be a missionary

I want to travel the world to spread the word!

I think when I first listed this as a goal, my idea of what a “missionsry” was is significantly different than how I see it now. I have been on several short term mission trips – on several continients, but I have also lived in several different cultures within North America. Each place there are adaptations and changes to make in how we minister to others. Now I am a pastor in a small town in Alberta, only a few hours from where I gre up, but I am a missionary to the community in which my church is situated in. It is a neat shift in context and perspective for me!

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I went to Peru the summer of ‘07 and my life has changed from it. With my family coming from the Philippines I have always been open to other cultures but going to a place that is unfamiliar to you and trusting God the whole way through is amazing…

I love people of different cultures. I love travelling. I don’t have any desire to live a normal kinda life..for as long as I can remember, I’ve not wanted the life I’ve seen the people all around me living. When I was 14 or 15 and gave my life fully over to God, He put a desire in my heart to take His Word to the ends of the world..that desire has never left me. I’m waiting to see how and when the Lord is going to bring to this pass.

To be a missionary is my God-given dream and I’m willing to give up everything to reach to those who haven’t heard of Him. I still haven’t gone to school for it yet, but I only have a few months of high school yet. I can’t wait until I can love on little babies and turn their tears to laughter. I could go on and on and on…

No need to elaborate. My basement is a huge pit. The only other goal I have listed on here so far is to be a missionary . . . if God said I could leave today, it’d take me a month to figure out what to do with all that junk down there!

I am gifted with insights and revelations about people around me. I use these to help people. in counseling this is a plus. I have been to 4 middle and South American countries on church building and child evangelism missions. I began to tire of two week missions and wanted to stay a while. I don’t have a solid connection with any traditional church. You might say my parish is the world like John Weastly or Navagator Bapticostal

I have struggled with doubblemindedness at times . There was a funny book called “Straight Arrow” when I grew up. Straight Arrow was a cowboy by day and an indian by night. Maybe I have some Cherokee in my family tree. I am not bi-sexual. I have been manipulated by what people think being a man is. Most often the ideal of a warrior of worldly qualitiesis what some think being a man is. The fact of man hood is Jesus is the perfect example of a man of God. He was the perfect example of a Holy Father Son relationship. Examples of a Holy or unholy relationships can be found between fathers and sons all around you. Did you ever do your fathers will to the nth degree while growing up.

In 2001 I went to Africa as a missionary intern with an Organization called OMS International. I was discouraged by a banker from my church while raising funds. OMS wasn’t penticostal enough for him.

Initially, I got out of the military on my second tour and had no trade skills. I didn’t want to work in the cotton mill’s so I decided to go to a welding school I spotted in San Diego, CA. I became friends with an ex marine named Don Sanders whom I met through his mother – a full blood Cherokee. She faithfully sent me church bullitins while I was in Viet Nam and I was greatly impressed by her faithfulness. Being a Hospital Corpsman, it was easy to become Don’s friend.

I knew I could stay with Don and his wife, so I said,”God I don’t know what you wanted me to do, I’m going to become a welder. I went to welding school on second shift and I was able to stay with Don’s family. I was around his family a lot and suddenly I was aware that the Lord was teaching me how to be his witness. Don’s mother was secretly praying for Don’s salvation and that took place with Don and his wife shortly after I left their home. I got a taste of what it was like to be an apostle. Rejection hurts. Satans ace in the hole is to kill if his deceptions and diabolic schemes fail to keep souls in bondage.

I’m in good company with the saints. I died when I recieved CHrist and it is no longer I who live, but Christ in me. Christ came to destroy the works of the devils, His lies, deceptions and works of darkness. I have been drawn to other ministers who operate in the gift of miracles. I have been a part in several miracles.

Have you ever lived some place where deception was held up as the greatest virtue in a culture? Immagine not being able to trust your closest friend or parent. That was the situation for Missionary Don Richardson when he went to live among the Sawi head hunters of Papa Gennye. The Sawi had a saying,”Fatten with friendship.” Everyone in the tribe including the women benifited from being involved. There was only one way they could get relief from the constant disception, war and murder.

The title of his book is “Peace Child,” and that was the way they did it. If they could pull off a trade two children being swapped between tribes ,without trechery, There was a conditional peace as long as the children lived. When one died that was the end of the peace.

All cultures have what is known as a redemptive analogy. Don discovered this redemptive analogy in their disgusting practice to help their dead to reach the after life in their teachings from the ancestors. It involved a relative jaming his fist into a rotting corpse and touching his lips. Pretty disgusting huh? They were more than glad to escape that ritual.

Another story comes to mind when the glory of war and murder helps one be strong enough to be propelled to the great reward in the after life and that is the story made into a movie recently called “End of the Spear.” It was about the Auca indians of Equador who have more correctly been named the Redoni. The were netorous for revenge killing among themselves and anyone who came onto their land. Today some 25% of the Redonie are Christians and the have more grandfathers than they ever have had in the past. Thanks to five missionaries who died to bring them the gospel of Christ.

By for now, Just want to tell you God loves you, and so do I.

I served last summer as a Summer Missionary for our local association and it was absolutely amazing! I completely fell in love with the work and just being able to get out there and serve God the best way that I could. This summer I’m planning to go to Kentucky for 10 weeks and serve God there as well. It’s an amazing experience.

Hi I am Patrick
I am a Swede living in the Far East of Russia. I am working fulltime as a missionary.
When I was 7 or 8 years old I told Jesus that I wanted to become a missionary when I became an adult. Unfortunately, I left God when I was 15 years old and lived a very rough life for seven years. Then God took me back again! And immediately He gave me back this longing to be a missionary. I have now been a missionary since 1994. We have been working in Russia, Romania and now we are working in Russia and China.

God is so great! If you have this longing do something about it. It is the most interesting and meaningful life you can have. To tell people about Jesus and give them a chance to say yes or no is the most important thing we can do. Only in China 23000 people go to hell EVERY DAY without even having a chance to say yes or no.

I encourage you to give up every things that is not so important to come to the missionsfield.

God bless