When missionaries ask for money

When missionaries ask for money

Do we really understand and support missionaries? I’ve been thinking about this lately, after reading the post of a friend. She received a support letter from a missionary and felt like she was being used, because they had not had a meaningful conversation recently.

Brought home: Part I
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Brought home: Part I

I am not for an instant dismissing as irrelevant the work that is being done overseas; any one of us can undoubtedly rattle off a dozen examples of lives or communities that have been changed.

I, Missiotourist

I, Missiotourist

“. . . one begins to wonder if these trips are designed more for the spiritual fulfillment of the volunteer than the alleviation of poverty.” Ossob Mohamud, “Beware the ‘voluntourists’ doing good,” The Guardian, Feb. 13, 2013.