Numbers are helpful, but they’re not the holy grail.

Today on the Pod, I had a very insightful conversation with a guy about calling, marriage on the field, transition, integrating into local culture, when counting numbers is good, and a whole lot more.

"If you feel called to a people or a region, and you want to live out Christ, then you better emerge yourself more with the locals than with the ex-pats."

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Timeline 

00:00 Intro 

01:03 Coming to faith 

03:45 Getting involved in missions 

12:40 What keeps you in missions?

15:40 Never wanting to quite 

18:20 Serving as a couple 

23:44 The role of team 

25:50 Balancing relationships 

30:15 Transition 

36:50 How to make re-entry better

42:23 The value of mission organizations

49:30 What are healthy ways to count numbers?