The Practical Missions Podcast
Pod #54 Dignifying the Disabled
What we talk about and what we demonstrate by doing are really intertwined
Today on the Pod, I talk to a woman who has spent 14 years working with people with disabilities in some of the most rural settings imaginable. She shares with me some of her thoughts on ministry, life overseas, transition, and maintaining spiritual health in the field.
Timeline
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:12 Getting started in missions
- 03:47 Pre-field training
- 04:32 How people with disabilities are treated
- 07:12 How is your work understood in light of folk Islam?
- 08:25 How did the locals view you as a Westerner?
- 10:21 What surprised you about your host culture?
- 12:50 How have you changed living on the field?
- 15:10 Dealing with isolation
- 18:03 Where do you get your social support on the field?
- 20:20 Adapting how to share faith
- 23:15 Giving up freedoms as a women
- 26:05 What happens to personal identity on the field?
- 29:13 Transitioning from one people group to another
- 36:25 Maintain spiritual health
- 41:55 Great advice from others
- 43:50 Helpful resources
Resources Mentioned in this Pod
Undivided Witness. Available on Amazon
Walking with the Poor. Available on Amazon
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
What we did was different. This is where I found that having a practical ministry in which we actually demonstrate the truth of the Gospel and God’s love is so crucial. Many of the parents of children with disabilities we worked with when they saw how we interacted with their child and how we accepted them, loved them, worked with them, touched them even, they would say, “Wow, what you do is really different. No one else has shown love to my child.” And through that we could talk about the God who loves the child with disabilities.
Pod #54 Dignifying the Disabled
What we talk about and what we demonstrate by doing are really intertwined
Today on the Pod, I talk to a woman who has spent 14 years working with people with disabilities in some of the most rural settings imaginable. She shares with me some of her thoughts on ministry, life overseas, transition, and maintaining spiritual health in the field.
What we did was different. This is where I found that having a practical ministry in which we actually demonstrate the truth of the Gospel and God’s love is so crucial. Many of the parents of children with disabilities we worked with when they saw how we interacted with their child and how we accepted them, loved them, worked with them, touched them even, they would say, “Wow, what you do is really different. No one else has shown love to my child.” And through that we could talk about the God who loves the child with disabilities.
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
Timeline
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:12 Getting started in missions
- 03:47 Pre-field training
- 04:32 How people with disabilities are treated
- 07:12 How is your work understood in light of folk Islam?
- 08:25 How did the locals view you as a Westerner?
- 10:21 What surprised you about your host culture?
- 12:50 How have you changed living on the field?
- 15:10 Dealing with isolation
- 18:03 Where do you get your social support on the field?
- 20:20 Adapting how to share faith
- 23:15 Giving up freedoms as a women
- 26:05 What happens to personal identity on the field?
- 29:13 Transitioning from one people group to another
- 36:25 Maintain spiritual health
- 41:55 Great advice from others
- 43:50 Helpful resources
Resources Mentioned in this Pod
Undivided Witness. Available on Amazon
Walking with the Poor. Available on Amazon
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