Christian Missionaries Caught in Tunisia Distributing Bibles.

In Tunisia, a small team of evangelical Christians were very bold and aggressive in their desire to see the Gospel spread in their adopted country.  They had an emphasis on putting Gospels of Luke into people's mailboxes. They were doing a hit and run blitz in order to keep out of the watchful eye of government authorities. One day they were in a small food store buying some groceries and the shop owner said, “Hey your book is in the newspaper.”  They looked and there was a copy and picture of some of the literature they had been handing out. They bought a copy of the newspaper and ran home to read it and the headline said, “Missionaries Amongst our Houses!” Their distribution of literature campaign had angered some journalists who found out about it. They wrote an article that thoroughly embarrassed the government. As a result, the government got very upset and felt something had to be done quickly.  The group was known for our missionary activities, and so the leader was summoned by the Minister of the Interior and given 48 hours to pack his bags and leave the country. 

He asked them if he could come back into the country and they said, “Of course.”  He wasn't so sure they were telling the truth. Three weeks later he tried to return with a short term missions team that was going to do some literature distribution. The team got into the country, but the leader was stopped at the border and deported a second time.  The government got rid of one missionary, but nine more got in the country to do literature distribution! The plans of the Lord cannot be thwarted!