As I have mentioned before, my wife and I had looked to go into missions under a regular mission agency. We were going through the process. We got slowed down because I was chubby. (Considering how much thinner I looked back then, I do wonder how realistic their “chubby designation” was.) I was told, by …
Continue reading Some Ambivalent Issues Regarding Independent Versus Agency Missionaries (Part 1)
My wife and I serve independent of a formal mission agency. We have generally found this good... but not all of the time. There are down-sides as well. I feel this link below does a fantastic job of looking at the pros and cons of this. The primary writer is an independent missionary, so it …
Continue reading Why do some missionaries serve independent from an agency? – Ask a Missionary
<I wrote this something like 8 years ago. I think I still agree with it. But I also now see the challenge of maintaining it. The greater the distance the harder it is to maintain connections. Even though we live in a "wired" age, most of us don't think that way... we don't feel close …