The Practical Missions Podcast 

Pod #60 An Unshakable Calling

Numbers are helpful, but they’re not the holy grail

Today on the Pod, I had a very insightful conversation with a guy about calling, marriage on the field, transition, integrating into local culture, when counting numbers is good, and a whole lot more.

Timeline

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:03 Coming to faith
  • 03:45 Getting involved in missions
  • 12:40 What keeps you in missions?
  • 15:40 Never wanting to quite
  • 18:20 Serving as a couple
  • 23:44 The role of team
  • 25:50 Balancing relationships
  • 30:15 Transition
  • 36:50 How to make re-entry better
  • 42:23 The value of mission organizations
  • 49:30 Healthy ways to count numbers

Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify

It’s not just the support of other cross-cultural workers that keeps your family up and running, but it’s very much so, maybe even 50/50, the local community, whether they are Muslims or not.

An Unshakable Calling

Pod #60 An Unshakable Calling

Numbers are helpful, but they’re not the holy grail

Today on the Pod, I had a very insightful conversation with a guy about calling, marriage on the field, transition, integrating into local culture, when counting numbers is good, and a whole lot more.

It’s not just the support of other cross-cultural workers that keeps your family up and running, but it’s very much so, maybe even 50/50, the local community, whether they are Muslims or not.

Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify

Timeline

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:03 Coming to faith
  • 03:45 Getting involved in missions
  • 12:40 What keeps you in missions?
  • 15:40 Never wanting to quite
  • 18:20 Serving as a couple
  • 23:44 The role of team
  • 25:50 Balancing relationships
  • 30:15 Transition
  • 36:50 How to make re-entry better
  • 42:23 The value of mission organizations
  • 49:30 Healthy ways to count numbers

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