tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post5231796169573221924..comments2024-02-04T21:16:17.306-08:00Comments on Surph's Side: Its That Time Of Year: Being Hit Up For Money For "Missions"Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770822482205703050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post-37300224264210948292012-02-13T18:37:52.551-08:002012-02-13T18:37:52.551-08:00Christy,
You understand my concern! Thank you for...Christy,<br /><br />You understand my concern! Thank you for sharing the two totally different stories!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770822482205703050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post-86193945794491732782012-02-13T16:30:07.532-08:002012-02-13T16:30:07.532-08:00I know two women from my home church who are both ...I know two women from my home church who are both missionaries. One has been led to China. She goes anywhere from 1 to 2 years at a time and then returns for anywhere from 6 months to 12 months to seek Christ's will if he wants her to return and while she's back she works full time as a teacher as well as on her parents working farm. Her greatest request is prayer for her, for those she works with that are Christians there, but have to be in secrets, as well as those unsaved. We have been able to support her with unending prayers as well as financially when we've felt called from the Lord. <br /><br />The other one is a teacher and is a teacher to missionary kids. Before she left she did a huge amount of ultimately fund raising, she sold her house for nearly 3 times what she paid for it. While she's been in Africa she's gone on multiple vaccations to the various shores there when they've had breaks. She actually came here to Germany this summer, so she could go to language school in Switzerland (there's a school there that has a partnership with the missions she goes through), but while she was with us she traveled. She also gets paid through the missions she's gone through, since she's teaching. We pray for her, but will not support her financially, other than what we felt was her taking advantage of the weeks she spent with us, with us driving her all over Germany, feeding her, etc. It was hard to experience what felt was selfishness in that she felt others should just help her because she was doing something she saw as "noble"...when I don't think that's what God sees at all. He doesn't call us to be missionaries for us to be noble, but instead to be obedient. <br /><br />God's BlessingsChristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932007213063890925noreply@blogger.com