long-term missionaries

pompernikkle · 01-25-2007, 05:41 AM

just wondering..
are there any missionaries here, or people who have been on a not-so-short mission trip?? If so.. where have you been/where are you?
and how do you deal with the pressure of being a missionary, not only to the church back home, but to the locals who know you've come as a missionary??
grace and peace --
jenn**

Drill · 02-04-2007, 02:57 PM

Umm... I'd be a short termer but not just a two week/month long shin dig. I've been in England since September and will be here until the summer of 2008, with some trips home of course. But yeah, it's hard. We're in one of the hardest areas around and the ministry here is so incredibly hard.
It's also been a challenge living in a constant mind of ministry. We never really have time off and we can't really stop- I mean we have a day where we don't schedule ministry or anything, but we always have to be ready and the challenge of ministry as a lifestyle is there. It rocks though. I love it and wouldn't want to be anywhere else.