When Elam's Relief manager was given a copy of the Bible in Uighur, the language of a large Muslim people group in Central Asia and China, he was polite, but did not really think he would have any use for it at all. And this Bible was even more cumbersome, as it was specially divided into four sections - the Torah, Prophets, Psalms, and Injil - to be more acceptable to Muslims.
The four part Bible sat in the Elam office for a few months in the U.K. , and then there was a visit from a couple who work with the Uighur people in China. They were very pleased to take this copy, and to get the details of where they could get more.
The Elam Relief manager has just heard that the copy he had so reluctantly taken has found a very good home. The couple write - 'Actually the set you gave us was very gratefully received by an 80-plus year old Kashgar guy. His father had been given a Bible by Swedish Missionaries in the early 20th century while he was working as a tailor in the British embassy. The father was too afraid to let his son read it, but the son (now the 80 year old) had always wanted a Bible of his own. When he saw a friend of ours on the streets of our city one day, he asked in broken English if our friend could find him one!!! He is now reading it, thanks to you'
Sometimes people have an image of relief work as being all about logistics, surveys and reports. But ultimately He provides the connections - for that is how God works.