Missionary Talks

I was privileged to spend several days with Pastor Richard Edwards while we were both involved in special services at a church in Tampico, Mexico. Bro. Edwards and his family spent 5 years in Kenya, Africa as church planters before being called back home to the US to pastor a church in Florida.

I was eager to talk with Pastor Edwards about some of the things he learned while being a missionary that helps him now in his role as a pastor. He shares with us ideas on how we as individuals and churches can help a missionary when they are visiting in your church. He also shares some good final thoughts about being involved in ministry wherever you are.

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This is the second half of the interview I had with Bro. Roy Seals. In episode 36 we talked about ways to help the family adjust to arriving on the mission field. In this episode we focus on taking church groups on missions trips.

Bro. Seals is a veteran missionary who grew up on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and has lead many groups to the Yucatan as well as other countries in Latin America. With his experience, he has some great insight as to what one should expect from their time on a mission trip. He also gives great advice to people leading groups.

His closing remarks go against what many of us have been told in many missions conferences, but I absolutely agree with him. His final words can be an inspiration and an encouragement.

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I first met Bro. Roy Seals in 2001 when I was on a trip to the Yucatan peninsula to see if this is where the Lord might have us minister. Since then I have had the privilege of helping Bro. Seals as he has brought down many groups to visit the field.

Bro. Seals helps churches put together group trips to the field to expose their people to the ministry of missions. In this interview, before we talk about taking groups to the field, we talked about how parents can help their children make the transition to living in a foreign country. Also he shares with us some of his experiences as a 9 year old child going to the field for the first time.

Episode 37 will have the conclusion to this interview.

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Thank you very much for listening to the show. I am really excited about the content that I have coming up in the next few weeks. I am working on a script for at least one William Carey episode. It will probably spill over into two though. These will be like the David Livingstone shows I did a few months back. I have been quite absorbed with the research for William Carey and think that I will have it done “any day now.” Therefore I have not scheduled interviews with other missionaries.

In this episode I mention a couple of the shows I have planned as well as try to encourage you to write reviews, particularly at iTunes, and send feedback about the show.

I have tried to keep the interview shows clutter-free from feedback and begging for reviews. However, I think this makes it a bit easier for the listener to not be involved. Please, let me know if there is something specific you would like me to ask the missionaries. Some of the questions I am currently asking come from listener suggestions.

Thank you for listening and passing the word along about the show to your friends.

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