What Missions Isn't
As many of you know I am currently studying to be a missionary, and I feel the need as a new class of freshmen has just come in to clear away a stereotype that has plagued missions within that last couple of years. Missions is not as cool as you think it is. Over the past couple of years, I've noticed how "cool" the church has made missions out to be, people seem to think that missionaries travel all the time, have these amazing vacation-like experiences in other countries, and get paid to do it. I'm here to tell you that that mindset is dead wrong. Missions is weird, it's messy, and it's hard. Most people go into a missions program and think that they're going to learn about different cultures and languages. Granted we do, that's part of it, but there's also theology classes that confuse you and make you question yourself, there are Bible courses that made you read through hours of the Old Testament. When you finally get to the classes on o...
