THERE ARE PLENTY OF MISSIONARIES ALREADY IN THE US TO GET THE WORK DONE!!!! EVERY CHRISTIAN IS A MISSIONARY AND THE WITNESS IS HERE IF WE WOULD ONLY DO THE WORK.
The witness is not in many of the places in the world. Where I labor, there are over 250 languages. Less than 40 have any type of Bible they can read. How does a person learn of Jesus apart from Scripture? How, then, would a person grow in their faith without training, and especially, training in Scripture?
Each time before leaving for our field and returning after our furloughs, we evaluated the costs to our family, both financially and health and dangers. We considered all aspects carefully and decided to trust God with those problems. Our children, both then and now, fully chose to go with us. If they had felt otherwise, we would not have gone. They were all in the van with me when a man holding a gun came up to my door and demanded to know whether we were Christians. We all have had malaria, one of the most deadly diseases on the planet today. We, my husband and I, although we have 2 bachelor degrees and one-and-a-half master's degrees, make about $40,000 per year. We considered the costs.
It has been worth it all. It will be worth it all when we see Jesus.
I am sure that family, through their grief, thinks so, too.
t will be worth it all, when we see Jesus;
Life’s trials will seem so small when we see Christ;
One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase;
So bravely run the race, till we see Christ!
You may already be familiar with this group, World Missionary Press, but wanted to make sure you knew about it. They send out literature free of charge to anyone.
“World Missionary Press is an interdenominational faith ministry producing 48-page topical Scripture booklets in more than 340 languages, along with Bible study booklets and New Testaments in a variety of languages. We are producing approximately 7,500,000 Scripture booklets each month to send out free of charge as the Lord enables us financially. During our 55+ years of ministry we have sent literature by request into 210 countries and islands of the world.”
Link: https://www.wmpress.org/
Reminds of the refrain of a hymn we used to sing “When We All Get to Heaven”:
When we all get to heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We’ll sing and shout the victory
Jemian, others have riches here on earth.
Your riches are in Heaven.
You will see their faces there, “thou good and faithful servant”.