My middle son wanted to be a Missionary Pilot. He learned to fly before he learned to drive (saved blueberry picking money for lessons). He got a scholarship to Moody to play trumpet in their symphonic band. Lasted only a year in Chicago. Came back to the northwest and he’s a computer programmer. But an elder in our church which is extremely missionary minded. We are a small church that has an incredible impact on the world. I’m not exaggerating. We’re trying to get one of our medical teams back into India but it is closing up tight. Both my sons have been to India and Romania. We have a team in Cuba right now helping pig farmers. The fields are white for harvest.
The fields ARE white for harvest (Jesus must have been looking at a cotton field when He said that. So many of our fields are right now white for harvest. I miss that sight when I’m overseas.)
There is such a need for full-time workers on the field. I rejoice that your church is sending them out. That is so important. Without financial partners similar to your church and individuals, too, we would have had to return to the States a long time ago. But, as it is, God has kept us in full-time ministry for over 26 years. Our financial partners truly have impacted the world. I really cannot state that too often. Without those funding the work, the work grinds to a slow, barely discernable trickle. Even Jesus was funded by people like Joanna and Joseph of Arimethea. And look at His impact! THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINGDOM WORK.
FWIW, God has kept the doors open for active ministry although we’re not overseas. At this moment, I am talking via the ‘net with my students in Papua. I also frequently talk with a student in South Korea.