Olympics 'amazing opportunity' to reach world

LONDON (BP) — Debbie Wohler says if you want to visualize heaven, sit at the opening ceremonies of an Olympics and observe.

“The nations of the world are literally there. The whole world is sitting there, in harmony. Our peace comes only through Jesus, of course, but this gives me a visual of what heaven’s going to look like.”

The California resort missionary speaks as a veteran: the 2012 summer Olympics, in London, marks her 12th Olympics-as-mission-trip. Her first was in 1980 at Lake Placid.

“It is just such an amazing opportunity to reach the world,” said Wohler, who serves at First Baptist Church in Tahoe City, CA, when she’s not at an Olympic event. “There are many countries we cannot go to as missionaries.”

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