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Originally Posted by CupCake
Sometimes God has other plans~ I remember it was our vacation time to see family and visited the church as the norm. That Sunday out of the blue a missionary from Kenya show up. Later the missionary was asked to preach, he had he slides set up, instead of telling us about Kenya and his work there, he felt God was dealing with the church people as a whole. He went on to say that God wanted to heal the hurt within this body, this man knew nothing about the Church or the hurt that had taken place within. That night many ran, not walked to the front asking God to forgive and mend their hearts.
The point is this, it took a person, someone far away like Kenya, someone who didn't know a single soul there personally, knew nothing about the problems or sickness within to minster and to open the eyes of the church to see, God was dealing with them. God wanted to heal, so sometimes God has plans Himself we just got go with them~ In the end I'm sure God blessed this man for follow Him~
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I can only imagine that God just might choose to let a missionary differ from his normal routine to save his sanity also. I have always been very impressed with missionaries and their willingness to travel night after night sharing their burden. They must like a break from time to time to just minister. After all, that is really what they are called to do. Going from place to place, many of them with children, does get terribly exhausting and for a missionary to get to go from a money raising format to a ministering format must seem like a breath of fresh air to him. A missionary that feels the unction to change the format to meet someone's need will also know that his own need will be taken care of by the same God!
On the other hand, I do see your point also, Felicity. And I know that you have experienced this first hand. A missionary would feel the responsibility to present the reason for which they came. Like I said, I do admire anyone who has taken on the wonderful task of being a missionary. Only God knows the sacrifices they have made.