"Why Did Nobody Tell Them?"

They say that the average female speaks about 20,000 words a day.  I think Abby says at least double that!  And of that 40,000 words I am pretty sure that 3/4 of them are questions. (The other 1/4 being movie quotes.)

Some of her questions are just ridiculous... the kind of questions that are impossible to answer. My favorite so far is: "What are all the people doing?"  This was said while sitting at the dinner table looking out our door... there were no people in sight...

Then there are those questions that everybody thinks about but never actually vocalizes because we realize they can not be answered.  Usually she asks these while driving in the tuktuk.  "Where are they going?"  "What is he doing?"  "Who's house is that?"  "Why did they get married?"...The list could go on still.

Most of the time I think she is just wanting to talk because her questions are really just statements in question form.  "Why is that baby there?" (Look at that baby)  "Why did Lily get a spanking?" (Haha! Lily got in trouble!)  

Every once in a while though she has a really good question.  On the way home from church on Sunday she asked "Why are there too many people who don't go to church?" "Well," I said, "because they probably don't know who Jesus is." "Why don't they know who Jesus is?"  "Because we live in Cambodia and nobody has told them yet, I guess."  "Why did nobody tell them?"

Unfortunately our conversation ended shortly because we got home and everyone got distracted.  But it made me think.  Why did nobody tell them?  There are NGO's out the wazoo here!  I have been a missionary here for a year and a half!  Now, Cambodia's Christian population is growing and more and more Cambodians are coming to Christ. Praise the Lord!  But still, I have people that I see everyday that still maybe have never heard about Jesus.  WHAT AM I DOING HERE?  She really has inspired me to pursue these relationships that God has placed in my life to further His kingdom.

Although I really hope Abby's 1000 questions a day stage ends soon, I hope she never looses her curiosity.  I hope she keeps questioning why the people don't know Jesus.  But more than that, I hope it spurs her to do something about it.  

What about you?  Do you have relationships in your life that you could influence towards Christ?