Ask a Missionary - Catch The Fire

and caregivers. Caregivers often need care too, due to the stresses
and demands of crisis care.
Other areas of expertise that are needed in social projects, according
to your interest and ability, could include vocational training
skills, sports and play therapies, nonformal education, medicine, or
music therapy.
Answer from Phyllis Kilbourn, founder of Rainbows of Hope and Crisis Care
Training International.
Q:
Why is God training me in a way
that doesn’t make sense?
A: Because his ways are higher than our ways.
I’ve found that with a willingness to serve, God often finds
wonderful ways to prepare us for what lies ahead. Often, our
idea of direction undergoes modification. That is, many times the
preparations we made when we were willing turn out to be the exact
preparations needed for the vision that overtakes us as we follow his
leading. And sometimes the task that we take on in our willingness
turns out to be a better preparation than the task we would have
chosen.
Think on this insightful verse, found in Exodus 13:17: “When
Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road
through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.”
Answer from John Crouch MD, executive director of In His Image Medical
Missions.
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