Malta

The sleeper hit of our trip was the island of Malta (population about 400,000). I knew almost nothing about this place, other than that it is a strategic island in the Mediterranean. But Paul went there unexpectedly in Acts 27:39-28:1-10 (he was shipwrecked as a prisoner on his way to Rome). The island below is the traditional spot where he landed, known as Saint Paul's bay.

Paul unexpectedly evangelized the island through 2 miracles, first of not being hurt through snakebite, and then through healing the father of the governor Publius. The church on the right marks the spot where Paul cured the father. From these experiences, the whole island was evangelized and became Christian, history tells us.

The lesson for us is that we too need the miraculous to reach our towns and area.