Over at Wrecked For the Ordinary, a young missionary has written a great piece about people’s perceptions (and, more importantly, misperceptions) about missionaries today. Without knowing it, she’s summed up quite a few of the themes and threads here at my blog. Best quote:
“It feels like what I am alluding to is something like this: ‘I am a professional at telling people about Jesus. And you’re not, cause you work a 9-5. Only, I shouldn’t say professional, because I am on (cringe) support. Wanna give me money?’”
Check it out here: “Lottie Moons or Ex-Pimps: We’re All Missionaries”
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Thanks for sharing this link with us. Reminds me, too, of the statement… “We like to be called servants, but we hate being treated like servants.” One of our supporting churches has had huge celebration mission conferences in which they call the missionaries their “heroes.” Don’t like that either…
You might find this interesting… from the author Ted Dekker’s blog…
http://www.teddekker.com/2009/05/14/the-baby-the-whole-baby-nothing-but-the-baby-so-help-us-god/
@Roxie: I agree about the “hero” thing. You probably remember this post from October about it: http://www.missionaryconfidential.com/the-best-of-intentions-missionary-superhero