Summary: Many famous missionaries have done amazing things around the world. For example, Jim Elliot, who went to Ecuador to share the gospel and was killed. There are also missionaries who aren’t as well-known, even though they spend their whole lives preaching about Jesus. One of these people is Jim Elliot’s brother Bert, who was a missionary in Peru. Bert and his wife Colleen went to Peru shortly before Jim went to Ecuador. Before they went, Colleen learned how to deliver babies. Bert learned how to pull teeth. But they were most passionate about the Good News Gospel. Because of this, God used them to start 150 local churches in Northern Peru! They simply loved the Peruvians. They felt called to bring the Good News Gospel to them. They both delivered thousands of babies and pulled hundreds of teeth, but more importantly they brought whole communities to Christ over fifty years. The apostle Paul talks about people like Bert and Colleen when he says in Romans, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” Bert and Colleen’s feet were beautiful. They should inspire us to hear God’s call to share the Good News of Jesus to people in our own lives, wherever He leads us.
