What Missionaries Wish You Knew
What Missionaries Wish You Knew 1. We are often lonely Yes, we have friends. Good, close, dear friends from our host country. But that doesn't replace the fact that at the end of the day, we are still in a foreign context. We never truly "let our hair down" so to speak 2. We are not super holy We are normal people. Yes, we love the Lord or we wouldn't do what we are doing. But we struggle with sin and discouragement. Sometimes people expect us to be the ultimate example, and even put more qualifications/expectations on us than scripture does 3. We often suffer from anxiety and depression We have higher rates than anxiety and depression than the average population 4. We are not on a trip and we cannot just "come home" when things go slightly wrong When missionaries go on stateside, someone always asks, "How was your trip?" We never are sure how to answer that. We weren't on a trip. We live here! Also if one of us gets sick or we encounter a har...
