What is a Missionary?

Welcome to our new blog.  If you are familiar with Cory's original music, you might remember a song he wrote called "Our Adventures."  The title of this blog is taken from that song and applied to the current adventure God has given us to serve in the country of Haiti.  We hope you will check back often and include us in your daily times of prayer.  We are so excited and humbled to be allowed to embark on this adventure for God.  Please join us!

WHAT IS A MISSIONARY?

Our family members are called to be missionaries to Haiti.  But what is a missionary anyway?  Two things come to mind. 

First of all, a missionary is someone who sees life differently than most people in the world.  God has gotten ahold of the missionary's heart to the point that he/she no longer sees the Christian journey as the attempt to fit God into his/her life.  Instead, a missionary sees the Christian journey as a process of discovering what God is up to in the world and making his/her life conform no matter the sacrifice! 

Secondly, a missionary is obviously someone who has a calling to a certain people and to do a certain kind of work.  However, we believe a missionary is also someone who takes upon himself the burden to be culturally flexible.  Our goal is not to make Haitians more like us or more like American Christians.  We simply want to serve them and help them discover their own calling in the Lord. 

Please continue to pray with us to sell our home in Sioux Falls.  This is our biggest hurdle right now to overcome as we prepare to move to Haiti this fall.  Also, check back soon to see a list of supplies we are gathering for the big move.  Please feel free to email us at cory@mission-haiti.org to receive our monthly newsletter.