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John enjoys fishing when he gets the chance. So do a lot of other people around the world.

Of course, we all like to eat the fish John catches. Below is the fish batter recipe we use for John’s normal catch of white bass, black bass or crappie. It was given to me by some of our previous students who are now missionaries in Thailand:

RECIPE:

You will need three bowls, in the first you need flour, Lawry’s salt and black pepper the amount of each is up to you, and your taste preference. In the second bowl you need eggs and milk mixed, in the third you need crushed ritz crackers, the finer the better. You can put the crackers in the blender to make them fine.  Then dip the fish in the liquid, then the flour mix, then the liquid again, then the cracker mix. Fry in oil, turning the fish to brown each side until crispy and cooked through. If I don’t have ritz crackers handy, the fish still tastes good using another bowl of the flour mixture instead of the crackers.

There are many other ways to prepare fish around the world. Some of the best fish I have ever eaten was in Indonesia, and it was roasted whole over a fire pit, and served with the head still on.

In many remote areas, fishing is a lot more than a hobby, it provides food on the table, or much needed income. And it may involve fishing without a pole and reel.

Many methods are used to catch fish: nets, spears, root poisons, fish stunners, and more. In some areas it is a group effort using huge nets and everyone shares in the catch.

Jesus picked several fishermen to be his disciples. Andrew, James, John , Peter, and possibly some of the others.  A famous saying of Jesus is found in Matthew 4:17 and again in Mark 1:17 where he says to “follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”

Missionaries become “fishers of men” as they focus on planting churches in places where little is known about God the creator and His Word.