The Practical Missions Podcast
Pod #55 Serving Unseen
And how money can mess up missions
Today on the Pod, my guest talks to me about his calling to the Middle East, raising his family on the field, the importance for cross-cultural workers to find a good identity, a few thoughts on people of peace, how money messes up missions, and much more.
Timeline
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Getting started in missions
- 05:00 Serving Unseen
- 08:46 Getting a “calling” to the Middle East
- 11:40 Expectations moving out to the field
- 16:40 Ministering as a family
- 21:55 Family rhythms
- 25:50 Finding rest as a family
- 29:30 Pitfalls on the field
- 35:45 Having an identity in missions
- 39:52 Gaging success in the NGO world?
- 42:40 Misconceptions about People of Peace
- 47:00 Money messes up missions
- 51:30 Money messes up movements
Resources mentioned in this Pod
Sermon: Missions as Fasting
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
If someone would have told me seven years ago that you’re going to be in that country, doing what I’m doing, I would have said, ‘no way.’ I have no inexperience in that kind of work, I would need to learn two languages, and that place is dangerous. And I will have four kids there! No!
Pod #55 Serving Unseen
And how money can mess up missions
Today on the Pod, my guest talks to me about his calling to the Middle East, raising his family on the field, the importance for cross-cultural workers to find a good identity, a few thoughts on people of peace, how money messes up missions, and much more.
If someone would have told me seven years ago that you’re going to be in that country, doing what I’m doing, I would have said, ‘no way.’ I have no inexperience in that kind of work, I would need to learn two languages, and that place is dangerous. And I will have four kids there! No!
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
Timeline
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Getting started in missions
- 05:00 Serving Unseen
- 08:46 Getting a “calling” to the Middle East
- 11:40 Expectations moving out to the field
- 16:40 Ministering as a family
- 21:55 Family rhythms
- 25:50 Finding rest as a family
- 29:30 Pitfalls on the field
- 35:45 Having an identity in missions
- 39:52 Gaging success in the NGO world?
- 42:40 Misconceptions about People of Peace
- 47:00 Money messes up missions
- 51:30 Money messes up movements
Resources mentioned in this Pod
Sermon: Missions as Fasting
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