"Sweet Business"

ZW is a Chinese national worker ministering amongst the Hui Chinese Muslims who number over 14 million in East Asia. He is constantly looking for different creative ways to make inroads into remote Hui villages. Below is his story…

Raising bees is not only an interesting thing, but it also yields honey, thus I would like to call beekeeping a "sweet business". It would, however, be even sweeter to raise bees for the expansion of the Lord's Kingdom! 

I initially saw beekeeping as a means of only helping me make a living. In the beginning I thought I would raise the bees in our backyard, but I soon realized that our backyard is not suitable for raising bees because it is in the middle of town and there are few nectar plants around.

The Lord then led me to think about the Muslim villages close to the mountains nearby… that if we could reach the Muslims there through beekeeping, wouldn’t beekeeping be a good platform? This increased my motivation to learn all about raising bees.

With the Lord’s help I opened my first apiary with 20 boxes on a hillside where a Hui Muslim couple lives. They own a tea garden there, and I have named the place “Tea Garden Bee Farm.”

Soon after, my second apiary was established in a Hui village in another county. It’s called "Rice Field Bee Farm", and was started in collaboration with the Hui Village Head! I praise God for how He has connected me with this person of influence in the community. Can you imagine with me what can happen when he becomes a follower of Christ? Countless opportunities to bring God’s Presence into the Moslem village can open up.

Please intercede for me. I need all your prayers. Thank you!! ZW.