A mentor provides accountability to an isolated missionary… There aren’t many people who are willing or able to check up on a missionary and his ministry. Even many great men simply feel unqualified to interject their opinion on missionary matters. Why? Here’s a few reasons that may partially explain it: 1) Unfamiliarity: they’re not sure […]
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Mentor Benefit: Bypass
A mentor allows a missionary to bypass a lot of painful errors… When I was a kid, my friends and I were into video games. And I for one was not very good. It was a pre-internet (i.e. lame) age, so if we wanted to have any kind of help in our gaming endeavors, we […]
The Missionary and the Mentor
‘Who is your mentor?’ This is the question that I would ask every young man in the Gospel ministry if I could. Please don’t think I would or could ask it from any position of superiority. It would be a challenge from one who stands in common need, and has graciously been allowed to benefit […]
Don’t Leave Home Without…
Recently made friends with an American student who is studying Chinese for the summer at our university. He heard like third-hand that we were leading a local church, so after class last week he caught up with me on the elevator and asked if he could come. Turns out he’s also interested in getting involved […]
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