Our world is becoming incredibly globalized. Migrants are moving everywhere. Once upon a time, if you wanted to reach a certain people group—for example, the Somalis or the Saudis or the Uzbeks, just to name a few difficult-to-get-to-folks—you’d have to resort to prayer and little more. No longer.
Take the Somalis, for example. A simple search on Google Maps turned up Somali restaurants in St. Cloud, Minneapolis, Chicago, Columbus, Alexandria, Nashville, and Atlanta. A large cluster of Somalis live north of Minneapolis (although I find it hard to imagine why people from the hot deserts of Somalia would choose to migrate north of the Twin Cities—a place that is probably the least like their homeland).
Somalis are even more prevalent in the UK: restaurants can be found all over London, as well as in cities ranging from Bristol in the south to Newcastle upon Tyne in the north (as well as in Belfast to the West). On the European mainland, they are in Berlin, Basel, and Bologna—to name just a few.
In Latin America, too: in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Taguatinga. And I didn’t look out as far as Asia but I’m sure you’d find them there.
If you have a vision to reach a certain group, but for whatever reason you can’t get into their homeland, take heart and look around. For nearly any sizable ethnic group, I challenge you to seek earnestly: you can find a few thousand of them, somewhere in the world. Go and move into their midst!
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