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Change The Map AGWM. 'Aunt Jan has been attending the small group Bible Study for several months. Every week she is excited to discuss the story about Jesus and she is usually very impressed with Jesus and what He does for people. Aunt Jan has had many questions about prayer and she prays to God about her troubles' (AGWM. To be continued)

'Recently we discussed the story of Jesus delivering the man from a legion of demons and allowing the demons to possess a herd of 2000 pigs (Mark 5:1-20). I was surprised when Aunt Jan's first reaction to this story was very strong. She said,'It's too much!' I was confused.'What is too much?' Aunt Jan replied,'Two thousand pigs for one man. I'm a Buddhist and in Buddhism one life is equal to one life. One pig or one human or one mosquito. It is one life for one life. But 2000 pigs for the man? The cost is too much!' (AGWM)

'Buddhism teaches that all living beings have equal value. Bad people can be reborn as animals and good animals can be reborn as people. Killing a pig or any other animal is the same as murdering a human, In Aunt Jan's mind,trading the lives of 2000 pigs for the sanity of one man was an atrocity. I reminded her of the creation story we had discussed a few weeks before and how God has put great value on human life. Aunt Jan was still incredulous. Though she liked Jesus' kindness to release the man from demons. She couldn't accept that the cost was worth it' (AGWM)

'Now 70 years old,Aunt Jan grew up in a rural area with a Buddhist world view that shapes how she encounters Christian truth. Please join us in prayer for Aunt Jan and Buddhists like her,who face great hurdles in understanding and accepting the values and truths of God and His Good News' (AGWM)

Change The Map prayforbuddhists.com that the one billion Buddhists waiting to experience the love of Jesus Christ would be reached. PRAY. LEARN. ADVOCATE. GO' (AGWM)