"ONCE A MISSIONARY, ALWAYS A MISSIONARY”
“The true missionary spirit is the spirit of Christ. The world's Redeemer was the great model missionary. Many of his followers have labored earnestly and unselfishly in the cause of human salvation; but no man's labor can bear comparison with the self-denial, the sacrifice, the benevolence of our Exemplar. {RH, July 10, 1883 par. 1}
Everyone of us in this world of sorrows and sins encounters daily various experiences. These experiences either mold us into a better person or lead us to give up and quit just right there and then.
My life experience is so “extra-special.” I say, “extra-special” because God gave me special pain and special happiness as well. My expectations for worldly aims all failed. But those moments of bludgeoning and frustrations made me stronger in faith and as a person. My downfall isn’t a loss but a victory because it helped me to be closer to the Lord. His strength I fully needed that I even offered my life to Him and would serve Him as much as I could.
I belong to the 23rd Batch of missionaries sent to
Presently, am pursuing my studies on the Medical Missionary field in the
We shared the NEWSTART Program as a way of letting people understand how God wants us to take care of our bodies – that is His Holy temple. Through these health lectures and basic medical practices we taught them, it was easy to share the gospel. Real joy and happiness was felt when hundreds of them got interested in our activities and accepted Christ Jesus as their Saviour and Great Healer.
“Once a missionary, Always a missionary” should always be ringing in our hearts. As long as we are faithful to our Master Jesus, He will always work miracles in our lives. Our being a missionary doesn’t ends when we leave our mission fields after a year or two of committed services. It should be a lifetime commitment – until Jesus comes.
How wonderful would that day be to hear Jesus call your name and say,”Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” Matt 25:23
God bless us all!
God is merciful all the time. I feel happy to share my experience in a medical field as a missionary. Doing missionary work keeps burning in my heart all the time. I want to serve the Lord to the fullest in any way.
Sonia, a very good friend of mine, introduced this site and encouraged me to share my story. I hope through this, others will keep their missionary spirit going til Jesus comes.
God bless and thank you.
PRIS
Thank you very much for sharing your story with us.
These days I am trying to pursuit the former missionaries to encourage their missionary spirit.
Like marine boys say, once a missionary is always missionary.
Although we may not work as a full time missionary, we should live with missionary spirit.
Please continue to share your Christian missionary influence with your fragrance wherever you are.
Kwon JohngHaeng,
Adventist Mission Director of the NSD