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I talked to my pastor last Sunday about what I feel God has been calling me to do. My church has a program for missionary work in China, and I expressed an interest in going for a year to proselytize. Understandably, I'm a tad nervous. I'd be taking off work and college for a year to go to the other side of the planet, and fall behind my peers. On top of that, it would be a strange new land of foreign people to me. To make matters even worse, it seems to be quite the dangerous place at this point in time with people getting capped in the head for being Christian and what not.
Regardless, It's a risk I'm willing to take for The Lord. I'm well aware of the struggles involved: leaving the place I call home, selling all of my stuff, missing out on quite a few opportunities, and even learning a new language. I imagine that perhaps this would be the best point in my life to do so, seeing as I don't have a family to support, and no other obligations at the moment.
The last thing I want is to become stagnant and content with the way things are now. If anything great was to ever come from me, I know that I would have to push myself out of my comfort zone that maybe during a time of crucible good may come. Unlike most, I don't feel too very attached to anything or anyone here, so I suppose in that regard it wouldn't more than I could handle.
I haven't told very many people, as the ones I've told don't seem to really understand and instead tend to insist on talking me out of it. My father thinks it would be a good opportunity to see the world like he did with the navy, but I feel that that's rather a selfish reason to do it.
I don't know, it all seems so monolithic at the moment. I have my senior year of high school to "enjoy" and think on it. The next year will be preparation, mainly. I guess my question is: has anyone here ever done missionary work or perhaps have any golden nuggets of advice to offer on the matter?
Regardless, It's a risk I'm willing to take for The Lord. I'm well aware of the struggles involved: leaving the place I call home, selling all of my stuff, missing out on quite a few opportunities, and even learning a new language. I imagine that perhaps this would be the best point in my life to do so, seeing as I don't have a family to support, and no other obligations at the moment.
The last thing I want is to become stagnant and content with the way things are now. If anything great was to ever come from me, I know that I would have to push myself out of my comfort zone that maybe during a time of crucible good may come. Unlike most, I don't feel too very attached to anything or anyone here, so I suppose in that regard it wouldn't more than I could handle.
I haven't told very many people, as the ones I've told don't seem to really understand and instead tend to insist on talking me out of it. My father thinks it would be a good opportunity to see the world like he did with the navy, but I feel that that's rather a selfish reason to do it.
I don't know, it all seems so monolithic at the moment. I have my senior year of high school to "enjoy" and think on it. The next year will be preparation, mainly. I guess my question is: has anyone here ever done missionary work or perhaps have any golden nuggets of advice to offer on the matter?