The call missionaries answer from God to cross borders and bring Him to the least of His children is a very personal one; it is a vocational trust that comes from years of growing up in the security of their Father’s love. Doing whatever He needs is second nature. It doesn’t matter that the family they serve are strangers at the beginning.
This was made obvious to me as my missionary friends got word of my father standing in the shadow of his own private cross and reached out with prayerful support to a man they had never met. Their missionary call compels them to relieve suffering wherever they find it; they can be looked at as God’s own hospice team, moving in when someone feels hopeless, assuring them that they are loved.
Knowing that I have been able to serve my father these days has brought me peace amidst pain. It is a peace that I have seen in the eyes of many missionaries as they serve the family of God all over the world.
And when it’s family, it’s personal.
-Maureen Crowley Heil
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