided to use the posters at our TCT Christmas programs and teach
C to C with an emphasis on when and why Jesus was born and what Christmas
means.
I believe this was the clearest presentation of the Gospel we have had
at our Christmas celebrations yet.
The results….. people are being reached. In Nan, Bangkla, and Tungmahajaren, we had completely
captive audiences while we share the message together.
Never before have we had the responses we have
had from this presentation. In all of
those centers, ALL of the hearers said they were interested to understand this
story more, and more than 16 said they were ready to pray with our evangelist
to make God their Lord and Savior. We
are still following up on all those women.
Just yesterday we saw one whole family changed by the Gospel of
Christ as a result of hearing this clear presentation of God's plan for them. His message will not return
void.
....And that’s the story of C to C and
me.
