What we talk about and what we demonstrate by doing are really intertwined

Today on the Pod, I talk to a woman who has spent 14 years working with people with disabilities in some of the most rural settings imaginable. She shares with me some of her thoughts on ministry, life overseas, transition, and maintaining spiritual health in the field.

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:12 Getting started in missions
• 03:47 Pre-field training
• 04:32 How people with disabilities are treated
• 07:12 How is your work understood in light of folk Islam?
• 08:25 How did the locals view you as a Westerner?
• 10:21 What surprised you about your host culture?
• 12:50 How have you changed living on the field?
• 15:10 Dealing with isolation
• 18:03 Where do you get your social support on the field?
• 20:20 Adapting how to share faith
• 23:15 Giving up freedoms as a women
• 26:05 What happens to personal identity on the field?
• 29:13 Transitioning from one people group to another
• 36:25 Maintain spiritual health
• 41:55 Great advice from others
• 43:50 Helpful resources