{"id":17,"date":"2016-02-12T08:09:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demos.famethemes.com\/onepress\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:03:38","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/es\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story: from China to France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55498d4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55498d4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33c70c5d\" data-id=\"33c70c5d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9044185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9044185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CIMG5689_2-1-480x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-onepress-small size-onepress-small wp-image-1873\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CIMG5689_2-1-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CIMG5689_2-1-16x10.jpg 16w, https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CIMG5689_2-1-640x400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ef52f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32ef52f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">En m\u00e1s de 10 a\u00f1os de ministerio, mi esposa Emilie y yo hemos dado nuestras vidas para pastorear y guiar a aquellos que Dios nos ha enviado, tanto en China como en Tailandia.\u00a0 Primero como soltero, en Hong Kong, y luego al interior de la China continental.  All\u00ed trabaj\u00e9 con los l\u00edderes de las iglesias locales chinas, guiando a la gente al Se\u00f1or compartiendo con ellos el evangelio, bautiz\u00e1ndolos y discipul\u00e1ndolos; plantando iglesias en las casas y difundiendo el evangelio en las partes rurales de China.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Luego nos mudamos a Tailandia, donde entrenamos misioneros chinos y trabajamos en varias \u00e1reas distintas del ministerio.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">En 2016, un amigo, pastor de Francia, qui\u00e9n nos cas\u00f3, se puso en contacto conmigo por tel\u00e9fono, quer\u00eda compartir conmigo un sue\u00f1o que tuvo. En resumen, el sue\u00f1o era que Emilie y yo seguir\u00edamos sirviendo como misionero, \u00a1pero en Francia!  Yo no lo tom\u00e9 mucho en serio sin embargo, s\u00f3lo unos d\u00edas m\u00e1s tarde, otro amigo, un pastor americano, que estaba en esos momentos en Tailandia me habl\u00f3 de venir a Francia.\u00a0 Le respond\u00ed lo mismo, que no estaba en nuestros planes mudarnos a Francia.\u00a0 Aunque hab\u00eda algunos factores que nos hac\u00edan considerar un viaje corto; por tercera vez se le declaraba un cancer a la madre de Emy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">Al principio, no tom\u00e9 esos mensajes en serio, hasta que una tarde mientras conduc\u00eda mi veh\u00edculo en Tailandia, la voz de Dios claramente me invadi\u00f3:<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\"><b>\"\u00a1Te estoy env\u00edando a Francia!\"&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\"> Cuando escuch\u00e9 esa voz inconfundible y fuerte en mi esp\u00edritu, romp\u00ed a llorar.\u00a0 Cuando llegu\u00e9 a casa, lo compart\u00ed con mi esposa y le dije que consultara con Dios. Sab\u00eda ella que no ten\u00eda intenci\u00f3n de volver a vivir en Francia, as\u00ed que Dios necesitaba hablarle directamente.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\"><b>&nbsp;Y es que, en realidad Francia no es una naci\u00f3n atractiva espiritualmente hablando.\u00a0 Ni es un destino popular para los misioneros de largo plazo.&nbsp; <\/b>Pero cuando Dios llama, \u00c9l nos prepara, \u00c9l abre el camino, \u00c9l provee, \u00c9l hace que suceda sin importar los desaf\u00edos y obst\u00e1culos que podamos encontrar en el camino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>En marzo de 2017, finalmente nos mudamos a Francia, sin saber lo que aqu\u00ed nos esperaba.&nbsp; <b>Y el Se\u00f1or ha puesto a Francia en nuestros corazones.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os han sido vitales para aclimatarnos a la vida francesa. Aunque esa mudanza incluy\u00f3 razones familiares, Emilie y yo sab\u00edamos que Dios nos dirig\u00eda y asumimos el cambio con una actitud misionera.  \u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos separar el ministerio de la vida en s\u00ed?\u00a0 As\u00ed que nos enfocamos en construir relaciones, adaptamos nuestro entrenamiento y experiencia en el pasado para ministrar en esta comunidad \u00fanica, y esencialmente aprendimos una nueva forma de vida aqu\u00ed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coming from Southeast Asia, where we were surrounded by a strong missionary force to a nation spiritually poor, very poor!&nbsp; We knew we couldn\u2019t stay passive and therefore started sharing Jesus from the very first day.&nbsp; And we\u2019ve seen so much fruits. We\u2019ve started few Bible discovery groups, a house church has been launched, outreaches, trainings, and a great connection with other ministries have been made.&nbsp; A door to reach middle eastern refugees was also opened.&nbsp; Now, after 2 years of language improvement and settling as a family, we feel much ready for more!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La necesidad de obreros, discipulos cristianos nunca ha sido mayor.\u00a0 Como misioneros que desean profundamente dar a conocer a Cristo, nuestra oraci\u00f3n es que al leer, tambi\u00e9n usted se sienta movido a actuar; y  de alguna manera apoyar los esfuerzos evangelizadores en Francia, ya sea a trav\u00e9s de la oraci\u00f3n de intercesi\u00f3n, o de manera financiera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59e6bf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59e6bf3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c5c9bc\" data-id=\"4c5c9bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c37733a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c37733a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e467f6d\" data-id=\"e467f6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5956ea elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b5956ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/es\/our-vision\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Nuestra Visi\u00f3n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-267bde0\" data-id=\"267bde0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100d6ce elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"100d6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/followthewaymission.com\/es\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Volver <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En m\u00e1s de 10 a\u00f1os de ministerio, mi esposa Emilie y yo hemos dado nuestras vidas para pastorear y orientar a aquellos que Dios nos ha enviado, tanto en  China como en Tailandia.\u00a0 En marzo de 2017, nos mudamos desde Asia a Francia sin saber lo que nos esperaba.  Hoy, el Se\u00f1or ha puesto a Francia en nuestros corazones.  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