A friend of mind died recently. He made me feel like I was his best friend. After he died I found out that there were people all over the world that he had made feel like they were his best friends. It was an amazing gift he gave while living. What a heritage he left behind.

We can learn a lot from that friend's outlook. Think of what we would do on the mission field if every person we met there felt that he/she was our best friend. Being a best friend makes a person want to hear what we have to say.

I am afraid that many times we give the impression that we really don't like the people we are trying to reach. We talk about their life styles, their habits, and their culture like they are something much less that upstanding.

We need to go with a commitment that we are going to like and love the people we have been sent to reach. When they know that we love them then we have the opportunity to tell them how much God loves them. It is the very best credential we can have.

We can not let them think that they are an important statistic for us. Each person must find out that God loves them, and they need to know that God sent us to deliver that vital message.