What Is Mountain Rain?

In 2005 I read a book called "Mountain
Rain" by Eileen Crossman. It is the biography of James
O. Fraser written by his daughter. James Fraser was a
missionary to the Lisu people in China during the
early to mid 20th century. He spent his life laboring
to bring them to Christ.

Here are some quotes from his biography:

"James now began to assess the size of his task. He
wasn't afraid of arduous climbing nor primitive
living, because he loved mountaineering anyway. But
the prospect of working alone to build a living church
to stand against such a powerful form of
spirit-worship was daunting. He knew the hosts of God
were with him. But he also knew that there was no such
thing as a solo worker in God's plan. .he now wrote
home about a new kind of partnership. 'I know you will
never fail me in the matter of intercession (he wrote
to his mother), but would you think and pray about
getting a group of like-minded friends, whether few or
many, whether in one place or scattered, to join in
the same petitions? If you could form a small prayer
circle I would write regularly to the members.' .In
ones and twos people in the area of his home agreed to
share the burden with him. They undertook the task
much as a business partnership: it was a clear and
definite commitment to the job. They would pray him
through. Pg. 64

Later it is written on page 84:

"Back in Tantsah he was learning more and more that
payer was the only weapon that could drive back the
forces of darkness. He had preached; he had taught; he
had discussed; but there was little fruit."

One more quote from page 167, from a letter written to
his prayer support team. James wrote:

"I really believe that if every particle of prayer put
up by the home churches on behalf of the infant
churches of the mission field were removed, the latter
would be swamped by an incoming flood of the powers of
darkness."

There is so much other good stuff in that book that I
could probably put up half the book in quotes, but I
won't.

Anyway, it was after reading this book, after relating
with the missionary James Fasier and his struggle to
spread the Gospel in the midst of a land and people in
bondage to the spirits of darkness that I decided to
build a team of women prayer warriors to labor with
me/us in the struggle to reach India with the Gospel
of Jesus Christ.

What I asked of the women:

1. That they would pray for me, the ministry, my family
and whatever prayer requests I send, every day.
2. That they would keep these prayer requests private
between the number of us so that I could feel free to
share things that I would not be comfortable sharing
in a general setting.
3. That they would share some of your personal prayer
requests with me.