Ask a Missionary - Catch The Fire

life with real missionaries. That’s why we’re getting together—so
you can ask a missionary.
We’ll cover five categories of questions: guidance; agencies;
training; funding; and singles, couples, and kids. In some of the
chapters, you’ll sense that virtually every question applies to you
personally. In other chapters some questions will apply more to
your fellow seekers. And for some questions we’ll offer a range
of answers: yes, no, maybe, no, yes, perhaps. Regardless, these insights,
contributed by those who’ve completed their own discovery process,
will make a huge difference in helping you better understand
missionary service.
Each chapter opens with a story of God’s actual work in some
part of his globe. Names, location, and some details are altered,
since much of what God is doing in the world occurs in areas
where proclaiming the gospel is illegal or dangerous. But the
core of each story—the events, the individuals, the miracles, the
impact—is real, as real as the experiences that will characterize
your life if you become a missionary.
Each chapter ends with introspective questions, found in the
section “My Thoughts So Far.” Consider carefully these next-step
questions. When combined with prayer and the Holy Spirit’s guidance,
they will launch your exploration of God’s plan for you in
missions. Journal your answers, and then discuss your responses
with a leader or friend from your local church.
How do we know God will guide you? Because he promises
to guide—when we take time to ask and listen: “Ask and it will
be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds;
and to him who knocks, the door will be opened” (Matthew 7:7–8,
emphasis added).
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