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there are godly women who want to be missionaries... its not what their father want for them but its what they want for themselves that ultimately matter....my mother doesn't like me living so far away but she understand we have to move to where my husband can find work. ...that's life. IF you feel called to the mission field then so will the person God intends for you to marry.
anyway I don't see why you can't have the picket fence, 2.5 kids and adventure as well. my husband encouraged me to take the international teaching internship in South Africa for 5 weeks starting in October. He has arranged for his grandmother to stay with him and our two kids when I'm overseas.
we have discussed when our kids are older (they are only 4 and 6) now, but when they are older we would as a family take some mission trips and help internationally to build churches and schools. we talked about visiting friends and family from all over the world. He told me I could spend a week in Paris with my cousin after my teaching trip in South Africa because we both value family and being able to stay connected and love to travel and explore the world together. the only thing stopping us is finances and duties at home.
As Nods says, if you love the other person enough, you would follow them anywhere that God leads them because when you are married you are not two people but One person in two bodies. God doesn't just lead ONE of the couple but BOTH to do His work and His ministry.
When God gave the instruction in Eden to Adam about the fruit from the tree of Good and Evil, was Eve exempt just because it was not directly told her?
anyway I don't see why you can't have the picket fence, 2.5 kids and adventure as well. my husband encouraged me to take the international teaching internship in South Africa for 5 weeks starting in October. He has arranged for his grandmother to stay with him and our two kids when I'm overseas.
we have discussed when our kids are older (they are only 4 and 6) now, but when they are older we would as a family take some mission trips and help internationally to build churches and schools. we talked about visiting friends and family from all over the world. He told me I could spend a week in Paris with my cousin after my teaching trip in South Africa because we both value family and being able to stay connected and love to travel and explore the world together. the only thing stopping us is finances and duties at home.
As Nods says, if you love the other person enough, you would follow them anywhere that God leads them because when you are married you are not two people but One person in two bodies. God doesn't just lead ONE of the couple but BOTH to do His work and His ministry.
When God gave the instruction in Eden to Adam about the fruit from the tree of Good and Evil, was Eve exempt just because it was not directly told her?