Summary: Years ago, I met Cameron Townsend in Mexico City. I had always admired this missionary because of his faith and vision to start Wycliffe Bible Translators. So when I saw Mr. Townsend in a coffee shop, I wanted to hear what he was working on. He was about 65 years old, but I knew he wasn't slowing down in his evangelism efforts. Cameron Townsend told me he was studying Russian. "Why?" I asked. He said, "Because I'm going to go to Russia and I'm going to place missionaries there." Now this was in the days when atheistic Marxism-Leninist was still in power in Russia and it sounded like a crazy idea. "How are you going to get permission?" I asked. He said, "The Lord told me to go. I will get permission." And then he said, "Luis, never take no for a negative. When somebody closes a door, it means the Lord probably wants you to come in through the back window." A few months later I saw Dr. Townsend again. He said, "Luis, we've already got three couples in Russia!" They were translating the Bible into some of the esoteric languages of the old Soviet Union! In Matthew 19:26 Jesus tells his disciples, "With God all things are possible." When you share the Good News, God can open doors you never imagined would open. Choose to believe Him, and then go for it, just as Cameron Townsend did. And look at the results.
