The Map

Date: December 8, 2020

My brother and I are at a fancy dinner party in a palace. The scene is very much like a James Bond movie. Everyone is dressed in formal attire and waiters are walking by serving champagne. My brother and I are spies and someone comes up to us and points out two gentlemen in the room. One is a military general in his full uniform and the other is obviously a high up government official. We are told to listen in on their conversation, and so we listen from afar.

We hear them talking about various countries and strategies both military and political. As we go to walk up some stairs that are located behind them these two men follow us up and force us to a room to interrogate us on what we overheard. I told them that we heard a couple of vague things of no consequence and then tell them that we are at the party for a different reason. I pull out a map and show them what our plan is and ask if they would help us. The map is a map of the world and every country is colored in as either blue, green, or yellow. I tell them that all of the blue countries are countries that are Christian nations, all in green are anti-Christian nations (or nations hostile towards those who follow Jesus), while the yellow ones are neutral. I point out that our mission is to start in a cluster of nation in Eastern Europe and our plan is to spread the gospel to turn the yellow nations to blue. I tell them that from there we will go after India and China. They start to laugh, but I proceeded to tell them that we will be funded by nations in the middle east and I circle the area around Dubai. I tell them that these countries have such wealth and are not opposed to the gospel and will be the source of funds for our mission. I ask them if they would join us.

Scene Change:

The scene shifts to the four of us landing and getting off a private jet in the middle of the night. We are in a small Eastern European town as our initial starting place for our evangelism crusade. The politician and I are talking strategies and he is excited to hit the town to get the lay of the land, while the general just wants to get to the hotel and sleep. We arrive at our hotel which is like a palace, so beautiful and luxurious. We all check into our rooms. My brother and I in one room and the other two into theirs. We look around and start to settle in. I search everywhere for some cash to tip our bellhops who brought up our stuff, but can only find big bills. I ask my brother if he has any cash and he gives me two fives. I tip the two bellhops and then tell my brother that we need to start carrying a lot of single dollar bills as we travel, for tipping purposes.

The End!